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PRIDE 30: THE FIRSTS

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June is Pride Month, and this year, we’re celebrating by honoring 30 lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer firsts.

Image: Charmaine McGuffey.
CHARMAINE MCGUFFEY
First lesbian elected sheriff in Ohio
Image: Rep. Ritchie Torres.
RITCHIE TORRES
First gay Afro Latino in Congress
IMage: Gottmik.
GOTTMIK
First trans man to compete on ‘Drag Race’
IMage: Quince Mountain
QUINCE MOUNTAIN
First trans dog musher to compete in the Iditarod
Image: Sen. Sarah McBride.
SARAH MCBRIDE
First transgender state senator in the U.S.
IMage: Punkie Johnson.
PUNKIE JOHNSON
First Black lesbian cast member on ‘SNL’
Image: Katie Sowers
KATIE SOWERS
First lesbian to coach in a Super Bowl
Image: Owen Hurcum.
OWEN HURCUM
First nonbinary mayor in the world
Image: Javicia Leslie
JAVICIA LESLIE
First bisexual actress to play Batwoman
Image: Stephanie Byers.
STEPHANIE BYERS
First trans Indigenous elected official in the U.S.
Image: Pete Buttigieg.
PETE BUTTIGIEG
First gay Senate-confirmed Cabinet official
Image: Elliot Page
ELLIOT PAGE
First trans man on the cover of Time
Image: Dawn Bennett
DAWN BENNETT
First queer woman Lutheran pastor in Nashville
Image: Claire Murashima
CLAIRE MURASHIMA
First LGBTQ president of Calvin University
Image: Mauree Turner
MAUREE TURNER
First nonbinary state legislator in the U.S.
IMage: Leyna Bloom.
LEYNA BLOOM
First trans woman of color in SI’s swimsuit issue
Image: Rachel Levine.
RACHEL LEVINE
First transgender federal official confirmed by U.S. Senate
Image: Aaron Marcus
AARON MARCUS
First LGBTQ history curator at History Colorado
Image: Stella Keating.
STELLA KEATING
First transgender teen to testify before the U.S. Senate
Image: Rachel Slawson.
RACHEL SLAWSON
First bisexual Miss USA contestant
Image: Nisha Rao.
NISHA RAO
First transgender lawyer in Pakistan
Image: Torrey Peters
TORREY PETERS
First trans woman nominated for the Women’s Prize for Fiction
Image: Ian Alexander
IAN ALEXANDER
First transgender actor in trans ‘Star Trek’ role
Image: Syd Sanders.
SYD SANDERS
First transgender valedictorian in Maine
IMage: Nicholas Yatromanola
NICHOLAS YATROMANOLAKIS
First gay minister in Greece
Image: Karine Jean Pierre.
KARINE JEAN-PIERRE
First lesbian to serve as a VP candidate’s chief of staff
Image: Gina Chua.
GINA CHUA
First transgender executive editor at Reuters
Image: Martin J. Jenkins.
MARTIN J. JENKINS
First gay man to serve on California Supreme Court
Illustration of LGBTQ+ people in a Garden of Eden near a rainbow.
BENSON CHURGAI
First trans graduate of Philadelphia Police Academy
IMage: Mara Gomez.
MARA GOMEZ
First trans woman to play pro soccer in Argentina

SOURCE: NBC OUT

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