At least 843 lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer people currently serve elected offic across the U.S., acrdg to the LGBTQ Victory Instute.
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From the US’ Pete Buttigieg, to Germany’s Jens Spahn and Serbia’s Ana Brnabić, there are more openly gay and lbian policians senr ernments around the globe than ever before * lgbt politicians *
Rchie Torr of New York beme the first Black and Latx gay man to serve Congrs. Reynolds wrote a journal article 2013 that found, once office, gay lears have a “transformative effect on the views and votg behavr of their straight lleagu.
Jared Polis of Colorado is gay, and Gov.
The term “transgenr” wasn’t monly ed Marsha’s lifetime, but she intified as a “transvte, ” gay and a drag queen and ed she/her pronouns.
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The clash wh the New York police marked a turng pot for the gay liberatn movement the US and spired Pri march around the world today. Johnson worked as an activist participatg monstratns and march as part of the Gay Liberatn Front, which formed the wake of Stonewall.
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Harvey Milk was one of the first openly gay policians elected to office the Uned Stat, and the first openly gay official elected California. “We want gays to reprent gays, ” Milk told the San Francis Examer 1977, and his posn as an LGBTQ public official helped brg the muny’s issu to promence.
While servg as a cy supervisor, he troduced legislatn to protect the gay muny, cludg a gay rights ordance 1978 to ban discrimatn agast LGBTQ hog or employment. He and other activists also succeed strikg down Proposn 6, which would have mandated the firg of any gay or lbian teachers California. He was one of the first to sound the alarm for the HIV/AIDS crisis 1981 when the New York Tim wrote about a rare type of “ncer” affectg gay men.
Kramer -found the advocy groups GMHC (Gay Men’s Health Crisis) and ACT UP (AIDS Coaln to Unleash Power), which ed the inic SILENCE = DEATH logo that beme a symbol for the AIDS crisis.