The 118th U.S. Congrs set a historil mark wh a rerd 13 members who intify as gay, lbian or bisexual.
Contents:
- IRS 'WHISTLEBLOWER X,' A GAY DEMOCRAT, REVEALS INTY AND TELLS CONGRS HE WAS BLOCKED OM INVTIGATG HUNTER BIN
- RERD 13 CONGRS MEMBERS INTIFY AS GAY, LBIAN OR BISEXUAL
- 118TH CONGRS BREAKS RERD FOR LBIAN, GAY AND BISEXUAL REPRENTATN
- PROMENT GAY REPUBLINS HELPED SMOOTH THE WAY FOR MARRIAGE BILL
- HOE PASS SWEEPG GAY AND TRANSGENR EQUALY LEGISLATN
- REPUBLINS AIM TO PASS NATNAL ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ LAW
- U.S. CONGRSWOMAN MARY GAY SNLONREPRENTG PENNSYLVANIA'S 5TH DISTRICT
IRS 'WHISTLEBLOWER X,' A GAY DEMOCRAT, REVEALS INTY AND TELLS CONGRS HE WAS BLOCKED OM INVTIGATG HUNTER BIN
* gay congress *
Joe Ziegler, a special agent wh the tax agency for 13 years, scribed himself as a "gay Democrat married to a man" and said he cid to e forward spe his personal polics bee he believ "no one should be above the law regardls of your polil affiliatn.
"I equate this to the experience and feelgs I enuntered when g out [as gay], " said Ziegler.
He had been anonymo until Wednday's his openg statement, Ziegler emphasized that he is a gay man and a registered Democrat who has been acced of betrayg his party.
RERD 13 CONGRS MEMBERS INTIFY AS GAY, LBIAN OR BISEXUAL
Thirteen votg members of the 118th Congrs intify as lbian, gay or bisexual – the hight number of openly LGB members history. * gay congress *
I., and the first openly gay mayor of a state pal -- has reprented Rho Island's First Congrsnal District sce 2011.
She mak history as Kansas's first LGBTQ member of Congrs and the first gay Native Amerin woman elected to Congrs.
118TH CONGRS BREAKS RERD FOR LBIAN, GAY AND BISEXUAL REPRENTATN
Gay ngrsman Sean Patrick Maloney won reelectn 2018 to ntue reprentg New York's 18th District. Mark Pon is a gay polician and former small-bs owner who first took office the U.
Ziegler, whose name was whheld closed-door terview transcripts released last month by Republins, said Wednday that he cid to e forward publicly “not as a hero or a victim, ” but as a married, gay Democrat “pelled to disclose the tth. Congrs set a historil mark wh a rerd 13 members who intify as gay, lbian or bisexual. Barney Frank, D-Mass., beme the first openly gay lawmaker Congrs when he me out on Memorial Day 1987.
"I n accept not volunteerg that I am gay.
PROMENT GAY REPUBLINS HELPED SMOOTH THE WAY FOR MARRIAGE BILL
The only openly gay Republin Congrs is New York Rep.
HOE PASS SWEEPG GAY AND TRANSGENR EQUALY LEGISLATN
He is the first openly gay Republin to w a ngrsnal electn not as the cumbent. In the Hoe, eight gay men serve and three lbians.
REPUBLINS AIM TO PASS NATNAL ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ LAW
Robert Garcia, the first openly gay immigrant; Rep. Eric Sorenson, Illois' first openly gay reprentative; and Rep.
The rerd number of openly gay, lbian or bisexual Congrs members reprents 2% of all of Congrs.
5% of the adult populatn intifi as gay, lbian or bisexual, acrdg to a 2021 Gallup poll. Sean Patrick Maloney, is the first openly gay member of Congrs elected by New York.
U.S. CONGRSWOMAN MARY GAY SNLONREPRENTG PENNSYLVANIA'S 5TH DISTRICT
The projects were elimated as part of a Republin en bloc amendment that advanced a range of Republin cultural prri, cludg a provisn that would ban flyg gay pri flags over ernment buildgs. Mark Pon said the mtee’s move to strip the earmarks was “bigoted” and scribed his own experience gettg attacked leavg a gay bar that left him unnsc.