This is a list of political offices, whether elected or appointed, which have been held by a lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender person, with details of the first such holder of each office. It should only list people who came out as LGBT before or during their terms in office; it should not list people who came out only after retiring from politics, or people who were outed by reference sources only after their death. It should also exclude openly gay holders of inherited offices (including non-ceremonial monarchs who exercise political power).
The year in brackets refers to the year which the officeholder was elected as an openly LGBT person. If they came out during term of office it is referred to after the year in brackets.
It is ordered by country, by dates of election or appointment. Former countries are also to be listed.
Heads of state # Portrait Name Country National population(while in office) Office Political party Mandate start Mandate end Term length Sexual orientation/gender identity 1 Paolo Rondelli 33,627 (2021 estimate) Captain Regent RETE Movement Gay 2 Edgars Rinkēvičs 1,827,533 (2023 estimate) President Unity Incumbent Gay 3 Ana Brnabić 6,532,019 (2026 estimate) President (acting) Serbian Progressive Party Incumbent Lesbian
Heads of government
# Portrait Name Years Nation National population(while in office) Office Note 1 2009–2013 325,671 (2013 estimate) Prime Minister First permanent LGBT head of government. 2 2011–2014 11,316,836 (2014 estimate) Prime Minister 3 2013–2023 660,809 (2023 estimate) Prime Minister 4 2017–2020, 2022–2024 5,281,600 (2022 estimate) Taoiseach 5 2017–2024 6,647,003 (2022 estimate) Prime Minister 6 gcn.ie:Andorra Prime Minister Xavier Espot Zamora comes out as gay , 12 September 20232019–present 81,588 (2023 estimate) Prime Minister 7 2024 68,042,591 (2023 estimate) Prime Minister 8 2026–present 18,044,027 (2025 census) Prime Minister
International bodies
European Union
European Commission European Commissioner for Trade – Peter Mandelson – 2004 (British)
European Parliament Arranged by country
Austria – Ulrike Lunacek – 2009 Denmark – Torben Lund – 1999 Belgium – Petra de Sutter – 2019 Finland – Silvia Modig – 2019 France – Roger Karoutchi – 1997 [Came out as gay in 2009] Germany – Lissy Gröner – 1989 Ireland – Maria Walsh – 2019 Italy – Gianni Vattimo – 1999 Luxembourg - Tilly Metz - 2018 Netherlands – Herman Verbeek (PPR) – 1984 Poland – Robert Biedroń (NL) – 2019 Portugal – Paulo Rangel (PSD) – 2009 [Came out: 2021] Spain – José María Mendiluce Pereiro (PSOE; later joining the Greens) – 1999–2004 [Came out: 2003] Spain – Antoni Comín (Junts) – 2019 Sweden – Fredrick Federley and Malin Björk – 2014 United Kingdom – Tom Spencer – 1999 [Came out: 1999] United Kingdom – Nikki Sinclaire – 2009 [Came out as lesbian in 2004; Came out as transgender in 2013]
Head of subnational governments The following is a list of LGBT persons who headed the governments of a first-tier administrative division within a sovereign state (such as provinces, lands, states, regions or oblasts).
