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class="ar-imgContaer-wir_830 ar-imgContaer dmnc_imag-img-module__l2vrE bg-gray-light dmnc_imag-img-module__2TzDj w-full"><img width="1660" height="934" alt="Venton Jon, Jolanda Jon and Christian "Manuel" Hay (om left) were all elected this..." src="()/" class="dmnc_imag-img-module__-o1u- max-w-full text-whe object-nta dmnc_imag-img-module__Y5YJY dmnc_imag-img-module__pZHsv aspect-rat-ner-centered-f"/></div><figptn class="dmnc_imag-image-elements-module__ku669 sendaryRoman sendaryRoman-10 mt-3 text-gray-medium">Venton Jon, Jolanda Jon and Christian "Manuel" Hay (om left) were all elected this year to Texas Hoe seats Dallas, Hoton and Bemont, rpectively. Jolanda Jon beme the first openly LGBTQ and Black state legislator when she won a special electn May; Hay and Venton Jon beme the first two openly gay Black men elected to the Texas Legislature on Tuday.<span class="dmnc_imag-image-elements-module__7oO0P pl-1">(Courty of the Venton Jon, Jolanda Jon and Christian "Manuel" Hay Campaigns )</span></figptn></figure><div class="dmnc_chas-article-top-article-top-module__6c-b7 flex lg-down_flex-l"><div class="dmnc_chas-article-top-article-top-module__iUvdA flex-grow lg-down_w-full lg-down_mb-4"><div class="dmnc_generic-byle-byle-module__TwYNy sendaryRoman sendaryRoman-10 text-gray-medium"><p><span class="">By <a class="dmnc_generic-byle-byle-module__oMvhi lk-blue unrle" href="/thor/lren-mcgghy/">Lren McGghy</a></span></p><p>2:21 PM on Nov 9, 2022 CST</p></div></div><div class="dmnc_chas-article-top-article-top-module__6Ov1b lg-down_w-full"><div class="dmnc_generic-share-bar-share-bar-module__C7Mzo flex flex-l md_flex-row md_ems-center"><div class="dmnc_social-ins-social-ins-module__QPbOU flex flex-wrap mb-8"><button class="dmnc_featur-try-ai-social-button-try-button-module__SOTEf relative borr borr-blue flex whpace-nowrap ems-center p-3 mr-3 my-1 hover_bg-blue transn-all"><svg xmlns=" width="16" height="17" viewBox="0 0 16 17" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-lep="round" stroke-lejo="round" class="dmnc_featur-try-ai-social-button-try-button-module__41Bxg in-le w-6 h-6 text-blue"><path d="M1 12.749V8.082a7 7 0 1114 0v4.667m0 .778a1.556 1.556 0 01-1.556 1.555h-.777a1.556 1.556 0 01-1.556-1.555v-2.334a1.556 1.556 0 011.556-1.555H15v3.889zm-14 0a1.556 1.556 0 001.556 1.555h.777a1.556 1.556 0 001.556-1.555v-2.334a1.556 1.556 0 00-1.556-1.555H1v3.889z"></path></svg><span class="dmnc_featur-try-ai-social-button-try-button-module__0kLCN sendaryBoldCaps sendaryBoldCaps-10 pl-1 hi-if-empty text-blue">LISTEN</span></button><a class="dmnc_social-ins-social-ins-module__rH-K0 relative borr borr-gray-medium flex whpace-nowrap ems-center p-3 mr-3 my-1 hover_bg-gray-light transn-all" href=" target="_blank" rel="external nofollow" tle="Share on Facebook"><svg xmlns=" width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-lep="round" stroke-lejo="round" class="dmnc_social-ins-social-ins-module__-UxPq in-le dmnc_social-ins-social-ins-module__2p85- text-facebook"><path d="M18 2h-3a5 5 0 00-5 5v3H7v4h3v8h4v-8h3l1-4h-4V7a1 1 0 011-1h3z"></path></svg></a><a class="dmnc_social-ins-social-ins-module__rH-K0 relative borr borr-gray-medium flex whpace-nowrap ems-center p-3 mr-3 my-1 hover_bg-gray-light transn-all" href=" target="_blank" rel="external nofollow" tle="Share on Twter"><svg xmlns=" width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-lep="round" stroke-lejo="round" class="dmnc_social-ins-social-ins-module__-UxPq in-le dmnc_social-ins-social-ins-module__vWRQM text-twter"><path d="M23 3a10.9 10.9 0 01-3.14 1.53 4.48 4.48 0 00-7.86 3v1A10.66 10.66 0 013 4s-4 9 5 13a11.64 11.64 0 01-7 2c9 5 20 0 20-11.5a4.5 4.5 0 00-.08-.83A7.72 7.72 0 0023 3z"></path></svg></a><a class="dmnc_social-ins-social-ins-module__rH-K0 relative borr borr-gray-medium flex whpace-nowrap ems-center p-3 mr-3 my-1 hover_bg-gray-light transn-all" href="mailto:?; tle="Share via Email"><svg width="16" height="11" viewBox="0 0 16 11" xmlns=" fill="currentColor" class="dmnc_social-ins-social-ins-module__-UxPq in-le "><path d="M8.202 6.698L15.085.62c-.046-.007-.088-.028-.136-.028H1.452c-.03 0-.055.015-.083.018l6.833 6.087zM15.913 1.557a.95.95 0 00-.065-.323l-4.86 4.291 4.798 4.198a.954.954 0 00.127-.453V1.557zM.564 1.185a.957.957 0 00-.076.372V9.27c0 .14.034.272.088.392L5.42 5.51.564 1.185z"></path><path d="M10.26 6.167L8.2 7.986l-2.054-1.83-4.744 