elected 2017 Del. Danica Roem (D) – elected 2017; first openly transgender person to be elected to a state legislature in the United States. Del. Joshua G. Cole (D) – elected 2019; first LGBT person of color and first openly bisexual legislator in VA Washington State: Rep. (later Sen.) Cal Anderson (D) – appointed 1987 Rep. Laurie Jinkins (female) (D) – elected 2010 West Virginia: Rep. Stephen Skinner (D) – elected 2012 Wisconsin: Rep. (later Sen.) Tim Carpenter (D) – elected to Assembly in 1984, came out in 2001, elected to Senate in 2002 Rep. (later U.S. rep) Mark Pocan (D) – elected 1998 Rep. (later U.S. sen.) Tammy Baldwin (female; lesbian) (D) – elected 1993 Rep. JoCasta Zamarripa (female; bisexual) (D) – elected 2010; came out 2012 Wyoming: Rep. Cathy Connolly (D) – elected 2008 Territorial legislators District of Columbia Jim Graham David Catania Guam: Sen. Benjamin Cruz (D) – elected 2008 Local Nationwide firsts First openly gay mayor of a U.S. state capital: David Cicilline, Providence, Rhode Island (2002) First directly elected openly gay mayor in the U.S.: Gene Ulrich, Bunceton, Missouri (1980) Largest city (in the country) with an openly lesbian mayor: Lori Lightfoot, Chicago, Illinois (2019) (Formerly held by Annise Parker, Houston, Texas (2009)) Largest city with an openly gay male mayor: Ed Murray, Seattle, Washington (2014) First openly gay president of a city council: Cathy Woolard, Atlanta City Council President from 2002 to 2004. First openly transgender mayor: Stu Rasmussen, Silverton, Oregon (2008) First openly LGBT members of a city council: Nancy Wechsler and Jerry DeGrieck, both elected as members of the Human Rights Party to the Ann Arbor City Council in 1972; both came out in 1973. First openly gay person (male or female) elected to public office (city council): Kathy Kozachenko, Ann Arbor, Michigan (1974) First openly gay man elected to a U.S. city council (incumbent): Jim Yeadon, Madison, Wisconsin (1977) First openly gay or lesbian elected official in California: Harvey Milk, member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors; elected 1977, assassinated in 1978 by Dan White shortly after White killed Mayor George Moscone. First openly gay black person elected to public office in the United States: Keith St. John, elected to Albany, New York common council in 1989. First openly gay Hispanic person elected to public office in the United States: Ricardo Gonzalez, Madison, Wisconsin (1989) First openly transgender member of