Currently in office
Name Years Jurisdiction Population(while in office) Office Note Gustavo Álvarez Gardeazábal1998–1999 () 4,000,000(approx.) Governor Openly gay when elected Governor in 1997. Elio Di Rupo1999–2000, 2005–2007, 2019–2024 () 3,500,000(approx.) Minister-president Openly gay when appointed minister-president in 1999. Nichi Vendola 2005–2015 () 4,000,000(approx.) President Openly gay when elected president in 2005. Rosario Crocetta 2012–2017 () 4,900,000(approx.) President Openly gay when elected president in 2012. Kathleen Wynne 2013–2018 () 14,000,000(approx.) Premier Openly lesbian when appointed Premier.Assumed Premiership in 2013 upon being selected party leader, won first electoral mandate in 2014 Andrew Barr 2014–present 450,000(approx.) Chief Minister Openly gay when appointed chief minister. Assumed premiership in 2014 upon being elected by assembly members mid term, won first electoral mandate in 2016 Wade MacLauchlan 2015–2019 150,000(approx.) Premier Openly gay when appointed premier.Assumed premiership upon being selected party leader, won first electoral mandate in 2015 Kate Brown 2015–2023 () 4,000,000(approx.) Governor Openly bisexual when succeeded as governor.As Secretary of State succeeded governorship in 2015, won first electoral mandate in 2018 Eduardo Leite 2019–2022, 2023–present () 10,800,000(approx.) Governor Openly gay when elected governor in 2018. Fátima Bezerra 2019–present () 3,200,000(approx.) Governor Openly lesbian when elected governor in 2018 Jared Polis 2019–present () 5,750,000(approx.) Governor Openly gay when elected governor in 2018. Gustavo Melella 2019–present () 190,000(approx.) Governor Openly gay when elected governor in 2019. Antonino Spirlì 2020–2021 () 1,855,454 President (Acting) Tina Kotek 2023–present () 4,200,000(approx.) Governor Openly lesbian when elected governor in 2022. Maura Healey 2023–present () 7,100,000(approx.) Governor Openly lesbian when elected governor in 2022. Colin Martin-Reynolds 2025–present (BOTs) 3,700(approx.) Governor Foreign service officer, openly gay when appointed governor. (BOTs) 20(approx.) Commissioner
Americas
Argentina Senate – Osvaldo López – 2011 [First openly gay man] Chamber of Deputies – Marcela Virginia Rodríguez – 2001 [First openly lesbian woman] Chamber of Deputies – Leonardo Grosso – 2011 [First openly gay man; Came out: 2018] Government Minister (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship) – Jorge Faurie – 2017 [First openly gay man] Government Minister (Ministry of Culture) – Teresa Parodi – 2014 [First openly lesbian woman; Came out: 2025] Government Minister (Ministry of Women, Genders and Diversity) – Ayelén Mazzina – 2022 [First openly lesbian woman] Government Secretary (Undersecretary of Diversity Policies) – Alba Rueda – 2019 [First openly transgender person] Government Member (Office for the Coordination of Diversity and Non-Discrimination of the Ministry of Security) – Mara Pérez Reynoso – 2015 [First openly transgender person] Provincial governor (Tierra del Fuego) – Gustavo Melella – 2019 [First openly gay man] Buenos Aires City Legislature – María Rachid – 2011 [First openly lesbian woman] Buenos Aires City Legislature – Maximiliano Ferraro – 2011 [First openly gay man] Mayor (General Pinto, Buenos Aires) – Alexis Guerrera – 2003 [First openly gay man] Mayor (Loncopué, Neuquén) – María Fernanda Villone – 2011 [First openly lesbian woman] Municipal councillor (Escobar, Buenos Aires Province) – Sandra Edith "Tía Gaucha" Tancredi – 2022 [First openly transgender person] Municipal councillor (General La Madrid, Buenos Aires Province) – Ariel Lucho López – 2023 [First openly non-binary person]
Aruba Parliament of Aruba (Senator) – Miguel Mansur – 2021 [First openly gay party leader]
Bolivia Congressperson (Deputy) – Manuel Canelas – 2015 [First openly gay male] Assemblyperson (La Paz) – París Galán – 2015 [First openly transgender male]
Brazil
Canada
Chile Councilmember – Alejandra González Pino – 2004 [First elected transgender woman] Councilmember – Jaime Parada – 2012 [First openly gay male] Chamber of Deputies – Claudio Arriagada – 2013 [First openly gay male] Chamber of Deputies – Guillermo Ceroni – 2013 Chamber of Deputies – Emilia Schneider – 2021 [First openly transgender person] Chamber of Deputies – Marcela Riquelme – 2021 [First openly lesbian female] Chamber of Deputies – Francisca Bello, Camila Musante – 2021 [First openly bisexual female]