4.066c.017.002.032.012.05.012h13.454l-4.647-4.067z"></path></svg></a><a class="dmnc_social-ins-social-ins-module__rH-K0 relative borr borr-gray-medium flex whpace-nowrap ems-center p-3 mr-3 my-1 hover_bg-gray-light transn-all" href="()" tle="Prt"><svg fill="currentColor" class="dmnc_social-ins-social-ins-module__-UxPq in-le " width="15" height="15" viewBox="0 0 15 15" xmlns="><path d="M13.125 2.813V0H1.875v2.813H0v5.624h1.875v2.813L5.625 15h7.5V8.437H15V2.814h-1.875zM11.25 13.124H6.562v-2.813H3.75v-3.75h7.5v6.563zm0-10.313h-7.5v-.937h7.5v.938z"></path></svg></a></div></div></div></div><div class="dmnc_featur-try-ai-media-player-try-ai-module__XuKhb mb-4"><div class="tryAudPlaceholr"></div></div><div emProp="articleBody" class="body-text dmnc_featur-article-body-body-module__Ldbl- mb-8 false"><sectn><p class="body-text-paragraph">AUSTIN — The number of Black <a href=">LGBTQ state lawmakers Texas</a> is about to triple.</p><p class="body-text-paragraph">In May, <a href=">Jolanda Jon</a> beme <a href=">the state’s first openly gay and Black state legislator</a> when she won a hard-fought special electn to reprent Hoton the Texas Hoe. Her GOP opponent then dropped out of the race.</p><div class="dmnc_featur-ads-arc-ad-_children-ad-wrapper-module__cOFTB flex flex-l ems-center dmnc_featur-ads-arc-ad-_children-ad-wrapper-module__xNWY5 borr-t borr-b borr-gray-light mb-6 hidn md_flex"><div class="dmnc_featur-ads-arc-ad-_children-ad-wrapper-module__3Ge73 upperse py-4 sendaryRoman sendaryRoman-9 text-gray-dark">Advertisement</div><div class="dmnc_featur-ads-nfig-prets-module__hQ4DU flex ems-center jtify-center mb-6 htlad-sktopInle1" data-un="dmn/news/polics/article/sktopInle1" data-targetg="{}"></div></div><p class="body-text-paragraph">Then on Tuday, Christian “Manuel” Hay and Venton Jon, who reprent Bemont and Dallas, rpectively, beme the first two openly gay Black men elected to the state Legislature. Venton Jon will also be the first openly HIV-posive Texas lawmaker. </p><div class="dmnc_featur-ads-arc-ad-_children-ad-wrapper-module__cOFTB flex flex-l ems-center dmnc_featur-ads-arc-ad-_children-ad-wrapper-module__xNWY5 borr-t borr-b borr-gray-light mb-6 md_hidn"><div class="dmnc_featur-ads-arc-ad-_children-ad-wrapper-module__3Ge73 upperse py-4 sendaryRoman sendaryRoman-9 text-gray-dark">Advertisement</div><div class="dmnc_featur-ads-nfig-prets-module__h-NaF dmnc_featur-ads-nfig-prets-module__u4HRm dmnc_featur-ads-nfig-prets-module__N2M5T flex ems-center jtify-center mb-6 md_hidn htlad-dfpPosn1_article" data-un="dmn/news/polics/article/dfpPosn1_article" data-targetg="{}"></div></div><p class="body-text-paragraph">Together, they boost the number of openly LGBTQ state lawmakers to eight jt as the Texas Legislature is poised to take up key bat on the rights of lbian, gay, bisexual — and pecially transgenr — Texans next year. All three are Democrats.</p><div class="dmnc_featur-cta-newsletter-cta-newsletter-module__J4vZB dmnc_featur-cta-newsletter-cta-newsletter-module__oPm-X flex flex-row pb-6 md_pb-9 mb-9 md_mb-7 sendaryRoman sendaryRoman-20 borr-t borr-b borr-gray-light pt-6 md_pt-9 mt-9 md_mt-7"><div class="dmnc_featur-cta-newsletter-cta-newsletter-module__LAPui mr-6 md_mr-8"><img class="dmnc_featur-cta-newsletter-cta-newsletter-module__kbcj8 h-f" src=" alt="Polics"/></div><div class="dmnc_featur-cta-newsletter-cta-newsletter-module__nW1Im flex-to"><div class="dmnc_featur-cta-newsletter-cta-newsletter-module__3rR5T dmnc_featur-cta-newsletter-cta-newsletter-module__li9kJ mb-4 sendaryBold sendaryBold-20">Polil Pots</div><p class="dmnc_featur-cta-newsletter-cta-newsletter-module__RhDsU mb-4">Get the latt polics news om North Texas and beyond.</p><form><label for="subscribeEmail" class="dmnc_featur-cta-newsletter-cta-newsletter-module__cgbBU block mb-4 sendaryBoldCaps sendaryBoldCaps-20">Email Addrs</label><div class="dmnc_featur-cta-newsletter-cta-newsletter-module__RJ-O5 flex flex-row flex-wrap gap-x-5"><div class="dmnc_featur-cta-newsletter-cta-newsletter-module__pIXRj flex flex-l w-full"><put type="email" class="dmnc_featur-cta-newsletter-cta-newsletter-module__sZ1DH py-4 px-4 w-full round" style="borr:1px solid #BBC1C4" value="" placeholr="Enter your email addrs" putid="subscribeEmail"/><p class="dmnc_featur-cta-newsletter-cta-newsletter-module__nrih8 flex flex-wrap py-4 text-black sendaryRoman sendaryRoman-15 ntas-lk-blue-unrle">By signg up you agree to our <a class="lk-blue" href="/help/terms-of-service/">Terms of Service</a> and <a class="lk-blue" href="/help/privacy-policy">Privacy Policy</a></p></div><button type="subm" class="dmnc_featur-cta-newsletter-cta-newsletter-module__5iXsN btn btn-blue foc_borr-blue" disabled=""><span class="dmnc_featur-cta-newsletter-cta-newsletter-module__DbaCN">SUBMIT</span></button></div></form></div></div><div><div class='s2nPlayer k-iEBoJZDZ' data-type='float'></div></div><p class="body-text-paragraph">The 2023 legislative ssn kicks off Jan. 10. GOP lawmakers have already promised to file bills banng <a href=" target="_blank">genr-affirmg re</a> for transgenr mors, <a href=" target="_blank">barrg children om drag shows</a> and <a href=" target="_blank">prohibg the mentn of genr or sexualy</a> elementary schools.</p><p class="body-text-paragraph">The GOP domat both chambers of the 151-member Texas Legislature and <a href=" target="_blank">kept ntrol over every statewi elected posn</a> on Tuday, cludg the <a href=" target="_blank">ernor</a>, <a href=" target="_blank">litenant ernor</a> and <a href=" target="_blank">attorney general</a>.</p><div class="dmnc_featur-ads-arc-ad-_children-ad-wrapper-module__cOFTB flex flex-l ems-center dmnc_featur-ads-arc-ad-_children-ad-wrapper-module__xNWY5 borr-t borr-b borr-gray-light mb-6"><div class="dmnc_featur-ads-arc-ad-_children-ad-wrapper-module__3Ge73 upperse py-4 sendaryRoman sendaryRoman-9 text-gray-dark">Advertisement</div><div class="dmnc_featur-ads-nfig-prets-module__D24FM w-full mb-6 htlad-nativeArticleInle" data-un="dmn/news/polics/article/nativeArticleInle" data-targetg="{"native":"nativeArticleInle","scroll":"1"}"></div></div><article id="related-story-embed-4Q7KDAY2IBGVNO5W52F6EFX76A" data-oembed-type="related-story" class="dmnc_featur-article-body-embeds-related-story-module__8iRXq block w-full le-block my-2 p-7 bg-gray-lighter borr borr-gray-light ignore-body-text sendaryBold sendaryBold-7"><label class="dmnc_featur-article-body-embeds-related-story-module__dzAkK pr-3 text-blue">Related:</label><a class="dmnc_featur-article-body-embeds-related-story-module__82BFj" href="/news/tn/2022/04/04/lt--dan-patrick-wants-texas-to-replite-dont-say-gay-law-per-mpaign-email/">How do Dan Patrick want to mirror Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law Texas?</a></article><p class="body-text-paragraph">Jon says she is ready to take on the challenge.</p><p class="body-text-paragraph">“I’m ready to fight for mocratic prcipl and fight for LGBTQIA rights bee somebody’s got to stand up for ,” Jon told <i>The Dallas Morng News</i>. “I hopefully will stand the gap wh my three lleagu — and even some Republins.”</p><div class="dmnc_featur-ads-arc-ad-_children-ad-wrapper-module__cOFTB flex flex-l ems-center dmnc_featur-ads-arc-ad-_children-ad-wrapper-module__xNWY5 borr-t borr-b borr-gray-light mb-6 md_hidn"><div class="dmnc_featur-ads-arc-ad-_children-ad-wrapper-module__3Ge73 upperse py-4 sendaryRoman sendaryRoman-9 text-gray-dark">Advertisement</div><div class="dmnc_featur-ads-nfig-prets-module__YIHSg dmnc_featur-ads-nfig-prets-module__u4HRm dmnc_featur-ads-nfig-prets-module__N2M5T flex ems-center jtify-center mb-6 md_hidn htlad-dfpPosn2_article" data-un="dmn/news/polics/article/dfpPosn2_article" data-targetg="{}"></div></div><p class="body-text-paragraph">A rerd 340 LGBT people were elected to office durg the midterms natnwi, <a href=" target="_blank">acrdg to the ndidate advocy group LGBTQ Victory Fund</a>, cludg the first lbian ernor and the first transgenr man state lawmaker.</p><div class="dmnc_featur-ads-arc-ad-_children-ad-wrapper-module__cOFTB flex flex-l ems-center dmnc_featur-ads-arc-ad-_children-ad-wrapper-module__xNWY5 borr-t borr-b borr-gray-light mb-6 hidn md_flex"><div class="dmnc_featur-ads-arc-ad-_children-ad-wrapper-module__3Ge73 upperse py-4 sendaryRoman sendaryRoman-9 text-gray-dark">Advertisement</div><div class="dmnc_featur-ads-nfig-prets-module__-zD5N flex ems-center jtify-center mb-6 htlad-sktopInle2" data-un="dmn/news/polics/article/sktopInle2" data-targetg="{}"></div></div><p class="body-text-paragraph">There are no openly LGBTQ state senators or statewi elected officials Texas.</p><p class="body-text-paragraph">Venton Jon, who bted his Libertarian opponent by more than a 5-to-1 marg, will reprent a sprawlg Oak Cliff district that stretch across south Dallas. Born and raised the district, he said his legislative agenda will center on “revalizg and vtg” the muny.