Polish transsexual makes history as lawmaker

Anna Grodzka, 57, became the Poland's first-ever transsexual lawmaker in the overwhelmingly Catholic country. Grodzka will take up her parliamentary seat on November 8, along with Poland's 459 other newly elected deputies.
Grodzka, a declared atheist, will be the world's only openly transgender lawmaker -- a broader term than transsexual including those who have not had a sex-change but plan to, or simply opt to live under a different gender.