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Sat Dec 17, 2022, 09:41 AM Dec 2022

Vermont's first trans lawmaker gets engaged at rainbow-lit White House

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/vermonts-first-trans-lawmaker-gets-engaged-rainbow-lit-white-house-rcna62083

Vermont's first trans lawmaker gets engaged at rainbow-lit White House

Vermont state Rep. Taylor Small said she wants her engagement to her partner, Carsen Russell, to show queer people that they can find the same joy.

Dec. 16, 2022, 7:11 PM EST
By Jo Yurcaba

Vermont Rep. Taylor Small, the state’s first transgender lawmaker, got engaged to her partner, Carsen Russell, while the White House was lit with rainbow lights on Tuesday.

The two traveled to the nation’s capital to attend the signing ceremony for the Respect for Marriage Act, a federal bill that will provide additional protection for same-sex marriages.

As the event was wrapping up, Russell said he asked Small if she wanted to take a photo. Then he got down on one knee. “I was just like, ‘I want to spend my life with you, and will you marry me?’” Russell told NBC News on Friday in a joint interview with Small.

Small recalled saying yes “immediately.”

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