Chronology for Out and Elected in the USA
Indexed by date elected for Out and Elected in the USA
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This listing of elected officials is arranged by the year they were elected to their first office held, which is also noted, then alphabetically within state. Many have subsequently been elected to other offices and these are detailed on their individual pages.
All dates of elections occurred in November unless otherwise indicated.
For information on a touring exhibit version of the collection, contact Ron Schlittler at rlschlittler@verizon.net.
1974
Massachusetts
- Noble, Elaine (D), State Representative, 6th District, Boston
1976
Minnisota
- Spear, Allan (D), came out in 1974, re-elected State Senator, 60th District
1977
California
- Milk, Harvey, Board of Supervisors, San Francisco
1978
New Hampshire
- Trombly, Rick (D), State House of Representatives, Boscawen
1979
New Hampshire
- Splaine, Jim (D), came out in 1979 after service on City Council, elected to School Board, Portsmouth
1980
California
- Lachs, Stephen, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge, Los Angeles, June
1982
New York
- Duane, Thomas (D), Democratic District Leader
1984
Massachusetts
- Studds, Gerry E. (D), outed in 1983, re-elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, District 10, Boston
1985
California
- Laird, John (D), City Council, Santa Cruz
New York
- Mains, Tim, Council Member at-Large, Rochester
1986
Louisiana
- Batson, Roberts, Orleans Perish Democratic Executive Committee, February
New Hampshire
- Buckley, Raymond (D), State Representative, Ward 8, Manchester
Wisconsin
- Baldwin, Tammy (D), Dane County Board of Supervisors, Madison, April
1987
California
- Brougham, Tom, Director, Peralto Community College District Board, April
North Carolina
- Herzenberg, Joe, came out gradually 1981-85, elected Town City Council, Chapel Hill
1988
California
- Katz, Leslie, San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee
Massachusetts
- Frank, Barney (D), came out in 1987, re-elected to the U.S. Representative, District 4, Boston
Washington
- Anderson, Cal (D), House of Representatives, District 42, Seattle
1989
New York
- St. John, Keith, Common Council Alderman, Ward 2, Albany
1990
California
- Achtenberg, Roberta, Board of Supervisors, San Francisco
- Ammiano, Tom, School Board, San Francisco
- Giuliano, Neil (R), City Council, Tempe
- Hahn, Kenneth, Los Angeles County Assessor, Los Angeles County
- Migden, Carole (D), Board of Supervisors, San Francisco
Maine
- McCormick, Dale, State Senate
New York
- Glick, Deborah (D), Assemblymember, District 66, New York City
1991
California
- Horton, Jeff, Los Angeles Board of Education President, Los Angeles
Texas
- Maxey, Glen (D), State Representative, District 51, March Special Election
Washington
- Harris, Sherry, Council Member At-Large, Seattle
1992
California
- Yeager, Ken, San Jose/Evergreen Community College Trustee
New Mexico
- Liz Stephanics (D), State Senate, District 39
Oregon
- Brown, Kate (D), House of Representatives, District 13, Portland
South Carolina
- Schwacke, David (R), Solicitor, 9th Circuit, Charleston
Vermont
- Flanagan, Edward (D), State Auditor, Burlington
1993
California
- Kehoe, Christine (D), City Council, San Diego
Maryland
- Williams, Bruce, City Council, Tacoma Park
Massachusetts
- Higgins, Mary Clare, City Council, Northampton
- Reeves, Kenneth, came out December 1992, re-elected to the City Council, Cambridge
- Triatanfillou, Katherine, City Council, Cambridge
Michigan
- Kolb, Chris (D), City Council, Ann Arbor
- Cuthbert, Pam, City Council, Ward 3, Ypsilanti, April
New York
- Shafer, Marilyn, Manhattan Civil Court Judge
- Stewart, Daniel (R), City Council, Plattsburgh
North Carolina
- Nelson, Michael, Board of Alderman, Carrboro
1994
California
- Dumanis, Bonnie (R), Municipal Court Judge, Dan Diego
- Kuehl, Sheila (D), State Assembly, District 41, Santa Monica
- Leal, Susan, Board of Supervisors, San Francisco
- Pettis, Gregory, City of Cathedral County
Illinois
- Chiola, Tom, Cook County Circuit Court Judge, Chicago
New Hampshire
- DeChane, Marlene (D), State Representative, District 6, Barrington
New Mexico
- Bushee, Patti, City Council, Santa Fe
Oregon
- Carpenter, Chuck (R), State Representative, District 7, Portland
- Eighmey, George (D), State Representative
- Gernant, David, Multnomah County District Court Judge
Washington D.C.
