LGBT political representation jumped 21% in past year.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot during a news conference in Chicago on April 10, 2020. (Photo: Nam Y. Huh / AP file)

At least 843 LGBTQ people currently serve in elected offices across the United States, constituting a 21 percent increase since June 2019, according to the LGBTQ Victory Institute’s “Out for America 2020” census of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer elected officials…