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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 ...
Evelyn Mantilla came out as America's first openly bisexual state official in 1997 in Connecticut. [198] [199] Patria Jiménez became the first openly gay person to win a position in the Mexican Congress, doing so for the Party of the Democratic Revolution. [200] Jay Fisette became the first openly gay person elected to public office in ...
First openly LGBT Latino person elected to the Florida Legislature. [137] Allan Spear (1937–2008) Democratic (DFL) Minnesota: Minnesota Senate (1973–2001) President of the Minnesota Senate (1993–2001) First openly LGBT person to serve on a state legislature (came out in 1974) and first out presiding officer for a state legislature Pat ...
Julie Johnson was projected to win her election Tuesday for Texas’s 32nd Congressional District, making history as the first openly LGBTQ person to represent Texas in Congress and the first ...
At 21, University of Michigan student Kathy Kozachenko made history by becoming the first openly gay elected official in the nation. Now, she fears for the future of LGBTQ rights.
“In San Francisco, (LGBTQ people) were already a political force and also out, so she understood we are just people much earlier.” Some of Harris’ earliest political advisers were gay, including Jim Rivaldo, who had worked with Harvey Milk, the first openly gay elected official in California as a San Francisco supervisor. During a recent ...
Sinema was the first openly bisexual member of Congress. [4] [6] [38] Mark Takano: Democratic: California: January 3, 2013: Incumbent 12 years, 47 days Takano is openly gay and the first openly LGBTQ person of color (specifically Asian American) elected to Congress. [1] [6] Angie Craig: Democratic: Minnesota: January 3, 2019: Incumbent 6 years ...
America's first citywide Bi Pride event was held, in West Hollywood. [263] Patricio Manuel became the first openly transgender male to box professionally in the United States, and, as he won the fight, the first openly transgender male to win a pro boxing fight in the U.S. [264]