| Found in | Work cat.: Schlittler, R. Out and elected in the USA: 1974-2004, via WWW, Feb. 16, 2015: Ron Schlittler's introduction (In November, 1974, something extraordinary happened. Openly lesbian Elaine Noble made international news when she arrived at the Massachusetts state legislature) Allan Spear, Minnesota, 1976 (State Senator, 60th District; Elected President of the Senate by the Senate in January 1993 and served in that role until he retired in 2000) Rick Trombly, New Hampshire, 1978 (State Senator, District 7) Jim Splaine, New Hampshire, 1979 (State Representative, District 34) Gerry E. Studds, Massachusetts, 1984 (U.S. House of Representatives, 10th District) Tammy Baldwin, Wisconsin, 1986 (U.S. Representative, 2nd Congressional District)
List of the first LGBT holders of political offices in the United States, via Wikipedia, Feb. 16, 2015 (U.S. Representative (out when first elected), first openly bisexual member of Congress: Kyrsten Sinema - elected 2012; under State legislators: Connecticut: Evelyn Mantilla (D) - came out as America's first openly bisexual state official in 1997; Massachusetts: Rep. Althea Garrison (R) - elected 1993, first transgender person elected to a state legislature in the United States; New York: Rep. Micah Kellner (male; bisexual) (D) - elected 2007; Texas: Rep. Mary Gonzalez (female) (D) - elected 2012; first openly pansexual elected official in the United States; Wisconsin: Rep. JoCasta Zamarripa (female; bisexual) (D) - elected 2010; came out 2012)
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