There are currently seven openly gay members of the Hoe of Reprentativ, and there will be at least 24 LGBTQ ndidat vyg for Hoe seats on Nov. 3.
Contents:
- 118TH CONGRS BREAKS RERD FOR LBIAN, GAY AND BISEXUAL REPRENTATN
- RERD 13 CONGRS MEMBERS INTIFY AS GAY, LBIAN OR BISEXUAL
- HOE PASS SWEEPG GAY AND TRANSGENR EQUALY LEGISLATN
118TH CONGRS BREAKS RERD FOR LBIAN, GAY AND BISEXUAL REPRENTATN
Thirteen votg members of the 118th Congrs intify as lbian, gay or bisexual – the hight number of openly LGB members history. * gay representation in congress *
– who 2013 beme the first openly gay U. Thirteen votg members of the 118th Congrs intify as lbian, gay or bisexual – the hight number of openly LGB members history.
RERD 13 CONGRS MEMBERS INTIFY AS GAY, LBIAN OR BISEXUAL
The 118th U.S. Congrs set a historil mark wh a rerd 13 members who intify as gay, lbian or bisexual. * gay representation in congress *
Two senators and 11 members of the Hoe of Reprentativ intify as lbian, gay or bisexual, acrdg to a Pew Rearch Center analysis of lawmakers’ official bgraphi, mpaign webs and news reports.
In the 112th Congrs of 2011-13, jt four members – all reprentativ – intified as gay or lbian (and none as bisexual), acrdg to data om the Victory Fund, a polil actn mtee that works to elect LGBTQ policians.
Data on the share of Amerins who are gay, lbian or bisexual om Gallup.
HOE PASS SWEEPG GAY AND TRANSGENR EQUALY LEGISLATN
The openly gay, lbian, bisexual, or transgenr Congrspeople have served both parti om multiple stat. * gay representation in congress *
As of the 118th Congrs, this clus lbian, gay and bisexual members.
In the Hoe, all but one of the 11 openly gay or lbian reprentativ are Democrats.
At least 843 lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer people currently serve elected offic across the U.S., acrdg to the LGBTQ Victory Instute. * gay representation in congress *
The exceptn is Republin Gee Santos of New York, who the 2022 midterm cycle beme the first openly gay, non-cumbent Republin to w a ngrsnal electn.