Giving Compass' Take:

• Reuters reports on Christine Hallquist, who won the Democratic nomination for Vermont governor, the first openly transgender person to win a major party nomination for statewide office in U.S. history.

• In a time when transgender rights are uncertain, this is a major step forward for the community and continues a trend of more LGBTQ political candidates in recent years. Representation is important for policymaking.

• Here's why the fight for transgender rights transcends the United States.

Vermont Democrats made Christine Hallquist the first openly transgender person to win a major party nomination for statewide office in U.S. history as she clinched Tuesday’s primary election for governor.

She defeated three other Democrats on Tuesday and will take on incumbent Governor Phil Scott, a Republican, in the Nov. 6 general election, unofficial results showed.

“I think Vermont is a beacon of hope for the rest of the country,” Hallquist said during an interview with Reuters. “This is what I call expanding our moral compass and that is what I think it represents.”

This year, 43 transgender candidates have run for political office at all levels in the United States, most of them Democrats but a few running as independents, for the Green Party or for nonpartisan offices, according to Logan Casey, a research associate at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Hallquist is the first openly transgender candidate to win a major party nomination for governor or a statewide office of any kind.

Read the full article about Christine Hallquist's Democratic nomination for Vermont governor by Daniel Trotta at reuters.com.