Brianna Titone knew she was transgender when she was 7, many years before she would learn what transgender meant, 30 years before she would come out and 33 years before she became the first out transgender state lawmaker in Colorado history. Having spent so long hiding her identity — “distracting myself from myself,” as she put it — Titone is busy making up for lost time, keenly aware of the weight and opportunity that come with being one of just a handful of trans legislators in American history. Now there’s a congressional seat suddenly open in her suburban Denver district, long helmed by the retiring Democrat U.S.

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