Wednesday: 12 queer and trans lawmakers who broke new ground with glorious rainbow wave in the US election

12 queer and trans lawmakers who broke new ground with glorious rainbow wave in the US election.

LGBT+ voters overwhelmingly favoured Joe Biden over Donald Trump, exit polls show.

And Sarah McBride, now America’s most powerful trans lawmaker, gives rousing acceptance speech after historic election win.

Mary Trump calls Donald a ‘liar’ as he falsely declares a victory that may never happen and makes baseless claim of ‘fraud’	Mondaire Jones and Ritchie Torres just became the first LGBT+ Black and Afro-Latino congressmen in US history
Lesbian ‘fired by sheriff because of her sexuality’ wins her old boss’ seat. She’s now the first female and LGBT+ sheriff ever in her county	Lana Del Rey tells fan to ‘go f**k herself’ after suggesting she voted for Donald Trump
Mauree Turner becomes first non-binary state lawmaker in US history	Relic of same-sex marriage ban finally removed from state constitution in major election victory for LGBT+ rights

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