- Sojourner, Sabrina (D), At-Large Seat, Central Democratic Committee, May
Wisconsin
- Gunderson, Steve (R), outed in 1994,
re-elected to the U.S. House of Representatives
1995
California
- Zeidler, Zeke, Redondo Beach School Board, March
Connecticut
- Zemo, Stephen, Town of Ridgefield Selectman
Florida
- Leban, Mark, Dade County Court Judge, January
Iowa
- Crews, Bill, came out in 1993, re-elected Mayor, City of Melbourne
New York
- Kavanaugh, Barbra, City Council, Buffalo
- Lopez, Margarita, Female Democratic District Leader, 63rd Assembly District (B), New York, September
Rhode Island
- Cicillini, David, House of Representatives, Providence
Washington
- Moeller, Jim (D), City Council, Vancouver
- Podlodowski, Tina, City Council Member, Seattle
Wisconsin
- Verveer, Mike, Common Council, Madison, April
1996
Arizona
- Kolbe, Jim (R), came out July 1996, re-elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, 5th Congressional District, Tucson
California
- McCarthy, Kevin, Superior Court Judge, San Francisco
- Owens, Juanita, President Board of Education, San Francisco
- Radulovich, Tom, Bay Area Rapid Transit District Board, San Francisco
- Tsenin, Kay, Municipal Court Judge, San Francisco
Florida
- Leban, Mark, Dade County Court Judge, September
Illinois
- Patti, Sebastian, Cook County Circuit Court Judge
- McKeon, Lawrence (D), State House of Representatives, 34th District, Chicago
Maine
- Powers, Judy (D), State Representative
New York
- Robinson, Doug, School Board, District 2, New York
- Sauer, Larry, School Board, District 3, New York
Rhode Island
- Pisaturo, Michael (D), State Representative, District 21, Cranston
Texas
- Frasier, Margo, Sheriff of Travis County, Austin
Washington
- Murray, Ed (D), House of Representatives, District 43, Seattle
1997
Arizona
- May, Steve (R), State Representative, District 26, Phoenix
California
- Weinberger, Bill, Charter Commission, Los Angeles, June
Georgia
- Woolard, Cathy, Atlanta City Council, District 6
New Mexico
- Siegle, Linda, Santa Fe Community College Board of Trustees
New York
- Conti, Richard, City Council, Albany
- Quinn, Christine, Speaker, City Council, New York
- Reed, Phil, City Council Member, District 8, New York
Ohio
- Escobar, Louis, City Council President, Toledo
- Wiseman, Mary, City Council Member, Dayton
Pennsylvania
- McGill, Jim, Borough Council Member, Ward 2, Wilkinsburg
Texas
- Parker, Annise, City Council Member At-Large Position 1, Houston, December
Texas
- Loza, John (R), City Councilmember, District 12, Dallas, May
Virginia
- Fisette, Jay, Arlington County Board Member, Arlington
Washington, D.C.
- Catania, David, At-Large Councilmember, December Special Election
1998
California
- del Moral, Rosalinda, Democratic Executive Committee, District 13, San Francisco, June
Connecticut
- Mantilla, Evelyn (D), came out in June 1997, re-elected to the State House of Representatives, District 4, Hartford
Maryland
- Stradauskas, Anne, Baltimore County Sheriff
Massachusetts
- Barrios, Jarrett (D), State Representative, District 28, Middlesex
- Malia, Liz (D), State Representative, 11th Suffolk, March
New Hampshire
- Mitchell, McKim (D), State Representative, District 3, Chesterfield
Utah
- Biskupski, Jackie (D), State Representative, District 30, Salt Lake City
Washington, D.C.
- Graham, Jim, Councilmember, Ward 1
1999
Florida
- Arnold, Diane, Broward County Dem. Exec. Committee, May
New York
- Sklarz, Melissa, Democratic Council, New York, September
Wisconsin
- Sloan, Matt, Common Council, Madison, April
2000
Florida
- Lee, Robert, Broward County Court Judge, September
- Wiscombe, Randy G., City Council, South Miami
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