List of first openly LGBTQ politicians in the United States

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This is a list of the first openly LGBTQ people to have held political office in the United States. No openly LGBTQ person has served as President, Vice President, Speaker of the House of Representatives, or as a justice on the Supreme Court. However, all 50 states have elected openly LGBTQ people to political office in some capacity, and 48 states have elected openly LGBTQ people to either or both chambers of their state legislature.

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A total of five openly LGBTQ people have served in the Cabinet of the United States or in a cabinet-level office: Scott Bessent (United States Secretary of the Treasury), Vince Micone (acting United States Secretary of Labor), Pete Buttigieg (former United States Secretary of Transportation), Demetrios Marantis (former acting United States Trade Representative), and Richard Grenell (former acting Director of National Intelligence).

A total of eight states and one territory have elected a total of twelve openly LGBTQ people to statewide or territorywide elected offices: Jared Polis (Governor of Colorado), Maura Healey (Governor of Massachusetts and former Attorney General of Massachusetts), Tina Kotek (Governor of Oregon), Kate Brown (former Governor of Oregon and former Secretary of State of Oregon), Tammy Baldwin (United States Senator from Wisconsin), Kyrsten Sinema (former United States Senator from Arizona), Dana Nessel (Attorney General of Michigan), Kris Mayes (Attorney General of Arizona), Ricardo Lara (Insurance Commissioner of California), Kevin Lembo (Comptroller of Connecticut), Josh Tenorio (Lieutenant Governor of Guam), and Benjamin Cruz (Public Auditor of Guam).

A total of three of the eight most populous cities in the United States have elected a total of three openly LGBTQ people as mayor: Todd Gloria (Mayor of San Diego), Lori Lightfoot (former Mayor of Chicago), and Annise Parker (former Mayor of Houston).

Federal

Executive

In addition to the politicians listed below, Jenny Durkan, who served as United States Attorney for the Western District of Washington from 2009 to 2014, is believed to be the first openly gay United States attorney. [1] Furthermore, in 2013, Demetrios Marantis became the first openly LGBT person to serve in a cabinet-level position in the Cabinet of the United States, serving in the Cabinet of Barack Obama as the acting United States trade representative following the departure of Ron Kirk.

ImageNameEntered office of firstDeparted office of firstOffice of firstNotes
ACHTENBERG-Bio.jpg Roberta Achtenberg 19931995Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity Achtenberg is the first openly LGBTQ person appointed to a federal position requiring confirmation by the United States Senate. [2] She later became a commissioner for the United States Commission on Civil Rights in 2011. [3]
James Hormel.jpg James C. Hormel September 8, 1999January 1, 2001 United States Ambassador to Luxembourg Hormel was the first openly gay man to represent the United States as an ambassador.
Berry official portrait.jpg John Berry April 13, 2009April 13, 2013Director of the Office of Personnel Management Berry is the first openly gay head of a federal agency. [4]
Sharon Lubinski U.S. Marshal.jpg Sharon Lubinski January 2010December 2016 United States Marshal for the District of MinnesotaLubinski was the first openly gay United States marshal. [5]
Chai Feldblum official photo.jpg Chai Feldblum March 27, 2010July 1, 2018Commissioner of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Feldblum is the first openly LGBT commissioner of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. [6]
Secretary of the Army Eric Fanning.jpg Eric Fanning May 18, 2016January 20, 2017 Secretary of the Army Fanning is the first openly gay secretary of the Army. [7]
Pete Buttigieg, Secretary of Transportation.jpg Pete Buttigieg February 3, 2021January 20, 2025 Secretary of Transportation Buttigieg was nominated by Joe Biden for the position of Secretary of Transportation. He became the first openly LGBT Senate-confirmed Cabinet member following his confirmation on February 2, 2021. [8] [9]

Buttigieg is also the first openly LGBTQ American to be in the presidential line of succession, ranking 14th.[ citation needed ]

