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This list of LGBT ambassadors of the United States includes ambassadors of the United States who publicly identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or otherwise part of the LGBT community at the time of their appointment.
Shawn Graham Skelly (born 1966) is a retired United States Navy officer, national security expert, and LGBT rights advocate who had served as Assistant Secretary of Defense for Readiness. She is currently fulfilling the duties of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness since September 11, 2023.
On May 19, 2022, her nomination was sent to the Senate. President Biden nominated Reyes to the seat being vacated by Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, who announced her intent to assume senior status upon confirmation of a successor. [16] A hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee on June 22, 2022. [17]
She came out as transgender after being appointed to the office. [48] [49] Betsy Driver: Democratic: Flemington, New Jersey: Mayor 2019–2023 She is the first openly intersex person elected mayor in the United States. [50] Also was the first intersex person elected to any political office when elected to town council in 2017. [51] Lisa ...
President Joe Biden on Thursday named Karine Jean-Pierre to be the next White House press secretary, the first Black woman and openly LGBTQ person to serve in the role. Incumbent Jen Psaki is set ...
During Pride Month in 2021, Stern was appointed by U.S. president Joe Biden as the second U.S. special envoy for the human rights of LGBTI persons. [4] [5] She assumed the role on September 27, 2021. [3] She leads U.S. efforts to protect LGBTQI+ persons globally from violence and discrimination.
Back in 1961, José Sarria, a part-time drag queen, became the first out gay candidate to run for office in the United States — 15 years before Harvey Milk, the first out gay man to be elected ...
President Joe Biden’s administration is widely considered to be the most pro-LGBTQ in history, and as he enters his final months in the White House, Biden sat for an historic interview with one ...