- Source: List of LGBTQ members of the United States Congress
As of November 2023, 32 members of the LGBTQ community are known to have held office in the United States Congress. In the House, 30 LGBTQ people held office; in the Senate, 4 held office. Two people, Tammy Baldwin, and Kyrsten Sinema, served in the House and were later elected into the Senate. The earliest known LGBTQ congressperson was Ed Koch, who began his term in the House in 1969. The earliest known LGBTQ senator is Harris Wofford, who began his term in 1991. Both men were not out during their tenure: Koch's sexuality was confirmed after his death and Wofford announced his plans to marry a man over 20 years after serving in the Senate. In 2024, Sarah McBride was elected as the nation's first openly transgender member of Congress.
There are 12 openly LGBTQ members of the current (118th) Congress, all of whom are Democrats or aligned with Democrats. Three are senators and the rest are House representatives. This constitutes the second highest number of LGBTQ congresspeople serving at the same time in U.S. history.
Senate
† Came out after serving
House of Representatives
† Came out after serving
‡ Posthumously identified as LGBTQ
= Shadow representatives
=Histograph of openly-serving LGBTQ members of Congress
See also
Congressional LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus
List of LGBTQ politicians in the United States
List of first openly LGBTQ politicians in the United States
Notes
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