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List of LGBT members of the United States Congress

List of LGBT members of the United States Congress

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As of November 2023, 33 members of the LGBT community are known to have held office in the United States Congress. In the House, 31 LGBT people held office; in the Senate, 5 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. Both men were not out during their tenure: Koch's sexuality was confirmed after his death and Wofford announced his plans to marry a man over 20 years after serving in the Senate. There are no known transgender congresspeople.

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There are 12 openly LGBT members of the current (118th) Congress, all of whom are Democrats. Three are senators and the rest are House representatives. This constitutes the most LGBT congresspeople serving at the same time in U.S. history.[1][2]

Senate

† Came out after serving ‡ Posthumously identified as LGBT

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House of Representatives

† Came out after serving ‡ Posthumously identified as LGBT

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Shadow representatives

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See also

Notes

  1. Incidentally, this also marked the first election in which both major party candidates (Santos and Democrat Rob Zimmerman) were openly LGBT[49]

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