Chile elects their first transgender official to their national legislature - LGBTQ Nation
www.lgbtqnation.com
The South American country is also close to legalizing marriage equality, although a far-right candidate is close to becoming president.

She is the great-granddaughter of René Schneider, the former Commander-in-chief of the Chilean Army and opponent of a coup d’état against Salvador Allende until his assassination by CIA-backed factions in the Chilean military.

This happened back in 2021, but I weirdly found no posts about it on Hexbear.