first gay male legislator of Black African ancestry and from Brooklyn elected to NY Legislature North Carolina: Sen. Julia Boseman (D) – elected 2004 Rep. Marcus Brandon (male) (D) – elected 2010 North Dakota: Rep. Joshua Boschee (D) – elected 2012 Ohio: Rep. Nickie Antonio (D) – elected 2010 Rep. Tim Brown (R) – elected 2012 Oklahoma: Rep. (then Sen.) Al McAffrey (male) (D) – elected 2006; elected first state senator 2012 Rep. Kay Floyd (female) (D) – elected 2012 Rep. Mauree Turner (D) - elected 2020, first openly Non-Binary state legislator in the United States. Oregon: Rep. Gail Shibley (female) D) – appointed 1991; elected 1992 Rep. George Eighmey (male) (D) – appointed 1993; elected 1994 Rep. Chuck Carpenter (R) – elected 1994, first openly gay Republican legislator in the nation Rep. Kate Brown (female; bisexual) (D) – appointed 1991; elected 1992, 1994 Sen. Kate Brown (female; bisexual) (D) – elected 1996 Rep. Tina Kotek (female) (D) – elected 2006; first openly lesbian Speaker of the House Pennsylvania: Rep. Mike Fleck (R) – elected 2007, came out 2012 Rep. Brian Sims (D) – elected (while out) 2012 Sen. Jim Ferlo (D) – came out 2014 Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta (D), first gay person of color to serve in either house of the Pennsylvania state legislature. Rhode Island: Sen. William P. Fitzpatrick (male) (D) – elected 1992, ran as openly gay; statewide publicity after election Rep. Mike Pisaturo (male) (D) – elected 1996 Rep. Nancy Hetherington (female) (D) – elected 1994, came out in 2001 Sen. Donna Nesselbush (female) (D) – elected 2010 South Dakota: Sen. Angie Buhl (D) (bisexual) – elected 2011, came out 2012 South Carolina: Rep. Jason Elliott (R) (male) – elected 2016 Tennessee: Rep. Torrey Harris (D) – elected 2020 Rep. Eddie Mannis (R) – elected 2020 Texas: Rep. Glen Maxey (male) (D) – elected 1991 Rep. Mary Gonzalez (female) (D) – elected 2012; first openly pansexual elected official in the United States Utah: Rep. Jackie Biskupski (female) (D) – elected 1998 Sen. Scott McCoy (male) (D) – elected 2005 Vermont: Rep. Ron Squires (D) – elected 1990 Rep. Suzi Wizowaty (D) – elected 2008 Sen. Ed Flanagan (D) – elected 2005 Rep. Taylor Small (D, Progressive) – elected 2020; first openly transgender Vermont legislator Virginia: Del. (now Sen.) Adam Ebbin (D) – elected 2003; elected first state senator 2011 Del. Dawn Adams (female; lesbian) (D) –