List of LGBT members of the United States Congress
This is a list of gay, lesbian, and bisexual Americans in the U.S. Congress. As of June 2016, there were seven openly LGBTQ members of the 115th Congress -- all Democrats.[1] This list only includes people who are openly LGBTQ. Current members of congress are shaded in grey. There has never been an openly transgender member of congress.
Senate
Photo | Senator (lifespan) |
State | Party | Term | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Harris Wofford (born 1926) |
Pennsylvania | Democratic | 1991–1995 | Came out in 2016 after announcing plans to marry a man[2] | |
Tammy Baldwin (born 1962) |
Wisconsin | Democratic | 2013–present | First openly gay or lesbian person to be elected to the Senate[3] |
House of Representatives
Photo | Representative (lifespan) |
State | Party | Term | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stewart McKinney (1931–1987) |
Connecticut | Republican | 1971–1987 | Never came out. Died of complications due to AIDS[4][5][6][7][8] | |
Robert Bauman (born 1937) |
Maryland | Republican | 1973–1981 | Came out after his time in Congress[9] | |
Barbara Jordan (1937–1996) | Texas | Democratic | 1973-1979 | Her relationship with Nancy Earl, which began in the 1960s, was first publicly announced in an obituary published after Jordan's death in 1996.[10] | |
Gerry Studds (1937–2006) |
Massachusetts | Democratic | 1973–1997 | Came out in office, after a congressional page scandal (1983). First member of Congress to come out as gay.[11] | |
Jon Hinson (1942–1995) |
Mississippi | Republican | 1979–1981 | Came out after his time in Congress[12] | |
Barney Frank (born 1940) |
Massachusetts | Democratic | 1981–2013 | Came out in office (1987). First member of Congress to be in a same-sex marriage while in office[13][14] | |
Steve Gunderson (born 1951) |
Wisconsin | Republican | 1981–1997 | Outed on the floor of the House (1994). Was the first openly gay Republican Representative.[15][16] | |
Jim Kolbe (born 1942) |
Arizona | Republican | 1985–2007 | Came out in office, after voting for the Defense of Marriage Act (1996). Was the first openly gay person to address the Republican National Convention[17][18] He was the second openly gay Republican to serve in Congress.[19] | |
Michael Huffington (born 1947) |
California | Republican | 1993–1995 | Came out after his time in office. First known bisexual person to have been elected to Congress.[20] | |
Mark Foley (born 1954) |
Florida | Republican | 1995–2006 | Came out in office, after a congressional page scandal (2006).[21] | |
Tammy Baldwin (born 1962) |
Wisconsin | Democratic | 1999–2013 | Openly gay. First out lesbian to be elected to Congress[3] | |
Mike Michaud (born 1955) |
Maine | Democratic | 2003–2015 | Came out in office (2013).[22][23] | |
Jared Polis (born 1975) |
Colorado | Democratic | 2009–present | Openly gay[24] | |
David Cicilline (born 1961) |
Rhode Island | Democratic | 2011–present | Openly gay | |
Sean Patrick Maloney (born 1966) |
New York | Democratic | 2013–present | Openly gay | |
Mark Takano (born 1960) |
California | Democratic | 2013–present | Openly gay. First openly LGBT person of color to be elected to Congress[25][26] | |
Mark Pocan (born 1964) |
Wisconsin | Democratic | 2013–present | Openly gay | |
Kyrsten Sinema (born 1976) |
Arizona | Democratic | 2013–present | Openly bisexual. First openly bisexual person to be elected to Congress[27][28] |
See also
References
- ↑ Greve, Joan (June 15, 2016). "LGBT America: By the Numbers". Washington Week. PBS. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
- ↑ Wofford, Harris (April 23, 2016). "Finding love again, this time with a man". The New York Times. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
Too often, our society seeks to label people by pinning them on the wall - straight, gay or in between. I don't categorize myself based on the gender of those I love. I had a half-century of marriage with a wonderful woman, and now am lucky for a second time to have found happiness.
