Lisa Bunker Explained

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

Bunker grew up in Southern California.^[2]

Career

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.

See also

• List of transgender public officeholders in the United States

Notes and References

1. Web site: DiStaso . John . 2018-11-15 . NH Primary Source: Election boosts diversity in Democratic NH House caucus . 2024-09-28 . WMUR . en.
2. News: Womack . Graham . 2023-11-17 . Lisa Bunker, pioneering transgender politician, adjusts to life as a Sacramento writer . 2024-09-28 . The Sacramento Bee.
3. Web site: Lavers . Michael K. . 2018-11-07 . Two transgender women elected to N.H. House . 2024-09-28 . . en-US.
4. Web site: Biello . Peter . 2017-06-23 . The Bookshelf: Lisa Bunker on Gender, Identity, and the 'Alien' Inside Felix Yz . 2024-09-28 . New Hampshire Public Radio . en.
5. Web site: Zenobia July By LISA BUNKER . Penguin Random House . 12 August 2019.