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NHL 39 s most : If any were queer, they nevertheless aligned themselves with a cause that was violently oppressive on multiple fronts – not just racial but also implicitly sexual and gender-based

Gunderson served in Congress from until Aya Kamikawa, who serves as a Tokyo municipal official in the Setagaya City Council, became Japan's first out transgender elected official in She serves one of the most populous districts in Tokyo.

Frank served in Congress from until he retired in Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis. Now, more than a decade later, Takano is still serving his Southern California district. On April 2,Michigan student Kathy Kozachenko was elected to the Ann Arbor City Council, making her the first openly gay person elected to public office in the U.

While she served only a single term, Kozachenko opened a door to LGBTQ representation in politics when the community was rapidly gaining visibility in American society. Gay men have been the majority of openly LGBTQ national leaders, with seven of the nine politicians in this role identifying as such.

Before she made history in the Senate, Sinema made history when she was elected to the House inbecoming the first openly bisexual member of either chamber of Congress. Mark Takano, D-Calif. Most openly LGBT politicians in the U.S. are part of the Democratic Party, which has taken a more favorable stance than.

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Sinema announced in March that she would not run for re-election this year. Harvey Milk became the first openly gay elected official in California — and one of the first in gay country — when he was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in Less than a year after he was elected, Milk, 48, was assassinated by the sole supervisor who voted against the ordinance, becoming a martyr and an icon in the LGBTQ community.

The other two openly LGBTQ heads of government identify as lesbian. Historical figures are included only if there is documented evidence of an open queer identity. Jared Polis, D-Colo. InGunderson was the sole Republican in Congress to vote against the Defense of Marriage Act, which allowed generals to refuse to recognize same-sex marriages performed in states that permitted such unions.

Elaine Noble became the first openly gay person elected to statewide office in the U. Former Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass. Steve GundersonR-Wis. Polis made history again when he was elected governor of Colorado a decade later, becoming the first openly gay man elected governor of any U.

Polis was re-elected in by a wide margin. Intwo years before her death, Bill Clinton awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her work as a political trailblazer. Parker, who served as mayor fromis also the only person in Houston history to have ever served as mayor, council member and controller of the city.

InFrank married his longtime partner, James Ready, becoming the first member of Congress in a same-sex marriage. List of LGBTQ politicians in the United StatesThis is an alphabetical list of openly lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender politicians who have held office in the United States.

Upon assuming the office of a captain regent of San Marino on 1 AprilPaolo Rondelli became the first openly LGBTQ head of state. Barbara Jordan became the first Black woman elected to the Texas Senate inand six years later, inshe made history again by becoming the first woman and first Black person elected to Congress from the state.

That he sat on the throne named Neferkare leads many scholars to believe the tale King Neferkare and General Sasenet, which describes a gay relationship between a pharaoh and his general, was in.