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LGBT caucus membership drops by more than half in 114th Congress
The congressional caucus that aims to advance LGBT issues made public its membership for the 114th Congress, and the size of the group is not even half of what it was in its previous iteration.
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Democratic icon Barney Frank on Congress, gay rights and partisan echo chambers
The highest profile openly gay member of Congress retired in 2013 after 32 years, leaving a legacy of legislation on financial reform as well as changes in perceptions and laws about homosexuality.
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Kate Brown takes office in Oregon, first openly bisexual U.S. governor
Kate Brown has stepped in as Oregon’s governor following an influence-peddling scandal that prompted the resignation of her predecessor, fellow Democrat John Kitzhaber. Brown was sworn in during a Wednesday ceremony at the state Capitol. Brown, formerly the secretary of state, becomes the first openly bisexual governor in the nation.
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Bisexual community hopeful as one of their own becomes a governor
“LGBT” has become a household term amid sweeping advances for gay rights, and yet the “B” sometimes seems like an awkward fit. But the sudden advent of America’s first openly bisexual governor may provide a chance to ease the awkwardness and broaden understanding of the bisexual community.
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Transgender former Navy SEAL plans primary challenge to U.S. Rep. Hoyer
Kristin Beck, a transgender former Navy SEAL, is planning a primary challenge to the second-ranking Democrat in the House, U.S. Rep. Steny Hoyer.
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Ireland health minister comes out as gay, is country’s first out government figure
The announcement by Leo Varadkar received widespread praise for its straightforward honesty. Analysts said his decision was likely to be viewed with hindsight as a landmark of social change in a country that, until 1993, outlawed homosexual acts.
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Transgender candidate seeking to become chair of N.C. Democratic Party
Janice Covington Allison of Charlotte confirmed this week she is running for the post when the party’s Executive Committee meets next month in Raleigh to vote.
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Central India city elects country’s first transgender mayor
Just nine months after a court in India ruled that transgender individuals could be recognized as a legal third gender, a city in central India has elected the country’s first transgender mayor.
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Out lawmaker hopes marriage equality will boost Wyoming anti-discrimination bill
Gay rights activists in Wyoming hope the recent court victory affording them the right to marry will give them momentum as they push to outlaw anti-LGBT discrimination.
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Poland’s first openly gay lawmaker elected country’s first openly gay mayor
WARSAW, Poland — Robert Biedron already made history once in Poland by becoming the first openly gay lawmaker in parliament in 2011. On Monday, he became the country’s first openly gay mayor. The 38-year-old’s political successes are a marker of how quickly this deeply conservative and Catholic country has changed …