- 1 2 "Tammy Baldwin: Openly gay lawmaker could make history in Wisconsin U.S. Senate race - Chicago Tribune". Chicago Tribune. October 19, 2012. Retrieved November 7, 2012.
- ↑ "AIDS Makes Another Chilling Advance, Claiming the Life of a Congressman". People. May 25, 1987. Retrieved August 31, 2014.
- ↑ Houston, Paul (May 8, 1987). "Connecticut's McKinney, GOP Liberal, Dies of AIDS". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, CA. Retrieved August 31, 2014.
- ↑ Kimmey, Samantha (December 20, 2012). "Rep. Barney Frank Comments on Scalia, Prostitution, Marijuana and More". The Raw Story. Retrieved August 31, 2014.
- ↑ Associated Press (August 23, 1989). "Congressman Killed by AIDS Led Secret Life, Gay Man Claims". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved August 31, 2014.
- ↑ May, Clifford D. (May 9, 1987). "Friends Say McKinney Had Homosexual Sex". The New York Times. Retrieved August 31, 2014.
- ↑ Bauman, Robert (August 1986). The Gentleman from Maryland: The Conscience of a Gay Conservative. Arbor House. ISBN 978-0877956860.
- ↑ http://outhistory.org/exhibits/show/aa-history-month-bios/barbara-jordan
- ↑ "Housecleaning". Time. July 25, 1983.
- ↑ "Jon Hinson, 53, Congressman And Then Gay-Rights Advocate". The New York Times. July 26, 1995. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
- ↑ O'Keefe, Ed (December 3, 2012). "When Barney Frank announced he was 'coming out of the room' (er… the closet)". The Washington Post.
- ↑ "DC's Most Influential Gay Couple Calls It Quits". The Tuscaloosa News. July 3, 1998. Retrieved January 19, 2010.
- ↑ Bergling, Tim (May 11, 2004). "Closeted in the capital: they're powerful, Republican, and gay. Will the marriage battle finally get them to come out to their bosses?". The Advocate. Retrieved August 27, 2009.
- ↑ Bierbauer, Charles (November 28, 1997). "Gunderson Leaves 'Increasingly Polarized' House". CNN. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
- ↑ Dunlap, David W. (August 3, 1996). "A Republican Congressman Discloses He Is a Homosexual". The New York Times. Retrieved November 25, 2007.
- ↑ Campbell, Julia (August 1, 2000). "Openly Gay Congressman Addresses Convention". ABC News.
- ↑ Eaklor, Vicki Lynn (2008). Queer America: a GLBT history of the 20th century. ABC-CLIO. p. 213. ISBN 978-0-313-33749-9.
- ↑ King, Ryan James (May 22, 2006). "Michael Huffington: The long-awaited Advocate interview". The Advocate. Retrieved January 11, 2013.
- ↑ "Foley lawyer makes statement". CNN. October 2, 2006. Retrieved October 4, 2006.
- ↑ "Michaud: 'I haven't changed. I'm Mike.'". The Bangor Daily News. November 5, 2013. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
- ↑ "Yes, I'm gay, Michaud says. Now let's get our state back on track". Portland Press Herald. November 4, 2013.
- ↑ Parkinson, John (September 30, 2011). "House Democrat Jared Polis Becomes First Openly Gay Parent in Congress". ABC News. Retrieved September 30, 2011.
- ↑ Crary, David. "Record number of gays seeking seats in Congress". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved October 3, 2012.
- ↑ Candido, Sergio N. (October 29, 2012). "Top 5 Gay National Races". South Florida Gay News. Retrieved November 7, 2012.
- ↑ O'Dowd, Peter (January 1, 2013). "Sinema, First Openly Bisexual Member Of Congress, Represents 'Changing Arizona'". NPR. Retrieved January 8, 2013.
- ↑ Roig-Franzia, Manuel (January 2, 2013). "Kyrsten Sinema: A success story like nobody else's". The Washington Post. Phoenix, Arizona. Retrieved January 8, 2013.
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