A rerd number of lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr ndidat are nng for office November, as the Tmp admistratn and state-level policians have moved to roll back some legal protectns.
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DEL R ELECTS OPENLY GAY MAYOR
From a pair of Native Amerin women to a Somali refugee to the first openly gay man elected ernor, the 2018 midterm electns brought a seri of history-makg vot that marked major acplishments for women and LGBT ndidat. * lgbt candidates 2018 *
He'll be the US' first openly gay ernor. From a pair of Native Amerin women to a Somali refugee to the first openly gay man elected ernor, the 2018 midterm electns brought a seri of history-makg vot that marked major acplishments for women and LGBT ndidat.
Jared Polis’ bid for ernor will be succsful, CNN projected, meang the openly gay member of Congrs will bee the first openly gay man elected ernor.
Hundreds of lbian, gay, transgenr, bisexual and queer ndidat ma the ballot Tuday. And by Electn Day's end, several of them had also ma U.S. history. * lgbt candidates 2018 *
Jim McGreevey me out as gay before he stepped down om office the early 2000s.
A rerd number of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people are nng the midterms, spe facg a hostile Whe Hoe and a growg number of bias cints. * lgbt candidates 2018 *
The 2018 midterm electns gave momento victori to Ameri’s lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer muny. On Electn Day, several of them ma history, cludg the first openly gay man to be elected ernor; New Hampshire’s first gay ngrsman; and a Native Amerin lbian who won a Hoe seat Kansas, beg the first queer person to reprent the state are some of the biggt LGBTQ ws om electn night: Jared Polis om Colorado be the first gay man to be elected ernor the U. Five-term Democratic ngrsman and father of two feated Republin state Treasurer Walker Stapleton, a send of former Print Gee W., whose first child was born 2011, was the first openly gay parent the Congrs.
“Tonight, Colorado rejected the Tmp-Pence admistratn’s polics of bigotry and fear by choosg bold pro-equaly champn Jared Polis, the natn’s first openly gay man elected ernor, ” Chad Griff, Human Rights Campaign print, said a statement.
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Chris Pappas be New Hampshire’s first openly gay member of Congrs.
Seven stat had never elected an openly gay or transgenr legislator before this year. Three of them jt did an electn that substantially creased the number of LGBT lawmakers overall. * lgbt candidates 2018 *
Democrat Chris Pappas edged out Republin Eddie Edwards New Hampshire’s 1st Congrsnal District, beg the state’s first openly gay member of Congrs.
Forty years ago, on Nov. 27, 1978, California's first openly gay elected official was assassated. Harvey Milk champned gay rights and challenged the LGBTQ muny to be out and proud. * lgbt candidates 2018 *
” Lbian Angie Craig feats anti-LGBTQ ngrsman Mnota, be first openly gay person elected to Congrs om the state.