Meet the 10 Gay, Lbian, and Bisexual Members of the 116th Congrs

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Thirteen votg members of the 118th Congrs intify as lbian, gay or bisexual – the hight number of openly LGB members history.

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WHO ARE THE 10 CLOSETED GAY REPUBLINS CONGRS?

Howie Kle: Openly gay Democratic Congrsman Barney Frank has said there are ten closeted nservative gays Congrs. He's outed a few, but who are the remag hypocr? * gay congressmen *

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. Gay ngrsman Sean Patrick Maloney won reelectn 2018 to ntue reprentg New York's 18th District.

118TH CONGRS BREAKS RERD FOR LBIAN, GAY AND BISEXUAL REPRENTATN

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Mark Pon is a gay polician and former small-bs owner who first took office the U. 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.

RCHIE TORR BE FIRST GAY AO LATO ELECTED TO CONGRS

Of the seven LGBTQ cumbents on the ballot, all Democrats, won re-electn: David Cicille of Rho Island, Chris Pappas of New Hampshire, Mark Pon of Wisns, Angie Craig of Mnota, Mark Takano of California and Sharice Davids of Kansas, who beme first openly gay Native Amerin Congrs 2018.

While only two noncumbents won their rac, Ga Ortiz Jon, an out lbian and former Air Force pta, lost her race Texas' 23rd Congrsnal District by jt 3 pots to Republin Tony, 39, an Iraq War veteran, would have been the first openly gay reprentative om Texas and the first Filipo Amerin woman Congrs.

Baldw, who was elected to the Hoe of Reprentativ 1998, was also the first gay noncumbent elected to eher chamber of Congrs. County Library's thor's seri, ALOUD, to hear Daniel Hurewz, who wrote Bohemian Los Angel and the Makg of Morn Polics and Stuart Timmons, who wrote Gay L. Loose on the 'til then unmolted gay muny, the first time-- though not the last-- they would be spegoated by an amb and crooked headg over to the Library I saw a New York Tim story about a ls socially divisive reactn to gay people, not California, where we are currently burned by a rpt and Neanrthal Republin ernor, but om Massachetts, where the state legislature stck down attempts by right-wg loons driven sane by hollow terpretatns of Bronze Age superstns, to outlaw same-sex marriage.

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