</p><p class="body-text-paragraph">He said he will foc on health re, hog, tn and votg rights, and cricized GOP stanc on abortn accs and LGBTQ rights: “We’ve already seen the posturg by the other si, particularly the radil posture of the other si, to impe the abily of people to live eely, openly and safely.”</p><div class=""><div class="dmnc_featur-ads-arc-ad-_children-ad-wrapper-module__3Ge73 upperse py-4 sendaryRoman sendaryRoman-9 text-gray-dark dmnc_featur-ads-arc-ad-_children-ad-wrapper-module__aJKMz hidn">Advertisement</div><div class="" id="teads-article-ad"></div></div><p class="body-text-paragraph">Hay, who beat Republin opponent Jarn Randle by a wi marg, worked for the outgog Bemont Rep. Joe Dhotel as a legislative staffer for 17 years. He said he will brg that experience, and what he lled “southeast Texas energy” to At.</p><p class="body-text-paragraph">“It’s hontly a mixture of beg liberal and nservative at the same time,” Hay explaed to <i>The News </i>on Wednday. “We believe change, but not change for the sake of change.”</p><p class="body-text-paragraph">He said flood migatn, tn wh a foc on special needs stunts, jobs for ral rints, and, as a child whose mother was abed, domtic vlence preventn are all top issu for him. Hay said he hoped to fight anti-LGBTQ bills by tg the voters on the issu he said they believe they oppose.</p><p class="body-text-paragraph">“I don’t thk Texans are hateful people,” he said. “I thk that they have been given misrmatn.”</p><div class="dmnc_featur-ads-arc-ad-_children-ad-wrapper-module__cOFTB flex flex-l ems-center dmnc_featur-ads-arc-ad-_children-ad-wrapper-module__xNWY5 borr-t borr-b borr-gray-light mb-6"><div class="dmnc_featur-ads-arc-ad-_children-ad-wrapper-module__3Ge73 upperse py-4 sendaryRoman sendaryRoman-9 text-gray-dark">Advertisement</div><div class="dmnc_featur-ads-nfig-prets-module__Z-JdA dmnc_featur-ads-nfig-prets-module__N2M5T flex ems-center jtify-center mb-6 htlad-dfpPosn" data-un="dmn/news/polics/article/dfpPosn" data-targetg="{"scroll":"1"}"></div></div><article id="related-story-embed-MAQ2ZBY7TVENXD4IHH6PDDLGGU" data-oembed-type="related-story" class="dmnc_featur-article-body-embeds-related-story-module__8iRXq block w-full le-block my-2 p-7 bg-gray-lighter borr borr-gray-light ignore-body-text sendaryBold sendaryBold-7"><label class="dmnc_featur-article-body-embeds-related-story-module__dzAkK pr-3 text-blue">Related:</label><a class="dmnc_featur-article-body-embeds-related-story-module__82BFj" href="/news/polics/2022/05/26/texas-voters-choose-first-openly-gay-black-legislators/">Texas voters choose first openly gay, Black legislators </a></article><p class="body-text-paragraph">Rirdo Martez, the CEO of the LGBTQ rights group Equaly Texas, said havg more LGBTQ lawmakers may even change the feelgs of those si the body self. About 4% of adult Texans intify as LGBTQ, acrdg to data om the Williams Instute at the Universy of California Los Angel.</p><p class="body-text-paragraph">“I hope that as legislators get to know their new peers, some of the animosy toward our muny will beg to fa. 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First me bathroom bills, then “Don’t Say Gay.” But state lawmakers may jt be gettg started.

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NOT JT FLORIDA. MORE THAN A DOZEN STAT PROPOSE SO-LLED 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILLS

Neil Rafferty’s paful experience as a young man fluenced his efforts to block new rtrictns on gay and transgenr youth. He me up short. * gay state lawmakers *

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.

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FOR ALABAMA’S ONLY GAY LAWMAKER, A POLIL DEFEAT WAS DEEPLY PERSONAL

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Across the Uned Stat, at least a dozen stat are nsirg new legislatn that several ways will mirror Florida's new ntroversial law, referred to by some opponents as "Don't Say Gay. "The stutnalizatn of the bills is an overt form of stctural transphobia and homophobia, and go agast all public health evince creatg a safe and supportive environment for transgenr, nonbary, queer, gay and lbian youths and teachers to thrive, " Arjee Rtar, assistant profsor of epimlogy at the Universy of Washgton, told NPR.

Rtar, a social epimlogist and health equy advote, said the ntroversial bills will lim all youths to live to their fullt potential, addg "there should be no room for transphobia and homophobia — pecially the classroom.

