http://www.roanoke.com/politics/wb/301395
Michael Sutphin, possibly the first openly gay person to be elected in the region, says he can be both a Blacksburg councilman and “a role model for LGBT people.”
Michael Sutphin is not only the first openly gay man elected to the Blacksburg Town Council but is being recognized as the first openly gay candidate elected in the state outside of Northern Virginia.
Sutphin, 27, is a 2006 graduate of Virginia Tech and a public relations worker assigned to the university’s veterinary college. He finished second among five candidates on Nov.8, earning one of three open council seats.