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Frank came out as gay in 1987 and in 2012 became the first member of Congress in a same-sex marriage. [4] [22] [23] Steve Gunderson: Republican: Wisconsin: January 3, 1981: January 3, 1997: 16 years, 0 days Gunderson was outed as gay on the floor of the House in 1994, Gunderson was the first openly gay Republican to be reelected after being ...
Presumably killed in plane crash: Alaska: U.S. Don Young: January 3, 1971 April 6, 1932 Eveleth, Minnesota: 92nd (1971–1973) Hale Boggs Democratic Louisiana (2nd district) October 16, 1972 58 Presumably killed in plane crash Alaska: U.S. Lindy Boggs: January 3, 1947 (previously served January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943) February 15, 1914 ...
The first member of Congress to be killed or wounded in office was Henry Wharton Conway who was killed in a duel in 1827. The most recent death occurred in 1983 when Korean Air Lines Flight 007, carrying Larry McDonald, was shot down over the Pacific Ocean. The most recent Congress member to be injured was Angie Craig who was assaulted in 2023.
William James Kraus (June 26, 1947 – January 25, 1986) [1] was an American gay rights and AIDS activist as well as a congressional aide who served as liaison between the San Francisco gay community and its two successive US representatives in the early 1980s.
U.S. Congress Charles A. Chickering Republican New York (24th district) February 13, 1900 56 Fell from window New York City, New York: Riverside Cemetery, Copenhagen, New York: Albert D. Shaw: March 4, 1893 November 26, 1843 Harrisburg, New York: 56th (1899–1901) Sidney Parham Epes Democratic Virginia (4th district) March 3, 1900 34 Peritonitis
Harvey Bernard Milk (May 22, 1930 – November 27, 1978) was an American politician and the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California, as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.
First gay mayor of Portland and first mayor of the 30 most populous U.S. cities [150] Pete Buttigieg (born 1982) Democratic: Indiana: Mayor of South Bend (2012–2020) Came out as gay in 2015, [151] and married Chasten Glezman in 2018 [152] Christopher Cabaldon (born 1965) Democratic [c] California: Mayor of West Sacramento (1998-2020) Openly ...
On March 26, 1977, Kameny and a dozen other members of the gay and lesbian community, under the leadership of the then-National Gay Task Force, briefed then-Public Liaison Midge Costanza on much-needed changes in federal laws and policies. This was the first time that gay rights were officially discussed at the White House. [39] [40]