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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 ...
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
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 ...
She is the first openly gay member of the Texas congressional delegation and the first openly gay member of Congress from the South. She is the first woman to ever represent District 32.
In 2020, Mr Jones became the first openly gay African American elected to Congress alongside fellow New York Representative Ritchie Torres, who also became the first openly gay Hispanic member.
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 .
Democrat Julie Johnson was elected to represent Texas’s 32nd District in US Congress
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 ]