The Lincoln City Council: seated, from left: Tammy Ward, Richard Meginnis, and Jane Raybould; standing, from left, Sändra Washington, Bennie Shobe, James Michael Bowers, and Tom Beckius.LGBTQ+ history has been made in the capital city of Nebraska.After Monday’s swearing-in of new Lincoln City Council members, three of the seven members are drawn from the LGBTQ+ community, and one of them was elected council chair, the first out official in that position.James Michael Bowers, a gay man who became the first out member of the council when he was elected in May 2019, was elected chair at Monday’s meeting, the LGBTQ Victory Fund reports.