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One of the most significant victories on this front was secured by 30-year-old Sarah McBride in Delaware, who last night became the first openly trans state senator in U.S. history, as well as that of Taylor Small, who became the first openly trans person to be elected to the Vermont legislature. Another notable win came with the election of Stephanie Byers to the Alabama National Championship Shirt, hoodie and sweater House of Representatives, becoming the first trans Indigenous person to hold statewide office. As Danica Roem, who made history three years ago as the first openly trans person to serve in any U.S. state legislature, noted on Twitter: “Before I ran in ’17, we had no out trans state legislators. In ’21, we’ll have seven.”
Elsewhere, there were a number of firsts for queer people of color. In New York, Democratic candidates Ritchie Torres and Mondaire Jones became the Alabama National Championship Shirt, hoodie and sweater openly gay Black men elected to Congress, marking a powerful step forward in terms of representation for these often marginalized communities. (Torres is also the first openly gay Latinx congressperson.) As Jones told the New York Times earlier this year: “Growing up poor, Black, and gay, I never imagined someone like me could run for Congress, let alone win.”