" Tennsee's HB 800 bans books and stctnal materials "that promote, normalize, support, or addrs lbian, gay, bi-sexual, or transgenr issu or liftyle. Two years after Arizona lawmakers repealed a law barrg any stctn on HIV or AIDS that that "promot a homosexual liftyle, " they are close to enactg a broad remake of the state's sex tn laws wh a particular foc on LGBTQ issu.

WT VIRGIA REPUBLIN STATE LAWMAKER OUT AS GAY

AUSTIN — The number of Black LGBTQ state lawmakers Texas is about to triple. In May, Jolanda Jon beme the state’s first openly gay and Black state... * gay state lawmakers *

"Florida may be the first this wave, but there have been other laws the past that were lled 'no promo homo' laws, which forbid sayg posive thgs about lbian, gay, bisexual, and queer people classrooms, " Simmons told NPR.

New York Cy is lnchg a digal billboard mpaign, supportg LGBTQ visibily that will be displayed five major markets Florida for eight weeks, to lure Floridians unhappy wh their state's "Don't Say Gay" law to the Big Apple, Adams announced.

GAY STATE LAWMAKERS HOPE GROWTH NUMBERS HELPS HUMANIZE THEIR

A judge also tossed a lawsu agast Florida’s Parental Rights Edutn law — dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” law by crics, which prohibs “classroom stctn by school personnel or third parti on sexual orientatn or genr inty” krgarten through eighth gra, “or a manner that is not age-appropriate or velopmentally appropriate for stunts acrdance wh state standards. This hort is also the most diverse yet, thanks to the electn of the first three Black and openly gay reprentativ. But ’s a rerd — and more than 30 years sce the state’s first openly gay legislator served.

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That’s a rerd both numbers and diversy. </span></h1></div><h2 class="font--subhead font-light offblack mb-sm pb-xxs-ns subheadle" data-qa="subheadle" style="max-width:1000px">The “rabow wave” h state legislatur, as well. </h2><div class="flex prt-byle prt-mt-none"><div class="byle-wrapper flex-lumn flex"><div class="PJLV PJLV-ihSmMVC-css"><div class="PJLV PJLV-iPJLV-css mb-xxs overriStyl" style="gap:0.5rem" data-qa="thor-byle"><span class="wpds-c-PJLV"><div class="dib ems-center" data-qa="thor-byle"><span class=""><div class="dib font-xxs" data-qa="name-wh-optnal-lk" data-cy="name-wh-optnal-lk"><span data-qa="attributn-text" class="wpds-c-cNdzuP">Analysis by <!-- --> </span><span data-qa="thor-name" rel="thor" class="wpds-c-cNdzuP wpds-c-cNdzuP-cIdiJW-isLk-false">Andrew Flor</span></div><span class="wpds-c-kpjDGe wpds-c-kpjDGe-fSGdIc-isSmall-false wpds-c-kpjDGe-icNdzuP-css">,<!-- --> </span></span></div><div class="dib ems-center" data-qa="thor-byle"><span class=""><div class="dib font-xxs" data-qa="name-wh-optnal-lk" data-cy="name-wh-optnal-lk"><span data-qa="thor-name" rel="thor" class="wpds-c-cNdzuP wpds-c-cNdzuP-cIdiJW-isLk-false">Charl Gossett</span></div><span class="wpds-c-kpjDGe wpds-c-kpjDGe-fSGdIc-isSmall-false wpds-c-kpjDGe-icNdzuP-css">,<!-- --> </span></span></div><div class="dib ems-center" data-qa="thor-byle"><span class=""><div class="dib font-xxs" data-qa="name-wh-optnal-lk" data-cy="name-wh-optnal-lk"><span data-qa="thor-name" rel="thor" class="wpds-c-cNdzuP wpds-c-cNdzuP-cIdiJW-isLk-false">Gabriele Magni</span></div><span class="wpds-c-kpjDGe wpds-c-kpjDGe-fSGdIc-isSmall-false wpds-c-kpjDGe-icNdzuP-css"> and<!-- --> </span></span></div><div class="dib ems-center" data-qa="thor-byle"><span class=""><div class="dib font-xxs" data-qa="name-wh-optnal-lk" data-cy="name-wh-optnal-lk"><span data-qa="thor-name" rel="thor" class="wpds-c-cNdzuP wpds-c-cNdzuP-cIdiJW-isLk-false">Andrew Reynolds</span></div><span class="wpds-c-kpjDGe wpds-c-kpjDGe-fSGdIc-isSmall-false wpds-c-kpjDGe-icNdzuP-css"></span></span></div></span></div></div><div data-ttid="timtamp" class="wpds-c-kgabfe wpds-c-kgabfe-ieEDlgV-css"><span data-ttid="display-date" class="wpds-c-iKQyrV">November 30, 2020 at 7:00 a.m. EST</span></div></div></div></hear></div><article class="grid-article mb-xxl-ns" data-qa="ma"><div data-ttid="le-art" data-qa="le-art" class=""><figure class="overflow-hidn relative hi-for-prt center center mb-sm mb-md-ns ml-to-ns mr-to-ns grid-mobile-full-bleed"><div style="filter:blur(10px);transn:filter .1s;le-height:0" class="w-100 mw-100 h-to" width="600" height="399"><img style="background-size:ver;max-width:1600px;background-image:url('data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http%3A//; xmlns%3Axlk='http%3A//; viewBox='0 0 1280 853'%3E%3Cfilter id='b' lor-terpolatn-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGssianBlur stdDeviatn='.5'%3E%3C/feGssianBlur%3E%3CfeComponentTransfer%3E%3CfeFuncA type='discrete' tableValu='1 1'%3E%3C/feFuncA%3E%3C/feComponentTransfer%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage