By John Mack Freeman
Kate Brown became the first out LGBT governor in United State’s history when she replaced Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber after his resignation. Brown, who had previously served as Oregon Secretary of State, will ascend to the job after the resignation becomes official on February 18th. Via the Atlantic:
Brown will serve until 2016, when an election will be held to serve out the remainder of Kitzhaber’s term, which ends in 2019. She could run in that race. The nation narrowly missed having its first openly gay elected governor in 2014, when Representative Mike Michaud’s bid to defeat incumbent Paul LePage in Maine fell short.
You can read Brown’s profile on OutHistory.org here.
L, G, B, *and* T! That’s a lot of identity for one person.
Shouldn’t “LGBT” be used for collections of people or for the movement? Individuals aren’t “LGBT”. This woman is bi according to the article. She’s not merely a symbol for what we want to talk about with the story, she’s also a human being.