These LGBTQ+ Candidates Made History on Election Night

Sarah McBride will be the first out transgender state senator in the history of this nation

Andrea González-Ramírez
GEN
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2 min readNov 4, 2020

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It was not long ago when openly LGBTQ+ lawmakers were few and far between. But today, the political landscape looks very different: LGBTQ+ rights have been under attack in the Trump era, but that has not stopped people…

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Andrea González-Ramírez
GEN
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Award-winning Puerto Rican journalist. Senior Writer at New York Magazine’s The Cut. Formerly GEN, Refinery29, and more. Read my work: https://www.thecut.com/