By Bry'onna Mention ·Updated January 13, 2022
After a unanimous vote from the Minneapolis City Council, Andrea Jenkins, a Black trans woman, was elected city council president on Monday. She is the first transgender official in the United States to lead a city council.
The 60-year-old is no stranger to national headlines or historic wins either. In 2017, she was the nation’s first openly Black trans person elected to public office
