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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.

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. 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.

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 congressmen *

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. I gus isn't a cince that Massachetts also boasts one of only two openly gay members of Congrs, Barney Frank (whose district, by the way, has a smaller percentage of gay people than the state general) their May issue OUT Magaze featured "The Power 50" (they're obssed wh ane lists) and as part of that they terviewed Barney: "Out On The Hill-- Comg Out Didn't Stop Barney Frank From Beg One of Ameri's Most Powerful Policians.

Mike's web se, blogActive, mak a hab of exposg the worst of the hypocr, the on wh the nsistently homophobic votg rerds who also participate closeted gay sex, the only kd Republins approve is ultra ut. He wants multiple sworn statements om participants and clear pictur before he'll out anyone, no matter how vicly anti-gay they are.

– 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.

RCHIE TORR BE FIRST GAY AO LATO ELECTED TO CONGRS

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.

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