– elected 2018 U.S. representative (out when first elected), first Black openly gay members of Congress: Mondaire Jones (NY-17) and Ritchie Torres (NY-15) – elected 2020 U.S. representative (out when first elected), first Latino openly gay member of Congress: Ritchie Torres (NY-15) – elected 2020 U.S. Congressional committee chair: Gerry Studds – chair of House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries 1992–1995 U.S. senator (out when first elected, first openly LGBT U.S. senator): Tammy Baldwin – elected 2012, lesbian, representing Wisconsin U.S. senator (out when first elected), first openly bisexual member of the U.S. Senate – Kyrsten Sinema – elected 2018, representing Arizona By state delegation Arizona: Rep. Jim Kolbe (R) – served 1985–2007; outed in 1996 Rep. Kyrsten Sinema (D) – served 2013–2019; out when elected Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D) – elected 2018; out when elected California: Rep. Mark Takano (D) – elected 2012; out when elected Colorado: Rep. Jared Polis (D) – served 2009–2019; out when elected Florida: Rep. Mark Foley (R) – served 1995–2006; outed in 2006 Kansas: Rep. Sharice Davids (D) – elected 2018; out when elected Maine: Rep. Mike Michaud (D) – served 2003–2015; came out in 2014 Maryland: Rep. Robert Bauman (R) – served 1973–1981; outed in 1980 Massachusetts: Rep. Gerry Studds (D) – served 1973–1997; outed in 1983 Rep. Barney Frank (D) – served 1980–2013; came out in 1987 Minnesota: Rep. Angie Craig (D) – elected 2018; out when elected and first lesbian mother in Congress Mississippi: Rep. Jon Hinson (R) – served 1979–1981; outed in 1981 New Hampshire: Rep. Chris Pappas (D) – elected 2018; out when elected New York: Rep. Mondaire Jones (D) – elected 2020; out when elected Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D) – elected 2012; out when elected Rep. Ritchie Torres (D) – elected 2020; out when elected Rhode Island: Rep. David Cicilline (D) – elected 2010; out when elected Wisconsin: Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D) – elected 2012; out when elected Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D) – served 1999–2013; out when elected Rep. Steve Gunderson (R) – served 1981–1997; came out in 1994 Rep. Mark Pocan (D) – elected 2012; out when elected Executive Donald Trump was the first President to appoint an open member of the LGBT community to an acting position in the Presidential Cabinet, by making Richard Grenell the acting director of National Intelligence. Grenell's position was never put forward for Senate confirmation, and he served in