Alex Mangion looks out towards the harbor during an interview with the Associated Press, in Valletta, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017. Lithe and dapper in a navy-blue suit as he gazed at this capital city's storied Grand Harbor, Alex Mangion proudly described becoming Malta's first transgender politician, winning a local office on the conservative Nationalists' ticket in a country that until just a few years ago had been a last bastion in Western Europe of social norms largely dictated by the Catholic church. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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