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Commentary
Victory Fund has a new game plan to grow LGBTQ representation: redistricting efforts
Redistricting efforts across the country can keep LGBTQ communities intact creates, further diversify representation and create a pipeline of candidates for higher offices.
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President Biden nominates out philanthropist to serve as Swiss ambassador
He also nominated an out official to continue serving as the chair of the agency regulating credit unions.
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Senate confirms two out vets who survived “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” to top Pentagon positions
Shawn Skelly is the second trans person ever confirmed by the Senate to a position, and Gina Ortiz Jones is the first woman of color to become the second-in-command of the Air Force.
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President Biden appoints the first lesbian to ambassador-level position in history
Chantele Wong will be the first lesbian and the first out LGBTQ person of color in history to serve in an ambassador-level position.
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More LGBTQ candidates won elected office this year than ever before
They came from all over the country, from all genders, from all races… but mostly one party.
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Gay congressional candidate falsely accused of being a “pedo sex poet” by desperate Republicans
Blog posts from 15 years ago were taken wildly out of context in “the most homophobic campaign against a gay candidate anywhere in America right now.”
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Sarah McBride is set to be the first transgender state senator in the U.S. after primary win
Transgender advocate Sarah McBride handily won her primary yesterday in a very blue district.
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Transgender women win elections for the first time in West Virginia & Louisiana
“I’m proud to stand for transgender and gender non-conforming people in the state,” said Peyton Rose Michelle, who won in Louisiana.
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Commentary
Todd Gloria wants to be the first LGBTQ person elected mayor of San Diego
“Gay is a superpower,” he said. “I really found my way to being able to put myself out of my comfort zone, not just for me, but for other people.”
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Commentary
No matter Iowa’s outcome, Pete Buttigieg ran a historic presidential campaign
Iowa Democrats can vote for a candidate who kissed his husband on the campaign trail for the first time in history.