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First openly gay state comptroller – Ed Flanagan (D), Vermont Auditor of Accounts; served four terms: first elected 1992, came out in 1995; was subsequently reelected. [18] [19] First openly gay governor – Jim McGreevey (D), governor of New Jersey – came out 2004 (during the same speech in which he announced his resignation as governor ...
Sinema was the first openly bisexual member of Congress. [4] [6] [38] Mark Takano: Democratic: California: January 3, 2013: Incumbent 11 years, 360 days Takano is openly gay and the first openly LGBTQ person of color (specifically Asian American) elected to Congress. [1] [6] Angie Craig: Democratic: Minnesota: January 3, 2019: Incumbent 5 years ...
New Hampshire Senate (1999-2001) First openly gay state legislator elected in New Hampshire [140] Mauree Turner (born 1992/1993) Democratic Oklahoma: Oklahoma House of Representatives (2021–present) First openly non-binary state legislator in U.S. history [141] Tim Van Zandt (born 1963) Democratic Missouri: Missouri House of Representatives ...
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Harvey Bernard Milk (May 22, 1930 – November 27, 1978) was an American politician and the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California, as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Milk was born and raised in New York.
Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, a Democrat, also claims the title of being the first openly gay presidential Cabinet member, and, unlike Grenell, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate.
Some of Harris’ earliest political advisers were gay, including Jim Rivaldo, who had worked with Harvey Milk, the first openly gay elected official in California as a San Francisco supervisor. During a recent fundraiser, Harris recalled that after Rivaldo fell sick with AIDS, her mother helped take care of him before he died.
Butler, appointed to the U.S. Senate by California Gov. Gavin Newsom after the death of Dianne Feinstein, leaves office after 14 months as Rep. Adam B. Schiff is sworn in Monday.