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

Contents:

• TAMMY BALDW, WHO IS GAY, NONTED MAR RUB ABOUT LLG SAME-SEX MARRIAGE VOTE A ‘STUPID WASTE OF TIME’
• RERD 13 CONGRS MEMBERS INTIFY AS GAY, LBIAN OR BISEXUAL
• 118TH CONGRS BREAKS RERD FOR LBIAN, GAY AND BISEXUAL REPRENTATN
• LDSEY GRAHAM’S 10 GAYT MOMENTS
• LDSEY GRAHAM SAYS 'I'M NOT GAY' AFTER CHELSEA HANDLER TROLLS HIM ON NATNAL COMG OUT DAY
• FORMER GOP NGRSMAN WHO VOTED AGAST LGBT PROTECTNS OUT AS GAY
• THE ARE THE REPUBLIN SENATORS WHO WILL VOTE TO CODIFY GAY MARRIAGE AS A RIGHT
• HERE ARE THE SENATORS WHO VOTED AGAST AMERI’S FIRST GAY CABET SECRETARY
• PROMENT GAY REPUBLINS HELPED SMOOTH THE WAY FOR MARRIAGE BILL

TAMMY BALDW, WHO IS GAY, NONTED MAR RUB ABOUT LLG SAME-SEX MARRIAGE VOTE A ‘STUPID WASTE OF TIME’

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.

RERD 13 CONGRS MEMBERS INTIFY AS GAY, LBIAN OR BISEXUAL

“Our cultural mastream unrstandg and acceptance of lbian and gay people has progrsed much more than our unrstandg of bi and trans people, and this electn cycle has been really important.

'Shocked': Gay senator nonted Rub as he lled bill 'stupid waste of time' elevator.

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

Tammy Baldw, the Wisns Democrat who is also the first known gay polician elected to the US Senate. Congrs set a historil mark wh a rerd 13 members who intify as gay, lbian or bisexual.

Barney Frank, D-Mass., beme the first openly gay lawmaker Congrs when he me out on Memorial Day 1987. "I n accept not volunteerg that I am gay. The only openly gay Republin Congrs is New York Rep.

He is the first openly gay Republin to w a ngrsnal electn not as the cumbent. In the Hoe, eight gay men serve and three lbians. Robert Garcia, the first openly gay immigrant; Rep.

LDSEY GRAHAM’S 10 GAYT MOMENTS

Eric Sorenson, Illois' first openly gay reprentative; and Rep.

The rerd number of openly gay, lbian or bisexual Congrs members reprents 2% of all of Congrs.

LDSEY GRAHAM SAYS 'I'M NOT GAY' AFTER CHELSEA HANDLER TROLLS HIM ON NATNAL COMG OUT DAY

5% of the adult populatn intifi as gay, lbian or bisexual, acrdg to a 2021 Gallup poll. "The gays, they're tryg to n my senate office, " the meme reads, along wh an image of actor Jennifer Coolidge, who starred the namake h HBO seri and whose character famoly said, "The gays, they're tryg to murr me! – 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.

FORMER GOP NGRSMAN WHO VOTED AGAST LGBT PROTECTNS OUT AS GAY

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. In the Hoe, all but one of the 11 openly gay or lbian reprentativ are Democrats.

THE ARE THE REPUBLIN SENATORS WHO WILL VOTE TO CODIFY GAY MARRIAGE AS A RIGHT

The exceptn is Republin Gee Santos of New York, who the 2022 midterm cycle beme the first openly gay, non-cumbent Republin to w a ngrsnal electn.

Seven of the 11 openly gay or lbian reprentativ the Hoe are returng members of Congrs.

The four newly elected members clu Santos; Robert Garcia, D-Calif., the first openly gay immigrant elected to Congrs; Democrat Eric Sorensen, the first out gay ngrsperson to reprent Illois; and Democrat Bec Balt, the first woman and first openly LGB person to reprent Vermont. Eight of the 11 Hoe members who intify as gay or lbian are gay men and three are lbians. “I have suggted to others that not only would I like to see Roe, Casey, and Griswold on ntraceptn dified but I’ve also ma clear my support for, for gay marriage years ago, ” she said.

HERE ARE THE SENATORS WHO VOTED AGAST AMERI’S FIRST GAY CABET SECRETARY

“I a’t gay. Graham “a’t gay, ” by whatever ntorted fn that impli. He’s had plenty of gay moments, though.

Here are the top 10 gayt, orr of appearance:. In 2010, Robert Draper of The New York Tim reported a profile of the senator that “durg a South Carola Tea Party rally this sprg, one speaker created an uproar by postulatg that Graham supported a gut-worker program out of fear that the Democrats might otherwise expose his homosexualy.

‘I know ’s really gonna upset a lot of gay men — I’m sure hundreds of ’em are gonna be jumpg off the Goln Gate Bridge — but I a’t available. I a’t gay. Ambiguoly Gay.

PROMENT GAY REPUBLINS HELPED SMOOTH THE WAY FOR MARRIAGE BILL

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“To the extent that matters, I’m not gay.

In 2020, @SeanHardgXXX tweeted: “There is a homophobic republin senator who is no better than Tmp who keeps passg legislatn that is damagg to the lgbt and mory muni. A media enzy ensued, wh gay Hollywood fixer Howard Bragman weighg , pl lumnist Dan Savage, and Michelangelo Signorile, who remd everyone of the dangers associated wh “outg”.