Admiral Rachel L. Levine.jpg Rachel Levine March 26, 2021January 20, 2025 Assistant Secretary for Health Levine is the first openly transgender official to be confirmed by the United States Senate. [10] [11]
Scott Bessent, official portrait (2025) (cropped).jpg Scott Bessent January 28, 2025Incumbent Secretary of the Treasury [12] Bessent is the first openly gay secretary of the treasury. He is also the highest-ranking LGBTQ American in the presidential line of succession, ranking 5th.[ citation needed ]

Legislative

House of Representatives

ImageNameStart of first congressional termEnd of last congressional termCongressional districtNotes
Barney Frank (cropped)(2).jpg Barney Frank January 3, 1981January 3, 2013 MA-4 Upon coming out voluntarily in 1987, [13] Frank became the first openly LGBTQ member of Congress.
SenTammyBaldwin (1).jpg Tammy Baldwin January 3, 1999January 3, 2013 [a] WI-2 Baldwin is the first openly LGBTQ member of Congress to have come out at the time of her first election into the legislative branch.
Jared Polis in Taiwan (cropped).jpg Jared Polis January 3, 2009January 3, 2019 CO-2 Polis is the first openly gay male congressman to have come out at the time of his first election into the legislative branch.
Kyrsten Sinema in 2020 (cropped).jpg Kyrsten Sinema January 3, 2013January 3, 2019 [b] AZ-9 Sinema is the first openly bisexual member of Congress. [14]
Mark Takano 118th Congress.jpeg Mark Takano January 3, 2013Incumbent CA-41 (until 2023)Takano is the first openly LGBTQ Asian American member of Congress.
CA-39 (since 2023)
Sharice Davids.jpg Sharice Davids January 3, 2019Incumbent KS-3 Davids is the first openly LGBTQ Native American member of Congress.
Mondaire Jones 117th U.S Congress.jpg Mondaire Jones January 3, 2021January 3, 2023 NY-17 Alongside Ritchie Torres, Jones is the first openly LGBTQ African American member of Congress.
Ritchie Torres 117th U.S Congress.jpg Ritchie Torres January 3, 2021Incumbent NY-15 Alongside Mondaire Jones, Torres is the first openly LGBTQ African American member of Congress. Torres is also the first openly LGBTQ Latino member of Congress.
Representative Sarah McBride Official Portrait.jpg Sarah McBride January 3, 2025Incumbent DE-AL McBride is the first openly transgender member of Congress.

Senate

ImageNameStart of first congressional termEnd of last congressional termStateNotes
SenTammyBaldwin (1).jpg Tammy Baldwin January 3, 2013 [c] Incumbent Wisconsin Baldwin is the first openly LGBTQ United States senator. [15]
Kyrsten Sinema in 2020 (cropped).jpg Kyrsten Sinema January 3, 2019 [d] January 3, 2025 Arizona Sinema is the first openly bisexual United States senator.
Laphonza Butler Senate photo, 2023.jpg Laphonza Butler October 3, 2023December 8, 2024 California Butler is the first openly LGBTQ African American United States senator.

State

Overall firsts

State officers by state

Constitutional officers

Legislative officials

  • California:
    • Senate President pro Tempore: Sen. Toni Atkins (D) – elected 2018
    • House speaker: Rep. John Pérez (D) – elected 2010
  • Colorado:
  • Hawaii:
    • House majority leader: Rep. Blake Oshiro (D) – elected 2008, came out 2010
  • Maine:
  • Massachusetts:
    • Senate minority leader: Sen. Richard Tisei (R) – elected 2007, came out 2010
    • Senate majority leader: Sen. Stan Rosenberg (D) – elected 2013, came out 2009
  • Minnesota:
  • Missouri:
  • Oregon:
    • Senate minority leader: Sen. Kate Brown (D) (1998)
    • Senate majority leader: Sen. Kate Brown (D) (2003)
    • House speaker: Rep. Tina Kotek (D) – America's first openly lesbian House speaker (elected as Oregon's House speaker in 2012) [29]
  • Rhode Island:
  • Vermont:
  • Washington:
    • Senate minority leader: Sen. Ed Murray (D) (2012)
  • Wyoming:

State legislators

As of the 2020 elections, the legislatures of 49 states have had at least one openly LGBT member; the first out person to serve in each of those states is listed here. The sole remaining state that has never had an openly LGBT state legislator is Louisiana.

