Transcript for By the Numbers: LGBTQ political representation
JUNE IS OF COURSE PRIDE MONTH,
AND A TIME TO LOOK AT THE STATE
OF THE POLITICAL REPRESENTATION
FOR AMERICA'S DIVERSE LGBTQ
COMMUNITY BY THE NUMBERS.
104, THAT IS AT LEAST HOW MANY
LGBTQ CANDIDATES HAVE LAUNCHED
CAMPAIGNS FOR CONGRESSES HERE
ACCORDING TO AXIOS, AND THAT IS
A RECORD.
NEARLY 20% INCREASE COMPARED TO
2021 87 LGBTQ CANDIDATES RAN
FOR THE HOUSE OR SENATE AS OF
LAST WEEK, 57 OF THOSE
CONGRESSIONAL LGBTQ CANDIDATES
WERE STILL ACTIVELY RUNNING
ACCORDING TO THE DATA THE
VICTORY FUND PROVIDED TO AXIOS.
THERE ARE STILL ONLY 11 OPEN
LGBTQ LAWMAKERS SERVING IN
CONGRESS.
THEY HAVE BEEN PUSHING FOR
DECADES FOR MORE POLITICAL
REPRESENTATION.
1974, THAT IS A YEAR, 21 YEAR
OLD KATHY KOSACHEV WON A CITY
COUNCIL RACE TO BECOME THE
FIRST OPENLY GAY OR LESBIAN
CANDIDATE TO EVER WIN ELECTED
OFFICE IN THE U.S..
IN 1977, SHE WAS FOLLOWED BY
FELLOW TRAIL BLAZER, HARVEY
MILK, WHO WON A SEAT ON SAN
FRANCISCO'S BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS.
MANY LGBTQ CANDIDATES THAT
POLITICAL REPRESENTATION IS
EVEN MORE IMPORTANT AMID A
NATIONAL BACKLASH AGAINST THE
LGBTQ COMMUNITY IN RECENT
MONTHS.
300 ANTI LGBTQ BILLS HAVE BEEN
PROPOSED AND AT LEAST 28 STATES
THIS YEAR.
MANY OF THEM
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