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Lisa Bunker

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Lisa Bunker
NationalityAmerican
Writing career
Period2017–present
Genre
Website
www.lisabunker.net
Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
from the Rockingham 18th district
In office
December 5, 2018 – September 11, 2022
Preceded byPaula Francese
Personal details
Political partyDemocratic
Websitehttps://lisa4exeter.com/

Lisa Bunker is an American author and politician who was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 2018 to 2022.[1] They represented the Rockingham 18th District as a member of the Democratic Party.

Early life

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Bunker grew up in Southern California.[2]

Career

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In 2018, Bunker and Gerri Cannon were elected simultaneously as New Hampshire's first transgender state legislators.[3]

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.[4] Their second middle-grade novel, Zenobia July (2019), is about a young trans girl finally living as herself and solving a cyber mystery.[5] Both are published by Penguin Random House.

In 2022, Bunker left office and moved to Sacramento with their wife.[2]

In 2023, Zenobia July was challenged for removal from school district and county libraries in Washoe County, Nevada. The book had checked out three times from the middle school library, and never from the high school library.[6] The challenger described the book as "blatant propaganda for LGBT" that "glorifies gender dysphoria". The book challenge was denied, but since it had never been checked out at county libraries, and was likely to be removed anyway, according to the county's library collections development manager.[7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ DiStaso, John (2018-11-15). "NH Primary Source: Election boosts diversity in Democratic NH House caucus". WMUR. Retrieved 2024-09-28.
  2. ^ a b Womack, Graham (2023-11-17). "Lisa Bunker, pioneering transgender politician, adjusts to life as a Sacramento writer". The Sacramento Bee. Retrieved 2024-09-28.
  3. ^ Lavers, Michael K. (2018-11-07). "Two transgender women elected to N.H. House". Washington Blade. Retrieved 2024-09-28.
  4. ^ Biello, Peter (2017-06-23). "The Bookshelf: Lisa Bunker on Gender, Identity, and the 'Alien' Inside Felix Yz". New Hampshire Public Radio. Retrieved 2024-09-28.
  5. ^ "Zenobia July By LISA BUNKER". Penguin Random House. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  6. ^ Young, Jaedyn (2024-09-27). "Banned Book Week: 13 books challenged at the Washoe County School District". Reno Gazette Journal. Retrieved 2024-09-28.
  7. ^ Young, Jaedyn (2024-09-27). "Banned Books Week: See which 22 books have been challenged at Washoe County libraries". Reno Gazette Journal. Retrieved 2024-09-28.
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