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Pete Buttigieg, first major political party candidate for president; before that mayor of South Bend – publicly announced that he was gay in 2015, [119] while in his first term in office; first openly LGBT executive official in Indiana. [120] Veronica Pejril – Indiana's first transgender elected official, Greencastle city council, elected ...
First openly bisexual person to be elected secretary of state in American history and Oregon's first out LGBT constitutional officer. Succeeded to the governor's office upon the resignation of John Kitzhaber (D); subsequently elected in her own right in 2016. Brown is thus the first openly LGBT person to be elected governor in the U.S. [14]
Member of the Assembly of Madrid – Carla Antonelli – 2011 [210] [First transgender woman and LGBT rights activist who was instrumental in the approval of the Spanish Gender Identity Law.] Member of the Corts Valencianes – Fran Ferri (spokesman of Coalició Compromís ) – 2011 [ 211 ]
Several politicians marked historic firsts in the 2024 election. Donald Trump is the first convicted felon to be elected president. Sarah McBride of Delaware was elected as the first transgender ...
The Society for Human Rights, the first gay rights organization in the United States (West Third), was established. [12] The Society for Human Rights began publication of Friendship and Freedom, the first American gay publication. [13] The first issue of Die Freundin (The Girlfriend) was published; it was the first lesbian magazine worldwide. [14]
Pocan is openly gay and the first LGBTQ member of Congress to replace another LGBTQ member of Congress (Tammy Baldwin) and the first non-incumbent in a same-sex marriage elected to Congress. [1] [4] [6] [37] Kyrsten Sinema: Democratic: Arizona: January 3, 2013: January 3, 2019: 6 years, 0 days Sinema was the first openly bisexual member of ...
It was then that activists began advocating for the more prominent recognition of bisexual and transgender members of the gay community -- resulting in the term "GLBT" in the early 2000s.
List of LGBT politicians in Canada; List of LGBT politicians in France; List of LGBT politicians in Germany; List of LGBT holders of political offices in the Netherlands; List of LGBT holders of political offices in New Zealand; List of LGBT politicians in Poland; List of LGBT politicians in Portugal; List of LGBT politicians in Spain; List of ...