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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. Milk was born and raised in New York.
First openly gay president of a city council – Harry Britt, President of the San Francisco City-County Board of Supervisors from 1989 to 1990. [17] First openly gay state comptroller – Ed Flanagan (D), Vermont Auditor of Accounts; served four terms: first elected 1992, came out in 1995; was subsequently reelected. [18] [19]
Sinema was the first openly bisexual member of Congress. [4] [6] [38] Mark Takano: Democratic: California: January 3, 2013: Incumbent 11 years, 363 days Takano is openly gay and the first openly LGBTQ person of color (specifically Asian American) elected to Congress. [1] [6] Angie Craig: Democratic: Minnesota: January 3, 2019: Incumbent 5 years ...
First openly gay minority leader in Washington and openly gay Mayor of Seattle: Michael R. Nelson: Democratic: North Carolina: Mayor of Carrboro, North Carolina (1995-2005) Ron Oden (born 1950) Democratic: California: Mayor of Palm Springs, California (2003-2007) First openly gay Black mayor in the United States [165] Liz Ordiales (born 1959 ...
Milk went on to become one of the country’s first openly gay elected officials after winning a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977, before being assassinated the following year.
In a pair of historic firsts, Robert Garcia, the former Long Beach mayor, is set to become the first openly gay immigrant in Congress. The candidate who could take over Garcia's former job would ...
Some of Harris’ earliest political advisers were gay, including Jim Rivaldo, who had worked with Harvey Milk, the first openly gay elected official in California as a San Francisco supervisor. During a recent fundraiser, Harris recalled that after Rivaldo fell sick with AIDS, her mother helped take care of him before he died.
Kehoe was first elected to the California State Assembly in 2000, winning the primary election unopposed and the general election with 61 percent of the vote. [2] She was re-elected without difficulty in 2002. Kehoe was elected Assembly Speaker pro Tempore, the Assembly's second highest-ranking position. She is the second woman to hold the post ...