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New record set: 13 members of Congress identify as gay/lesbian/bisexual. [1]
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Date: 2023-01-11
Although my fellow family members should still be pissed off that we are treated like second class citizens, UPI reported that a new record has been set as to the number of out congress critters.
The number of openly LGBTQ Congress people has more than tripled since 2012, according to Pew Research. Representation has grown steadily since then, reaching seven members in the 113th Congress, 10 in the 116th and adding each term since then.
Of the 13, 11 are in the house and 2 in the Senate. However this number includes Santos so the number, if the smoke clears, might be 1 member less, meaning the remaining out members would go down by 1….making all congressmen that are GLBTQ coming from the Democratic party.
In the Senate, Democrat Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin became the first openly LGBTQ lawmaker to serve. Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is the first openly bisexual person to serve in U.S. Congress.
We still have a way to go though, if we are looking forwards to the time when Congress (Overall 2% of population number) report being GLB compared to the total American population (6.5%).
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