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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 ...
First openly gay member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives [46] Kyle Bailey: Democratic Maine: Maine House of Representatives (2020–2021) Tammy Baldwin (born 1962) Democratic Wisconsin: Wisconsin State Assembly (1993-1999) First openly lesbian woman elected to Wisconsin Legislature. Becca Balint (born 1968) Democratic Vermont ...
U.S. representative (out when first elected), first to succeed another openly gay officeholder in office: Mark Pocan – elected 2012, succeeded Tammy Baldwin; U.S. representative (out when first elected), first non-white and first Asian openly gay member of Congress: Mark Takano (CA-41) – elected 2012
Democrat Julie Johnson was elected to represent Texas’s 32nd District in US Congress
The New York Democrat talks with Eric Garcia about how he deals with homophobes in Congress, his battle with depression and why getting rid of the filibuster is necessary for LGBT+ rights
In 1999, Baldwin became the first openly lesbian woman elected to Congress when she joined the House of Representatives. She made history again as the first openly LGBTQ+ senator when she embraced ...
Member of Congress – Carlos Bruce – 2006; 2016–2021 [77] [First openly gay male congressman; Came out: 2014] Member of Congress – Alberto de Belaunde (Ungrouped) – 2016 [ 78 ] Minister of Transport and Communications – Carlos Bruce – September 2017 [ 79 ]
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 ...