Number of Out LGBTQ Elected Officials Surpasses 1,000
metroweekly.comDespite the fact that homophobic and generally anti-LGBTQ attitudes are constantly intensify across the United States, more and more LGBTQ people are winning elected offices.According to the LGBTQ Victory Institute’s “Out for America” 2022 study, there are 1,043 publicly LGBTQ elected officials in the United States.
The organization, which is dedicated to promoting LGBTQ representation in government, notes that this is a significant milestone: the first time in history that over 1,000 LGBTQ people have been serving in elective office simultaneously.
But while this news may be encouraging, LGBTQ people are still not adequately represented within the political system.According to the LGTL Victory Institute, LGBTQ people comprise 7.1% of the total U.S.
population, but only 0.2% of all elected officials. In order to resolve that discrepancy, 35,854 more public officials would have to be elected to office.While electing over 35,000 more LGBTQ representatives is a daunting task, the progression made from when the LGBTQ Victory Institute first began publishing these reports in 2017 is encouraging.
