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    MAHALO FOR YOUR KOKUA*

    Jul 17, 2018 4 minutes
    BY JEFFREY MASTERS + PHOTOGRAPHY BY LINDA CHING

    If Kim Coco Iwamoto is elected as lieutenant governor in Hawaii, not only will she become the highest ranking out transgender elected official in the nation, she’ll also make history as the first out trans person to serve as a lieutenant governor. The Kauai-born Iwamoto announced her candidacy last November, just days before LGBT candidates like Danica Roem and Andrea Jenkins won historic victories into public offices across the U.S. Iwamoto took a minute from the campaign to discuss her potentially history-making election, how being a foster parent first inspired her to

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