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Meet the gay<\/a> 19-year-old who won a seat on his city council<\/b><\/p>\n

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Keegan Roberts. Courtesy Facebook.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Keagan Roberts has captured national attention for winning a seat on the city council of South Berwick, Maine, population 7,500. The reason: Roberts is only 19, making him one of the youngest elected officials<\/a> in the United States. He also happens to be gay<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope that it doesn\u2019t matter how young you are, it doesn\u2019t matter how you identify, you can do whatever you put your mind to,\u201d he said of his victory to\u00a0Out<\/em> magazine.<\/a> Roberts won election earlier in November and took his seat on the council last week.<\/p>\n

Roberts chose to seek political office after growing up with the charms of his small town. Amazingly, he also claims that he didn\u2019t experience much homophobia when he came out in school or around town.<\/p>\n

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Related:\u00a0This man hopes to become the first openly gay person elected to the Georgia State Senate<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI really didn\u2019t face too much bullying, at least to my face, which was nice,\u201d he recalls. \u201cI also have a twin brother who\u2019s gay<\/a>, so that kind of made high school a little bit easier. It\u2019s amazing. I wouldn\u2019t trade it for the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Roberts missed the deadline to have his name on the ballot, so instead, he camped outside the polls on election day and staged a write-in candidacy. He ended up receiving more than 20% of the vote\u2013more than any other candidate.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a whole demographic that not really being completely spoken for because you don\u2019t really have anyone [my] age speaking,\u201d Roberts said of his decision to run. He hopes to give back to his community through his newly acquired position, and joins a growing number of queer Americans seeking or holding political office ahead of the 2020 election.<\/a><\/p>\n

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