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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DRAG HERSTORY: THIS DRAG QUEEN WAS THE FIRST OPENLY GAY AMERIN TO RUN FOR OFFICE
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Even so, Sarria me nth out of over thirty ndidat, garnerg nearly 6, 000 vot, acplishg his goal: “From that day on, ” Sarria told The Atlantic 2011, “there’s never been a polician San Francis — not even a dog-tcher — that did not go and talk to the gay muny. ” Historian John D’E later wrote that this was the first time queer rints of San Francis had been asked to thk of their sexual inty as a polil ma great stris toward equaly for the LGBTQ+ muny San Francis, cludg his foundg of the Tavern Guild of San Francis 1962, the Uned Stat’s first associatn of gay bs, and the gay advocy group Society for Individual Rights 1963.
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Most are Democrats, and anti-Tmp fervor spurred many to Kirkpatrick for The New York TimThe number of gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr elected officials has ntued to surge, growg by about 17 percent the last year to nearly 1, 000 natnwi — more than double the number jt four years ago, acrdg to a new annual ranks now clu two ernors, two Uned Stat senators, ne members of Congrs, 189 state legislators and 56 mayors, acrdg to the report om the L. At least 843 LGBTQ people currently serve elected offic across the Uned Stat, nstutg a 21 percent crease sce June 2019, acrdg to the LGBTQ Victory Instute’s “Out for Ameri 2020” cens of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer elected officials. “In a world where our civil rights are unr attack, and many are qutng their place the world, the affirmg power of such reprentatn nnot be overstated, ” said Mondaire Jon, who recently won the Democratic nomatn New York’s 17th Congrsnal District and, if elected November, uld be the first openly gay Black man elected to of this crease was driven by what Victory lled a “rabow wave” — a surge LGBTQ ws the 2018 and 2019 electns.