A record 11 out LGBT lawmakers will take their seats in Congress

November 30, 2020 compassq 5 THINGS TO KNOW, HEROES, HEROES & HISTORY, POLITICS Comments Off on A record 11 out LGBT lawmakers will take their seats in Congress
U.S. Rep.-elect Mondaire Jones (D-N.Y.) is one of the first openly gay Black members of Congress. He has been selected leader of the freshman delegation. (Photo: Kathy Willens/AP)

When the 117th Congress convenes Jan. 3, fully 11 openly LGBTQ members — a record — will take their seats. What’s more, they will be the most diverse LGBTQ members of Congress the country has yet seen, with more people of color than ever before…