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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 ...
First LGBT Latino elected to Chicago City Council along with Carlos Ramirez-Rosa [198] John Loza (1963-2018) Democratic: Texas: Dallas City Council (1998-2016) First openly LGBT city council member for a major city in Texas, alongside Annise Parker (Houston) [199] Rebecca Maurer (born 1989) Democratic [c] Ohio: Cleveland City Council (2022 ...
Leader of a political party – Robert Biedroń – 2019 [first gay leader of a major political party] Member of the Sejm – Anna Maria Żukowska and Hanna Gill-Piątek – 2019 [first bisexual women members of the Sejm, and first openly bisexual elected officials]
This is a list of the first openly LGBTQ people to have held political office in the United States. No openly LGBT person has served as president or vice president of the United States or as a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. However, all 50 states have elected openly LGBT people to political office in some capacity and 48 ...
One is a senator and the rest are House representatives. This equals the record highest number of LGBTQ congresspeople serving at the same time in U.S. history, [a] [1] [2] and the 13 openly LGBTQ representatives form the highest number of simultaneously-serving openly LGBTQ members of that House in history.
This is a list of notable gay men, lesbian or bisexual people who have been open about their sexuality. The definition of sexual orientation has changed greatly over time and the general term " gay " was not used to describe sexual orientation until the mid 20th century.
His nomination was confirmed on February 2, 2021, by a vote of 86–13, making him the first openly LGBT Cabinet member in U.S. history. [note 3] [192] Nominated at age 38, he is also the youngest Cabinet secretary in the Biden administration and the youngest person ever to serve as Secretary of Transportation. [193] [194]
Order leaders are sentenced to death and burned at the stake on 18 March 1314 ... LGBT history in Turkey; List of LGBT actions in the United States prior to the ...