Territorial legislators

Local

Nationwide firsts

By state

Judicial

National

ImageNameEntered court of firstDeparted court of firstTitle of firstNotes
Deborah A Batts.jpg Deborah Batts May 9, 1994April 13, 2012Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York Batts was the nation's first openly LGBTQ federal judge. She was appointed by President Bill Clinton to the District Court for the Southern District of New York and confirmed by the United States Senate in a voice vote in 1994. [143]

Judge Vaughn Walker of the Northern District of California served from 1989 to February 2011 but did not come out until April 2011, after his retirement. [144]

JPO Photo.jpg J. Paul Oetken July 20, 2011IncumbentJudge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New YorkOetken is the first openly gay man to serve as an Article III judge. [145]
Judge Michael W. Fitzgerald.jpg Michael W. Fitzgerald March 15, 2012IncumbentJudge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California Fitzgerald is the first openly LGBTQ federal judge to serve on a California court.
Pamela Chen (cropped).jpg Pamela K. Chen March 5, 2013IncumbentJudge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York Chen is the first LGBTQ+ Asian American to serve as a federal judge.
Judge Michael McShane in US Senate Judidiary Committee Hearing.jpg Michael J. McShane May 30, 2013IncumbentJudge of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon McShane is the first openly LGBTQ federal judge to serve on an Oregon court.
Nitza I Quinones Alejandro.png Nitza Quiñones Alejandro June 19, 2013IncumbentJudge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Quiñones is the first lesbian Latina to serve as a federal judge.
Todd Hughes (cropped).jpg Todd M. Hughes September 24, 2013IncumbentJudge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Hughes is the first openly gay judge on a federal appellate court. [144] [146]
Judith Levy 2.jpg Judith E. Levy March 14, 2014IncumbentJudge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan Levy is the first openly lesbian federal judge to serve on a Michigan court.
Staci Yandle 1.jpg Staci M. Yandle June 19, 2014IncumbentJudge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois Yandle is the first openly gay judge to serve in the Seventh Circuit.

State and municipal

The first openly gay judge in the United States was Stephen M. Lachs, appointed by Governor Jerry Brown to the Los Angeles County Superior Court in 1979. [147] Before leaving office in 1981, Brown appointed three more gay and lesbian judges to the California courts, including the nation's first openly lesbian judge, Mary Morgan, who served on the San Francisco municipal court. [147]

In 1994, Thomas R. Chiola became the first openly gay judge in Illinois (and the first openly gay elected official in Illinois) when voters elected him to the Circuit Court of Cook County. [148] [149]

The first openly LGBT justice of a state supreme court was Rives Kistler, appointed to the Oregon Supreme Court in 2003, and retained by voters the following year. [150] The next gay or lesbian state supreme court justices were Virginia Linder (Oregon Supreme Court, 2006); Monica Márquez (Colorado Supreme Court, 2010); Barbara Lenk (Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 2011); Sabrina McKenna (Supreme Court of Hawaii, 2011); Beth Robinson (Vermont Supreme Court, 2011). [150] In 2017, Paul Feinman became the first openly gay judge to sit on the New York Court of Appeals.

Benjamin Cruz of Guam was the first openly gay judge of a territorial supreme court; he came out in 1995 and was appointed to the Supreme Court of Guam in 1997. [151] Cruz served as associate justice from 1997 to 1999 and as chief justice from 1999 until his retirement in 2001. [152]

The first openly bisexual judge in the United States is Mike Jacobs, a state court judge in DeKalb County, Georgia, who came out publicly in 2018. [153]

See also

Footnotes

Notes

  1. ↑ Baldwin went on to become a United States senator on this date.
  2. ↑ Sinema went on to become a United States senator on this date.
  3. ↑ Baldwin had previously served in the United States House of Representatives.
  4. ↑ Sinema had previously served in the United States House of Representatives.

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