Lisa Bunker Explained

Lisa Bunker
State House:New Hampshire
District:Rockingham 18th
Term Start:December 5, 2018
Term End:September 11, 2022
Predecessor:Paula Francese
Nationality:American
Party:Democratic
Residence:Exeter, New Hampshire

Lisa Bunker is an American politician who was elected to the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 2018.[1] They represented the Rockingham 18th District as a member of the Democratic Party.

Bunker and Gerri Cannon were elected simultaneously as the state's first transgender state legislators.[2]

Before their election to the legislature, Bunker was program director of a community radio station in Portland, Maine. In 2017, they published a middle-grade science fiction novel, Felix Yz, about a boy fused with an alien and the risky procedure to separate them.[3] Their second middle-grade novel, Zenobia July (2019), is about a young trans girl finally living as herself and solving a cyber mystery.[4] Both are published by Penguin Random House.

Notes and References

  1. https://www.wmur.com/article/nh-primary-source-election-boosts-diversity-in-democratic-house-caucus/25108026 "NH Primary Source: Election boosts diversity in Democratic NH House caucus"
  2. https://www.washingtonblade.com/2018/11/07/two-transgender-women-elected-to-n-h-house/ "Two transgender women elected to N.H. House"
  3. http://www.nhpr.org/post/bookshelf-lisa-bunker-gender-identity-and-alien-inside-felix-yz#stream/0 "The Bookshelf: Lisa Bunker on Gender, Identity, and the 'Alien' Inside Felix Yz"
  4. Web site: Zenobia July By LISA BUNKER . Penguin Random House . 12 August 2019.