filter='url(%23b)' x='0' y='0' height='100%25' width='100%25' xlk%3Ahref='data%3Aimage/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAkAAAAGCAIAAACepSOSAAAACXBIWXMAAC4jAAAuIwF4pT92AAAAs0lEQVQI1wGoAFf/AImSoJSer5yjs52ktp2luJuluKOpuJefsoCNowB+kKaOm66grL+krsCnsMGrt8m1u8mzt8OVoLIAhJqzjZ2tnLLLnLHJp7fNmpyjqbPCqLrRjqO7AIeUn5ultaWtt56msaSnroZyY4mBgLq7wY6TmwCRfk2Pf1uzm2WulV+xmV6rmGyQfFm3nWSBcEIAfm46jX1FkH5Djn5AmodGo49MopBLlIRBfG8yj/dfjF5TUAAAAASUVORK5CYII='%3E%3C/image%3E%3C/svg%3E')" alt="" class="w-100 mw-100 h-to" width="600" height="399" srcSet=" 400w, 540w, 691w, 767w, 916w, 1200w" siz="(max-width: 440px) 440px,(max-width: 600px) 691px,(max-width: 768px) 691px,(m-width: 769px) and (max-width: 1023px) 960px,(m-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1299px) 530px,(m-width: 1300px) and (max-width: 1439px) 691px,(m-width: 1440px) 916px,440px" dg="async"/></div><figptn class="ml-gutter mr-gutter mr-to-ns ml-to-ns font--subhead font-xxxs mt-xs left gray-dark">U.S. Rep.-elect Mondaire Jon (D-N.Y.) is one of the first openly gay Black members of Congrs. 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The <a href=">Victory Fund</a>, which works to elect LGBTQ lears, endorsed a rerd 574 ndidat. <a href=">LPAC</a>, which aims to crease the reprentatn of LGBTQ women, endorsed a rerd 71 ndidat.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body"><p data-ttid="drop-p-letter" data-el="text" class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overriStyl font-py" dir="null">If we look specifilly at those nng for Congrs, more <a href=">LGBTQ ndidat</a> had a ser shot at wng than at any time before. Of the 19 out LGBTQ ndidat who survived their primari for the Hoe, there were 18 Democrats and one Republin. Ne were elected, cludg all seven cumbents: David N. Cicille (D-R.I.), Sharice Davids (D-Kan.), Chris Pappas (D-N.H.), Sean Maloney (D-N.Y.), Mark Pon (D-Wis.), Mark Takano (D-Calif.) and Angie Craig (D-Mn.). The two new LGBTQ members of the Hoe will be the first openly gay Ain Amerin and Ao-Lato Congrs members: <a href=">Mondaire Jon</a> (D-N.Y.), who has been selected lear of the hman legatn; and <a href=">Rchie Torr</a> (D-N.Y.), who will be among the youngt members of Congrs.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body"><div class="cb dn db-ns" data-qa="article-body-ad" data-ttid="article-body-ad-sktop"><div aria-hidn="te" class="hi-for-prt relative flex jtify-center ntent-box ems-center b bh mb-md mt-none pt-lg pb-lg" style="m-height:250px;borr-top-lor:;borr-bottom-lor:"><div class="center absolute w-100 borr-box" style="top:"><div class="dib gray-dark pl-xs pr-xs font-sans-serif light font-xxxxs lh-md" style="--primary-borr-lor:"></div></div><div data-ttid="placeholr-box" class="w-100 h-100 absolute flex flex-lumn jtify-center borr-box bg-offwhe" style="width:300px;height:250px"><div class="flex flex-lumn jtify-center font-sans-serif center font-xxs light gray-dark lh-md"><div>Advertisement</div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body"><div class="cb db dn-ns" data-qa="article-body-ad" data-ttid="article-body-ad-mobile"><div aria-hidn="te" class="hi-for-prt relative flex jtify-center ntent-box ems-center b bh mb-md mt-sm pt-sm pb-sm" style="m-height:250px;borr-top-lor:;borr-bottom-lor:"><div class="center absolute w-100 borr-box" style="top:"><div class="dib gray-dark pl-xs pr-xs font-sans-serif light font-xxxxs lh-md" style="--primary-borr-lor:"></div></div><div data-ttid="placeholr-box" class="w-100 h-100 absolute flex flex-lumn jtify-center borr-box bg-offwhe" style="width:300px;height:250px"><div class="flex flex-lumn jtify-center font-sans-serif center font-xxs light gray-dark lh-md"></div></div></div></div></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body"><p data-ttid="drop-p-letter" data-el="text" class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overriStyl font-py" dir="null">Openly LGBTQ reprentativ will make up 2 percent of the Hoe, puttg the Uned Stat at 10th the world proportns. In addn to Jon and Torr, the LGBTQ Hoe legatn to the Hoe will clu five Whe members, one Asian Amerin and <a href=">one Native Amerin</a>. All intify as eher gay or lbian. The Hoe members jo two LGBTQ senators who were not on the ballot 2020, brgg the total number of <a href=">LGBTQ Congrs members</a> to 11: Tammy Baldw (D-Wis.), who intifi as lbian, and Kyrsten Sema (D-Ariz.), who intifi as bisexual.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body"><p><span class="wpds-c-gnhuPA wpds-c-gnhuPA-hqeSyH-variant-terstial wpds-c-gnhuPA-iPJLV-css hi-for-prt"><a data-qa="terstial-lk" href=">Openly LGBTQ ndidat ran rerd numbers -- aga. Here's why.