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This is a list of political offices, whether elected or appointed, which have been held by a lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender person, with details of the first such holder of each office.
Pete Buttigieg, first major political party candidate for president; before that mayor of South Bend – publicly announced that he was gay in 2015, [119] while in his first term in office; first openly LGBT executive official in Indiana. [120] Veronica Pejril – Indiana's first transgender elected official, Greencastle city council, elected ...
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]
This is a list of openly lesbian, gay, bisexual, or trans people who have been the head of state or government of a country or a subnational division such as a state, a province, or a territory. Openly LGBT people have served as national heads of state or government in Andorra , Belgium , France , Iceland , Ireland , Latvia , Luxembourg , San ...
List of the first openly LGBT holders of political offices in Canada; List of the first openly LGBT holders of political offices in the United Kingdom; List of LGBTI holders of political offices in Australia; List of LGBT politicians in Brazil; List of LGBT politicians in Canada; List of LGBT politicians in France; List of LGBT politicians in ...
Swann was the first American on record who pursued legal and political action to defend the LGBTQ community's right to assemble. [31] During the 1880s and 1890s, Swann organized a series of drag balls in Washington, D.C. Swann was arrested in police raids numerous times, including in the first documented case of arrests for female impersonation ...
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 ...
LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer) politicians from the United States Subcategories This category has the following 10 subcategories, out of 10 total.