LGBTQ candidate

The former meteorologist beat out far-right Republican Esther Joy King

“I’m just not going to let another generation of young, LGBTQ+ young people be put back in the closet. Not on my watch.”

“I’m tired of white old men making decisions for me, a queer Cuban-American in Miami,” Janelle Perez told LGBTQ Nation.

The out Democrat who has helped get dozens of politicians elected across the country is running for Congress.

Jalen McKee-Rodriguez is the first out Black man — in history — to win election to an office in the entire state of Texas.

Rep. Sharice Davids (D-KS) made history as the first out LGBTQ person elected to Congress from Kansas.

Fueled by drag, Taylor Small is making a historic run – although she didn’t even plan to run for office. Like most of us, she rolled with the punches in 2020.

As the results come in, watch the results for these out candidates.

“I’m an average person. I’ve had to work two part-time jobs to make ends meet. I’ve had to work overnights before for over twelve years. I understand it. I understand what people struggle through.”

He wants “to make sure other young people, other queer people, single people, feel like they too can run for office without having a fear that their identity or personal life would be weaponized.”

If LGBTQ people “don’t see someone they can relate to and they’re in a community that is always going to be the same group, then they really don’t pay attention to politics.”

If she wins her primary on June 2nd, Hackett could be running against the anti-LGBTQ incumbent, right-wing extremist Rep. Jackie Walorski.