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The first openly trans woman elected to government in Iowa. Re-elected in 2019. Betsy Driver (born 1964) Democratic: Flemington, New Jersey: Town Council 2017–2019 First intersex person elected to public office in the U.S. Also served as mayor of Flemington, 2019–2023. Phillipe Cunningham: Democratic (DFL) Minneapolis, Minnesota
Mara Pérez Reynoso, holder of the non-discrimination area in the Ministry of Security, first transgender public official in Argentina's government – 2016. Bolivia. París Galán, first trans person to win elective office – 2015. Brazil. Érica Malunguinho da Silva, first trans person elected to a State Congress – 2018.
One of directly elected openly gay mayors in the United States and one of first out LGBT republican officials. Todd Gloria. (born 1978) Democratic. California. Mayor of San Diego. (2020–present) First openly gay and first Person of Color to serve as Mayor of San Diego [146] Jim Gray.
In the House, 30 LGBT people held office; in the Senate, 4 held office. Two people, Tammy Baldwin, and Kyrsten Sinema, served in the House and were later elected into the Senate. The earliest known LGBT congressperson was Ed Koch, who began his term in the House in 1969. The earliest known LGBT senator is Harris Wofford, who began his term in 1991.
In the United States, the rights of transgender people vary considerably by jurisdiction. In recent decades, there has been an expansion of federal, state, and local laws and rulings to protect transgender Americans; however, many rights remain unprotected, and some rights are being eroded. Since 2020, there has been a national movement by ...
Rachel Levine. Rachel Leland Levine ( / ləˈviːn /; born October 28, 1957) [1] is an American pediatrician who has served as the United States assistant secretary for health since March 26, 2021. [2] She is also an admiral in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps . Levine is a professor of pediatrics and psychiatry at the ...
Nuclear engineer. Samuel Otis Brinton (born 1986/1987) [1] is an American nuclear engineer and LGBTQ activist. They served as the deputy assistant secretary of Spent Fuel and Waste Disposition in the Office of Nuclear Energy from June to December 2022. [2] [3] [4] Brinton is no longer employed by the Office of Nuclear Energy after being charged ...
But today's national rhetoric — which has both given rise to and been fueled by the anti-trans bills proposed in 44 states in just 2023 alone (with 11 passing laws) — is "a lot scarier now ...