While LGBTQ candidates and their supporters celebrated several milestone victories around the nation in this year’s midterm elections, California quietly reached its own: At least 10% of its state lawmakers identify publicly as LGBTQ, believed to be a first for any U.S. legislature.
in Colorado, which killed five people and wounded many others. The suspect was charged with murder and hate crimes. Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, who just won a second term, was the first openly gay man elected as a state’s governor when he won in 2018."When it comes to LGBTQ people, we’re on two tracks: One track is that societally we’re winning.
At least 519 out LGBTQ candidates won elected office this year, in positions ranging from school board up to Congress and governor, said LGBTQ Victory Fund press secretary Albert Fujii. That’s a record, well up from 2020, when 336 LGBTQ candidates won, according to the group, which along with Equality California calculated that California is the first state to pass the 10% threshold.
Rainbow Crosswalk in the Castro District, San Francisco. The city installed the colorful crosswalks in 2014, in honor of the LQBTQ community.The lawmakers will be sworn in for their new terms Dec. 5; between both chambers there are 120 total legislators. The 2022 elections are a landscape of firsts for LGBTQ people, including Corey Jackson, the California Legislature’s first gay Black man, who noted that African Americans — particularly Black trans people — are especially marginalized.
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In California, 10% of Legislature now identifies as LGBTQOnce all of them assume office, California will be the first state where it's believed more than 10% of legislators identify publicly as LGBTQ
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10% of California Legislature now identifies as LGBTQOnce all of them assume office, California will be the first state where it’s believed more than 10% of legislators identify publicly as LGBTQ.
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In California, 10% of Legislature now identifies as LGBTQSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — While LGBTQ candidates and their supporters celebrated several milestone victories around the nation in this year's midterm elections, California quietly reached its own: At least 10% of its state lawmakers identify publicly as LGBTQ, believed to be a first for any U.S.
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In California, 10% of Legislature now identifies as LGBTQWhile LGBTQ candidates and their supporters celebrated several milestone victories around the nation in this year's midterm elections, California quietly reached its own: At least 10% of its state lawmakers identify publicly as LGBTQ, believed to be a first for any U.S. legislature. The California legislators, all Democrats, are proud of their success but say it underscores the hard work that remains in their own state and elsewhere, such as handling the fallout from measures such as Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” law, which bans some lessons on sexual orientation and gender identity, or laws in other states limiting transgender students’ participation in sports or blocking gender-affirming medical care for youths.
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In California, 10% of Legislature now identifies as LGBTQAt least 519 out LGBTQ candidates won elected office this year, in positions ranging from school board up to Congress and governor, according to the LGBTQ Victory Fund.
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