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One commission member described Evan Low's deliberate attempts to hide his payment to Baldwin for the actor's appearance at political fundraiser as "egregious."
The statue’s dedication it timed to celebrate the 50th anniversary of her historic election.
There are at least 1,043 out LGBTQ+ people in elected office around the nation, up 5.8 percent from a year ago.
Davante Lewis tells The Advocate about his removal as vice chairman on Louisiana's Public Service Commission, which he believes was racially and politically motivated.
LGBTQ+ Americans are still far from equitable representation in public office, says a new report from the Victory Institute.
The political fundraising organization promotes LGBTQ+ elected officials and held its annual gala last week. Here's what went down.
That's the latest data in the LGBTQ+ Victory Institute's "Out For America" report.
There are nearly 1,000 out elected officials in the U.S. now, but the community isn't represented in accordance with its proportion of the population.
LGBTQ+ representation in elective office is on the rise, but thousands more out candidates must be elected to assure equal representation.
Victories in Tuesday's election will push the number over that mark when all the winners take office, and the candidates represent the diversity of the LGBTQ+ population.
Representation matters, and new data suggests that Black queer and trans elected officials are being voted into office in record numbers.
“Not only are more LGBTQ+ people serving in office than ever before, they are more unified, determined and diverse than ever,” says a new report from the LGBTQ+ Victory Institute.
LGBTQ+ politicians have made great in-roads, but we remain severely underrepresented among the halls of power.
In some good news coming out of November's election, at least 495 LGBTQ+ candidates won their races.
Nelson had won the Democratic primary and had no opposition in Tuesday's general election. But now his election to the Mississippi House is official.
"It won't be easy - hard fought battles for what's right rarely are - but our community, especially our youth, needs you."
The out gay official will join other notables in LGBTQ+ political history.
Tuesday saw the election of Detroit's first queer female City Council member, the reelection of trans woman Andrea Jenkins in Minneapolis, and other notable victories.
Reggie Greer, a veteran of the LGBTQ Victory Institute and the Obama administration, will seek to mobilize the community for Biden.
On the eve of National Out to Win Day, Victory Fund CEO Annise Parker urges all LGBTQ people to consider running for office.
Low will succeed Annise Parker, who announced several months ago that she planned to step down.