Colombia Congressperson – Tamara Argote – 2022 [first openly non-binary member of Congress] Mayor of Bogota – Claudia López – 2019 [first openly LGBTQ (lesbian)] Mayor of Chapinero – Blanca Inés Durán Hernández – 2008–2012 [openly lesbian] Minister of Transport – Cecilia Álvarez-Correa Glen − 2012–2014 [Came out: 2014] Minister of Education – Gina Parody – 2014–2018 Minister of Commerce – Cecilia Álvarez-Correa Glen – 2014–2018 [Came out: 2014] Minister of Environment – Ricardo Lozano Picón – 2018 Minister of Justice – Néstor Osuna – 2022–2024 [openly homosexual] Minister of Equality and Equity – Juan Carlos Florián – 2025–present [openly LGBTQ] National Agency Director (Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Biodiversity) – Brigitte Baptiste [first openly transgender woman] Representative – Angélica Lozano – 2014 [first openly bisexual legislator] Representative– Mauricio Toro – 2018 [first openly gay man elected to Congress] Senator – Angélica Lozano – 2018 [first openly LGBTQ (bisexual) senator] Senator – Claudia López – 2015
Costa Rica Legislative Assembly – Carmen Muñoz – elected 2010 and minister appointed in 2014 [first openly lesbian person] Cabinet Minister – Wilhelm von Breymann Barquero – appointed in 2014. [first openly gay man] Legislative Assembly – Enrique Sánchez – 2018 [first openly gay male] Second Vice Mayor – Municipality of the Canton of Moravia – Gerhard Phillip Hernández Padilla – elected in 2024 [first openly trans man].
Cuba Municipal council – Adela Hernández – 2012 [First transgender person elected to office]
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Ecuador National Assembly – Sandra Alvarez – 2009 [first openly LGBT substitute lawmaker.] Minister of Health: Carina Vance Mafla – 2012 National Assembly – Diane Marie Rodríguez Zambrano – 2017 [First transgender woman substitute lawmaker] Mayor of Pujilí – José Arroyo Cabrera – 2023 [first openly LGBTQ mayor in Ecuador]
El Salvador Mayor (Intipucá) – Hugo Salinas – 2009
Guatemala Member of Congress – Sandra Morán – 2016 [First lesbian female congressperson] Member of Congress – Aldo Dávila – 2020[First gay male congressperson] Member of Central American Parliament – José Carlos Hernández Ruano − 2020[First Guatemalan gay male parliamentarian]
Mexico Federal Deputy – Patria Jiménez – 1997 [First openly lesbian female] Federal Deputy – David Sánchez Camacho – 2006 [First openly gay male] Federal Deputy – María Clemente García – 2021 [One of the first two transgender women] Federal Deputy – Salma Luévano – 2021 [One of the first two transgender women] Local Deputy (Federal District) – Enoé Uranga – 2000 [First openly lesbian female] Local Deputy (Federal District) – David Sánchez Camacho – 1997 [First openly gay male] Municipal president (Fresnillo, Zacatecas) – Benjamín Medrano Quezada – 2013 [First openly gay male] City Council (Guanajuato, Guanajuato) – Rubí Suárez Araujo – 2016 [first transgender city councillor and first openly transgender woman in political office] City Council (Durango, Durango) – Ezequiel García Torres – 2017 [First openly gay male]
Peru Councilmember – Luisa Revilla – 2014 [First transgender woman] Member of Congress – Carlos Bruce – 2006; 2016–2021 [First openly gay male congressman; Came out: 2014] Member of Congress – Alberto de Belaunde (Ungrouped) – 2016 Minister of Transport and Communications – Carlos Bruce – September 2017
Puerto Rico
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico – Maite Oronoz Rodríguez – 15 July 2014
Trinidad and Tobago Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago (Senator) – Jowelle de Souza – 2022 [First transgender person]
United States
Uruguay Director of Macro Counseling in Social Policies – Andrés Scagliola – 2010 [First openly gay member of the government; Came out: 2011] House of Representatives (Substitute Deputy) – Martín Couto – 2014 [First openly gay congressperson; Came out: 2017] Member of Parliament – Michelle Suárez Bértora – 2014 [First transgender legislator]
Venezuela National Assembly (Deputy) – Tamara Adrián – elected 2015 [First transgender woman]