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- 118TH CONGRS BREAKS RERD FOR LBIAN, GAY AND BISEXUAL REPRENTATN
- IRS 'WHISTLEBLOWER X,' A GAY DEMOCRAT, REVEALS INTY AND TELLS CONGRS HE WAS BLOCKED OM INVTIGATG HUNTER BIN
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 democrats 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. 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. 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.
IRS 'WHISTLEBLOWER X,' A GAY DEMOCRAT, REVEALS INTY AND TELLS CONGRS HE WAS BLOCKED OM INVTIGATG HUNTER BIN
The openly gay, lbian, bisexual, or transgenr Congrspeople have served both parti om multiple stat. * gay democrats 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. Seven of the 11 openly gay or lbian reprentativ the Hoe are returng members of Congrs. The four newly elected members clu Santos; Robert Garcia, D-Calif., the first openly gay immigrant elected to Congrs; Democrat Eric Sorensen, the first out gay ngrsperson to reprent Illois; and Democrat Bec Balt, the first woman and first openly LGB person to reprent Vermont.
Eight of the 11 Hoe members who intify as gay or lbian are gay men and three are lbians. A rerd number of LGBTQ lawmakers will be headg to Congrs next ssn after an Electn Day marked by historic New York, Democrats Rchie Torr and Mondaire Jon won their Hoe rac and beme the first two gay Black ndidat elected to told NBC News he is exced about servg alongsi Torr.