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One is a senator and the rest are House representatives. This equals the record highest number of LGBTQ congresspeople serving at the same time in U.S. history, [a] [1] [2] and the 13 openly LGBTQ representatives form the highest number of simultaneously-serving openly LGBTQ members of that House in history.
The below table summarizes the number of caucus members by party over a number of legislative sessions; the drop in membership numbers in the 114th congress was predominantly due to this being the first year that caucus members were charged fees for their membership ($400 per member, $2,100 per vice chair, $7,500 per co-chair): [7]
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]
LGBTQ history in the United States consists of the contributions and struggles of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people, as well as the LGBTQ social movements they have built. [4] [5] Up until the 20th Century, it was uncommon for LGBTQ individuals to live open lives due to persecution and social ostracization.
Pages in category "LGBTQ members of the United States Congress" The following 38 pages are in this category, out of 38 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Laphonza Butler became the first black out lesbian in Congress, [530] the first openly LGBT member of the U.S. Senate from California and its first out black LGBT member, when she was sworn in on October 3, 2023.
Member of Congress – Sandra Morán – 2016 [66] [First lesbian female congressperson] Member of Congress – Aldo Dávila – 2020 [67] [68] [First gay male congressperson] Member of Central American Parliament – José Carlos Hernández Ruano − 2020 [69] [70] [First Guatemalan gay male parliamentarian]
Obama also appointed the first openly LGBT judge of a federal court of appeals, Todd M. Hughes of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. [145] [147] The first openly LGBT justice of a state supreme court was Rives Kistler, appointed to the Oregon Supreme Court in 2003, and retained by voters the following year. [148]