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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.
First LGBT state legislator in Maryland, came out in 2001 [106] Lawrence McKeon (1944-2008) Democratic Illinois: Illinois House of Representatives (1997-2005) First out member of Illinois General Assembly and possibly first HIV positive elected official in United States [107] Robert Meza: Democratic Arizona: Arizona House of Representatives
This is a list of the first openly LGBTQ people to have held political office in the United States. No openly LGBT person has served as president or vice president of the United States or as a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. However, all 50 states have elected openly LGBT people to political office in some capacity and 48 ...
Three newly elected lawmakers representing the LGBTQ community will make history Friday when they are sworn in to the 119th Congress, marking several firsts in the House of Representatives. Sarah ...
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 .
This is a list of openly lesbian, gay, bisexual, or trans people who have been the head of state or government of a country or a subnational division such as a state, a province, or a territory. Openly LGBT people have served as national heads of state or government in Andorra , Belgium , France , Iceland , Ireland , Latvia , Luxembourg , San ...
Three LGBTQ women made history Friday when they were sworn in to the 119th Congress. Rep. Sarah McBride, D-Del., became the first openly transgender person elected to Congress; Rep. Emily Randall ...
Democrat Emily Randall was projected to win her bid for Washington’s 6th Congressional District Tuesday, making history as the first woman and openly LGBTQ person elected to represent the ...