</a></span></p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body"><p data-ttid="drop-p-letter" data-el="text" class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overriStyl font-py" dir="null"><b>LGBTQ ndidat for state legislatur </b></p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body"><p data-ttid="drop-p-letter" data-el="text" class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overriStyl font-py" dir="null">Based on our unt, at least 317 openly LGBTQ ndidat were nng for state legislatur, cludg 114 cumbents, 45 stat. Of the, 298 were Democrats, 12 were Republins, and seven were pennts or members of third parti. Of the, 78 ndidat didn’t make past the primary electn. Of the 237 LGBTQ ndidat on the ballot November, 63 percent, or 149, won their rac.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body"><div class="cb dn db-ns" data-qa="article-body-ad" data-ttid="article-body-ad-sktop"><div aria-hidn="te" class="hi-for-prt relative flex jtify-center ntent-box ems-center b bh mb-md mt-none pt-lg pb-lg" style="m-height:250px;borr-top-lor:;borr-bottom-lor:"><div class="center absolute w-100 borr-box" style="top:"><div class="dib gray-dark pl-xs pr-xs font-sans-serif light font-xxxxs lh-md" style="--primary-borr-lor:"></div></div><div data-ttid="placeholr-box" class="w-100 h-100 absolute flex flex-lumn jtify-center borr-box bg-offwhe" style="width:300px;height:250px"><div class="flex flex-lumn jtify-center font-sans-serif center font-xxs light gray-dark lh-md"><div>Advertisement</div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body"><div class="cb db dn-ns" data-qa="article-body-ad" data-ttid="article-body-ad-mobile"><div aria-hidn="te" class="hi-for-prt relative flex jtify-center ntent-box ems-center b bh mb-md mt-sm pt-sm pb-sm" style="m-height:250px;borr-top-lor:;borr-bottom-lor:"><div class="center absolute w-100 borr-box" style="top:"><div class="dib gray-dark pl-xs pr-xs font-sans-serif light font-xxxxs lh-md" style="--primary-borr-lor:"></div></div><div data-ttid="placeholr-box" class="w-100 h-100 absolute flex flex-lumn jtify-center borr-box bg-offwhe" style="width:300px;height:250px"><div class="flex flex-lumn jtify-center font-sans-serif center font-xxs light gray-dark lh-md"></div></div></div></div></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body"><p data-ttid="drop-p-letter" data-el="text" class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overriStyl font-py" dir="null">Of the 2020 wners, 71 are cis women, 70 are cis men, six are trans women and two are genr nonnformg. By sexual orientatn, 64 intify as gay, 56 as lbian, 14 as bisexual, 11 as queer, and four as pansexual. Of the 149 wners, 98 intify as Whe, 20 as Lato/Hispanic, 19 as Black/Ain Amerin, five as Asian Amerin/Pacific Islanr, two as Native Amerin, and five as mixed or multiracial.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body"><p data-ttid="drop-p-letter" data-el="text" class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overriStyl font-py" dir="null">Fully 27 trans women and one trans man ran the 2020 primari; 15 ma onto the ballot for the general electn, and six won electn. Of those wners, three were cumbents who held their seats. As a rult, the number of trans state legislators has almost doubled om four to seven, cludg <a href=">Dani Roem</a> (D-Va.), who was not on the ballot this year. Other notable victori clu <a href=">Sarah McBri</a> (D-Del.), who will be the first openly trans state senator U.S. history; <a href=">Stephanie Byers</a> (D-Kan.), the first out trans person of lor elected to a state legislature; and <a href=">Mree Turner</a> (D-Okla.), who is Black and Mlim, and Joshua Query (D-N.H.), the first genr nonnformg/nonbary state legislators. Openly gay <a href=">Tony Labranche</a>, who at 18 won a seat the New Hampshire Hoe, will be among the youngt elected officials the untry.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body"><div data-qa="article-image" class="hi-for-prt"><div style="m-height:358px"></div></div></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body"><p data-ttid="drop-p-letter" data-el="text" class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overriStyl font-py" dir="null">The number of out LGBTQ state legislators creased om 161 2020 to 175 who will be office 2021, an almost 9 percent crease, raisg the LGBTQ proportn of state legislators om 2.2 to 2.4 percent. Of the, 90 will be women, 83 men and two nonbary. While <a href=">LGBTQ people of lor</a> have ma important gas recent years, the large majory of LGBTQ state legislators rema Whe. LGBTQ elected officials are still not fully reprentative of the larger LGBTQ muny. Racial and ethnic mori rema unrreprented among LGBTQ elected officials, and so do bisexual dividuals.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body"><p><span class="wpds-c-gnhuPA wpds-c-gnhuPA-hqeSyH-variant-terstial wpds-c-gnhuPA-iPJLV-css hi-for-prt"><a data-qa="terstial-lk" href=">The 'Tmp Pri' rally wasn't ever gog to w over LGBTQ voters. Here's why was held.