Gay democrat congressman

In , Sarah McBride was elected as the nation's first openly transgender member of Congress. There are 13 openly LGBTQ members of the current (th) Congress, all of whom are Democrats. One is a senator and the rest are House representatives.

Democratic Rep. Sarah McBride of Delaware – Congress’ first openly transgender member – appears in the U.S. Capitol before being sworn in to the th Congress on Jan. 3, (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images) Thirteen members of the th Congress are openly lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer (LGBTQ), according to a Pew Research Center analysis of official.