Meet Lyra Evans, believed to be Canada's first openly trans school trustee

OTTAWA — A woman who was once homeless in Ottawa is believed to be the first openly transgender school trustee to be elected in Ontario and possibly in Canada.
Lyra Evans will become the school trustee for a downtown Ottawa district after garnering 55 per cent of the votes cast Monday as part of Ontario’s municipal elections.
Evans says she felt compelled to join the race after the Doug Ford government in Ontario announced it would revert the province’s sex-education curriculum