Freyja Odinsdottir. Photo by Juniper St. Butcher Trans woman Freyja Odinsdottir is running for Denton County sheriff in hopes of changing a system of oppression Steven Monacelli | Contributing Writersteven@proteanmag.com There may be a new sheriff in town in Denton County.
At least, that’s what candidate Freyja Odinsdottir is hoping for. While Odinsdottir has prior experience in law enforcement — including previously working for the Denton County Sheriff’s Office as a corrections officer, a supervisor and a member of the special operations team — she is far from your typical candidate for sheriff.
Notably, Odinsdottir is a trans woman running a write-in campaign to unseat an incumbent sheriff, Republican Tracy Murphree, who threatened