</a></span></p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body"><p data-ttid="drop-p-letter" data-el="text" class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overriStyl font-py" dir="null"><b>LGBTQ lol elected officials</b></p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body"><div id="gift-share-le" data-ttid="gift-share-le" class="PJLV PJLV-ilotWTr-css hi-for-prt"><button aria-haspopup="dialog" aria-expand="false" aria-ntrols="gift-share-drawer" role="button" tabx="0" aria-label="Share this article" id="gift-share-drawer-ntrol-le" data-ttid="gift-share-drawer-ntrol-le" class="wpds-c-PJLV wpds-c-gsmDXe wpds-c-gsmDXe-goNocI-placement-Inle foc-highlight"><div data-ttid="gift-share-terstial-trigger" class="wpds-c-kPqOkS wpds-c-kPqOkS-jtSXsT-hasSubsText-false"><span class="wpds-c-hBJqc"><span class="wpds-c-dzSncg">Share this article</span></span><span class="wpds-c-eCvK"><span class="wpds-c-enedHQ wpds-c-enedHQ-cCdK-isShown-false">Share</span><svg xmlns=" fill="currentColor" viewBox="0 0 16 16" aria-hidn="te" focable="false" role="img" class="wpds-c-fBqPWp wpds-c-fDHGth"><path fill="currentColor" d="M8 .6v3.8h.1c-4.4 0-7.3 4.5-6.9 8.8.1.8.2 1.2.2 1.2l.2 1 .4-1.3c.8-2 2-4 6.2-3.9H8v4l7-6.9L8 .6Zm1 11.3V9.3h-.9c-3 0-4.8.5-6.2 2.9.5-3.3 2.7-6.8 6.2-6.8H9V3l4.5 4.4L9 11.9Z"></path></svg></span></div></button></div></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body"><p data-ttid="drop-p-letter" data-el="text" class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overriStyl font-py" dir="null">At the municipal level, <a href=">Todd Gloria</a> was elected mayor of San Diego. Gloria will be the first openly LGBTQ person and first person of lor elected mayor of San Diego. He jos other LGBTQ people of lor who are mayors of big ci, cludg <a href=">Lori Lightfoot</a> Chigo and <a href=">Robert Garcia</a> Long Beach, Calif. <a href=">Christy Holstege</a> will bee the new mayor of Palm Sprgs, Calif., makg her the first out bisexual mayor the Uned Stat.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body"><div data-qa="article-image" class="hi-for-prt"><div style="m-height:358px"></div></div></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body"><p data-ttid="drop-p-letter" data-el="text" class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overriStyl font-py" dir="null"><b>LGBTQ elected officials and future velopments</b></p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body"><div class="cb dn db-ns" data-qa="article-body-ad" data-ttid="article-body-ad-sktop"><div aria-hidn="te" class="hi-for-prt relative flex jtify-center ntent-box ems-center b bh mb-md mt-none pt-lg pb-lg" style="m-height:250px;borr-top-lor:;borr-bottom-lor:"><div class="center absolute w-100 borr-box" style="top:"><div class="dib gray-dark pl-xs pr-xs font-sans-serif light font-xxxxs lh-md" style="--primary-borr-lor:"></div></div><div data-ttid="placeholr-box" class="w-100 h-100 absolute flex flex-lumn jtify-center borr-box bg-offwhe" style="width:300px;height:250px"><div class="flex flex-lumn jtify-center font-sans-serif center font-xxs light gray-dark lh-md"><div>Advertisement</div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body"><div class="cb db dn-ns" data-qa="article-body-ad" data-ttid="article-body-ad-mobile"><div aria-hidn="te" class="hi-for-prt relative flex jtify-center ntent-box ems-center b bh mb-md mt-sm pt-sm pb-sm" style="m-height:250px;borr-top-lor:;borr-bottom-lor:"><div class="center absolute w-100 borr-box" style="top:"><div class="dib gray-dark pl-xs pr-xs font-sans-serif light font-xxxxs lh-md" style="--primary-borr-lor:"></div></div><div data-ttid="placeholr-box" class="w-100 h-100 absolute flex flex-lumn jtify-center borr-box bg-offwhe" style="width:300px;height:250px"><div class="flex flex-lumn jtify-center font-sans-serif center font-xxs light gray-dark lh-md"></div></div></div></div></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body"><p data-ttid="drop-p-letter" data-el="text" class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overriStyl font-py" dir="null"><a href=">Rearch</a> by two of , Gabriele Magni and Andrew Reynolds, fds that LGBTQ ndidat’ biggt obstacle is that primary voters worry whether they uld w a general electn. By showg that they n w, LGBTQ ndidat are bunkg the ia that such ndidat are pecially vulnerable. Their growg succs will potentially boost the polil ambns of other LGBTQ people. <a href=">Earlier rearch</a> by Reynolds also shows that servg wh openly LGBTQ elected officials tends to transform their non-LGBTQ lleagu’ attus and vot. This, turn, creas the LGBTQ muny’s legal protectns, which self creas social acceptance.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body"><p data-ttid="drop-p-letter" data-el="text" class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overriStyl font-py" dir="null"><a href="><i>Don’t miss any of TMC’s smart analysis! 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