A list of openly LGBTQ people who won elected office in Pennsylvania in 2023. Each time I create a post like this, I am humbled to think of how much has changed since I began blogging in December 2005. At that point, an openly gay man won office on Wilkinsburg Council in the 90s, but no one else had successfully done so since. That changed in 2006 with a judicial candidate and in 2007 with a candidate for City Council
I track through the Victory Fund, traditional media, and word of mouth. Please reach out to me with other openly LGBTQ elected who should be included. We will reach out with a request for a Q&A for the permanent record.
More will come. Soon this roundup might be unnecessary. But with a very large commonwealth and a lot of elected offices, we must always remain vigilant.
Jess Branas, white cisgender lesbian, Upper Darby Town Council
Andrea Ditillo white cisgender lesbian,Churchill Borough Council
Katrina Eames Asian/Pacific Islander Genderqueer/Non-Binary queer person, Northgate School Board
Brad Iannuzzi white cisgender gay man,Etna Borough Council
Daniel Kolbe white cisgender gay man,State College School Board
UPDATED: A List of Out LGBTQ Elected Officials in Pennsylvania: Historical Work in Progress
Rue Landau white cisgender lesbian, Philadelphia City Council
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Chesley Lightsey white cisgender lesbian, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas
Amelia McMillan white gendernonconforming queer person, Central York School Board
Daniel Miller white cisgender gay man, Harrisburg City Treasurer
Fred Quinn III Black cisgender LGBTQ person, Swissvale Borough
Jessica Rothchild, Scranton City Council
James Sabatino white cisgender gay man, Luzerne County Council
Abigail Salisbury white cisgender Jewish bisexual woman, Pennsylvania State Representative
Lori Schreiber white cisgender lesbian, Montgomery County Clerk of Courts
Ashley Smith white cisgender bisexual woman, Franklin City Council
Bryan Tate York County Register of Wills and Clerk of Orphans’ Court
Tyler Titus – white transgender non-binary queer person, Erie City Council
Damien Warsavage – multiracial cisgender gay man, Upper Darby School Board
How much the world has changed since 2005.
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