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Virginia Senate (2024-present) First openly transgender state legislator in the U.S. [123] Elected in 2023 to Virginia Senate, set to become second transgender state senator in the U.S. Lamont Robinson (born 1982) Democratic Illinois: Illinois House of Representatives (2019–Present) First out LGBT Black person elected to Illinois legislature ...
Frank came out as gay in 1987 and in 2012 became the first member of Congress in a same-sex marriage. [4] [22] [23] Steve Gunderson: Republican: Wisconsin: January 3, 1981: January 3, 1997: 16 years, 0 days Gunderson was outed as gay on the floor of the House in 1994, Gunderson was the first openly gay Republican to be reelected after being ...
Senate – Osvaldo López – 2011 [30] [First openly gay man] Chamber of Deputies – Marcela Virginia Rodríguez [ es ] – 2001 [ 31 ] [First openly lesbian woman] Chamber of Deputies – Leonardo Grosso – 2011 [ 32 ] [First openly gay man; Came out: 2018]
By 2010, there were four openly gay mayors in Los Angeles County: Mosca, John Heilman of West Hollywood, Mitch Ward of Manhattan Beach, and Mike Gin of Redondo Beach. [ 91 ] Bao Nguyen was elected mayor of Garden Grove , in 2014, at the age 34, making him the first gay mayor and first Vietnamese mayor of Garden Grove, as well as the youngest ...
Virginia Del. Danica Roem has made political history once again after winning a seat in the state Senate on Tuesday. She is the first out transgender person elected to Virginia’s upper chamber ...
She has previously run for Congress and governor of Virginia and was censured by the Virginia Senate in 2021 for voicing support for Jan. 6 protesters. Many others have also announced they’re ...
Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin was on the Senate floor, but her mind was on the other side of the Capitol. Baldwin, who became the first openly gay senator when she was elected a decade ago, said ...
Virginia: Virginia Senate, 30th district: 2024–present First openly transgender person to be elected and served in a state legislature in 2017; first transgender state senator elected in the Southern United States in 2023; first openly transgender person to serve in both houses of a state legislature in 2024. [21] [22]