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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.
United States Ambassador to Nepal (2018–2022) United States Ambassador to Namibia (2023–2024) First United States Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTI Persons. [7] [8] Scott Bessent (born 1962) Republican: 2025 present Secretary of the Treasury (2025–present) Highest ranking LGBTQ government official to date. Pete Buttigieg (born ...
During the 2024 United States presidential election, the Heritage foundation with contributors from the cabinet of Donald Trump has outlined legislation on Project 2025 for a large rollback of LGBTQ rights in the United States and a rollback of same-sex marriage in the US. As well as a rollback on all legal protections on the basis of "gender ...
The bill passed the House Tuesday in a 218-206 vote, with Gonzalez and Cuellar joining all Republicans in support. Three Republicans and six Democrats did not vote, and one Democrat voted ...
In February 2016, the caucus formed the Equality PAC to support candidates running for federal office who are LGBTQ or seek to advance LGBTQ rights. On March 14, 2016, the board of the Equality PAC voted to endorse Hillary Clinton in the 2016 Presidential election.
The nearly $900 billion bill passed the House 281-140 Wednesday, with 200 Republicans and 81 Democrats voting in favor versus 124 Democrats and 16 Republicans voting against it. Most of the NDAA cons
LGBTQ rights are mentioned only a few times in the GOP’s 2024 platform, which the Republican National Convention will vote on this week. The platform says Republicans want to “keep men out of ...
US representative for Delaware's at-large congressional district: 2025-McBride is the first openly transgender person to be elected to the United States Congress. [8] [9] Previously, McBride served in the Delaware State Senate; in 2020, she was the first transgender person elected to any state's upper house. [10]