This list of LGBT ambassadors of the United States includes ambassadors of the United States who publicly identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or otherwise part of the LGBT community at the time of their appointment. This list includes ambassadors assigned to individual nations of the world, to international organizations (also known as permanent representatives), and ambassadors-at-large.
Ambassadors are nominated by the president of the United States and confirmed by the Senate.U.S. Senate – Powers & Procedure Senate.gov Retrieved 25 May 2012. Ambassadors serve "at the pleasure of the president", meaning they can be dismissed at any time.
List
NameAccreditationCredentials presentedMission endPresident(s)Ref Luxembourg RomaniaPresident's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief New ZealandBarack ObamaOrganization for Security and Co-operation in EuropeDavid PressmanUnited Nations Security CouncilSeptember 14, 2014January 20, 2017 Spain Denmark Dominican Republic Australia MozambiqueNovember 4, 2019Ambassadorial Assignments 4 Oct 17, U.S. Department of StateCongressional Record, Senate S8019, November 17, 2015 Vietnam Germany Nepal Bosnia and Herzegovina Cape VerdeJuly 3, 2024 LithuaniaAugust 12, 2023Scott Miller SwitzerlandJanuary 20, 2025 Liechtenstein SwedenJanuary 20, 2025 CameroonJanuary 17, 2026 HungaryJanuary 13, 2025
See also List of the first LGBT holders of political offices in the United States
References
External links America's LGBT Ambassadors: Global Trade Will Lift Up LGBT Lives, The White House