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

Contents:

• EXECUTIVE ORR ON ADVANCG EQUALY FOR LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, AND INTERSEX INDIVIDUALS
• ADVANCG THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, AND INTERSEX PERSONS AROUND THE WORLD
• A PROCLAMATN ON LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, AND INTERSEX PRI MONTH, 2022
• 118TH CONGRS BREAKS RERD FOR LBIAN, GAY AND BISEXUAL REPRENTATN

EXECUTIVE ORR ON ADVANCG EQUALY FOR LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, AND INTERSEX INDIVIDUALS

Today, Print Bin issued a proclamatn affirmg June 2021 as Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, and Queer (LGBTQ+) Pri Month, markg a time a time of hope, progrs, and promise for LGBTQ+ Amerins across the untry. Signg and Leadg Implementatn of a Printial Memorandum on Advancg the Human Rights of Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer, and Intersex Persons Around the World. ” As prevly highlighted by the Whe Hoe, Departments and Agenci are already makg progrs areas towards the goals outled the Printial Memorandum, cludg: strengthen existg efforts to bat the crimalizatn by foreign ernments of LGBTQ+ people and expand efforts to bat discrimatn, homophobia, transphobia, and tolerance on the basis of LGBTQ+ stat or nduct; protect vulnerable LGBTQ+ refuge and asylum seekers; help ensure the Feral Government has a swift and meangful rponse to ser cints that threaten the human rights of LGBTQ+ persons abroad; and build alns wh like-md natns to unter discrimatn agast LGBTQ+ people around the world.

ADVANCG THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, AND INTERSEX PERSONS AROUND THE WORLD

The Bin-Harris Admistratn clus barrier-breakg LGBTQ+ lears, cludg Secretary of Transportatn Pete Buttigieg, who is the first openly gay Cabet Secretary nfirmed by the U. Print Bin has assembled the most diverse Admistratn our Natn’s history, and is proud to serve alongsi the 14 percent of all appote who intify as lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer. Our Natn has ma great stris fulfillg the fundamental promis of eedom and equaly for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, and tersex (LGBTQI+) Amerins, owg to the learship of generatns of LGBTQI+ dividuals.

A PROCLAMATN ON LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, AND INTERSEX PRI MONTH, 2022

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.

The Victory Instute says that orr for LGBTQ people to achieve “equable reprentatn, ” there would need to be 22, 544 more lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer people elected LGBTQ polil gas are not evenly distributed. Senate, three more LGBTQ elected officials would achieve equy (5 senators total) legislatur, on the other hand, lag behd: One-hundred-and-seventy-three LGBTQ people would need to be elected orr to achieve equy, acrdg to Victory’s majory of the 843 LGBTQ officials — 54 percent — are gay men, followed by 30 percent lbians, 6 percent bisexuals and 5 percent queer vast majory of all LGBTQ officials are cisgenr — 94 percent. Ameri’s LGBTQ elected officials are mostly whe — 77 percent — followed by 10 percent Hispanic, 6 percent Black, 2 percent multiracial, 2 percent Asian or Pacific Islanr and ls than 1 percent each for digeno and Middle breakdown may soon change, as two Black gay men nng for Congrs move closer to victory, cludg Jon.

“One of the most energizg featur of this mpaign is the sheer volume of msag I have received om members of the LGBTQ muny, young and old, sayg that my ndidacy as an openly gay, Black person has spired them to accept their own inti and live thentic liv, ” Jon said a text msage to NBC News. “I’m so humbled to be a posn to provi reprentatn that I never had growg up, ” Jon other openly gay Black man nng for Congrs is Rchie Torr, currently the youngt member of the New York Cy Council, who has a strong lead vote returns for the Democratic nomatn New York’s 15th Congrsnal District, which is also overwhelmgly Democratic.

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

)While both Jon and Torr would be the Hoe's first openly gay Black members, they apparently would not be the body’s first gay Black honor is thought to belong to Barbara Jordan of Texas, who 1972 beme the first Black woman to reprent the South Congrs, and 1976 beme the first Black woman to be a keynote speaker at a Democratic Natnal Conventn.

Diplomacy and foreign assistance promote and protect the human rights of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, and tersex (LGBTQI+) persons around the world. Wednday, Augt 2, 2023Today, USAID released the Agency’s first-ever Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer, and Intersex (LGBTQI+) Inclive Development Policy. On the Enactment of Uganda’s Anti-Homosexualy Act.

Durg Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer, and Intersex (LGBTQI+) Pri Month, we reflect on the progrs we have ma as a Natn the fight for jtice, cln, and equaly while reaffirmg our mment to do more to support LGBTQI+ rights at home and abroad. I am honored by the service of the first openly gay Cabet Secretary and the first transgenr person nfirmed by the Senate and to have been able to tablish the first Whe Hoe Genr Policy Council.