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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 ...
The caucus serves as a resource for Members of Congress, their staffs, and the public on LGBTQ issues. [4] Unlike the Congressional Black Caucus , famous for admitting only black members, the LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus admits any member who is willing to advance LGBTQ rights, regardless of their sexual identity or orientation; it has historically ...
Gerry Eastman Studds (/ ˈ ɡ ɛr i / GHERR-ee; May 12, 1937 – October 14, 2006) was an American Democratic Congressman from Massachusetts who served from 1973 until 1997. He was the first member of Congress to be openly gay.
In February 2009, Frank was one of three openly gay members of Congress, along with Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin and Jared Polis of Colorado. In April 2009, Frank was named in the LGBT magazine Out ' s "Annual Power 50 List", landing at the top spot. [58] In 2006 the Human Rights Campaign scored him at 100% indicating a pro-gay-rights stance. [86]
Mondaire Jones, one of the first Black and gay members of Congress, is only 36 years old, but he still looks back at his youth as a different era. “It was tough. It was a different world then ...
U.S. representative (out when first elected), first Native American openly gay member of Congress: Sharice Davids (KS-3) – elected 2018 U.S. representative (out when first elected), first Black openly gay members of Congress: Mondaire Jones (NY-17) and Ritchie Torres (NY-15) – elected 2020
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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 ...