"rookiemag:  coolchicksfromhistory:  Mazie Hirono, the first Asian American woman elected to the Senate. ""I bring quadruple diversity to the Senate,"" Hirono said at a rally earlier in the campaign. ""I'm a woman. I'll be the first Asian woman ever to be elected to the U.S. Senate. I am an immigrant. I am a Buddhist. When I said this at one of my gatherings, they said, 'Yes, but are you gay?' and I said, 'Nobody's perfect.'""  <333 -AF"