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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 118th Congress set the record for having the most LGBTQ representation in U.S. history, with 13 legislators openly identifying as gay, lesbian or bisexual.
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]
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 ...
The institute says a record 850 LGBTQ people are running for office this year, including several candidates with strong chances of entering Congress. Record number of LGBTQ candidates running for ...
LGBTQ history in the United States ... ca. 1898, Library of Congress, ... The 2022 United States elections saw the largest number of openly-LGBT candidates ...
The number of out LGBTQ people who have won elected office has increased nearly 200% since 2017, according to research published Wednesday and first reported on by NBC News.