Before Buttigieg: Roberta Achtenberg, First LGBTQ+ Senate Confirmation
Achtenberg was an early pioneer for LGBTQ+ rights and acceptance, and was famously called a “damn lesbian” by one bigoted GOP senator during her 1993 Senate confirmation hearing. March 11 2021 4:20 PM EST
While we rightly celebrate Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg’s historic Senate confirmation to a cabinet-level position, it’s important to remember those he helped to pave the pave the way. Case in point: the first out LGBTQ+ nominee to ever gain the Senate confirmation for federal position. That honor goes to San Francisco politician and activist Roberta Achtenberg, whose 1993 hearing was a spectacle of unbridled Republican bigotry.
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Montana Native Americans worried about legislative influence
AMY BETH HANSON, Associated Press
March 11, 2021
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1of5This March 27, 2019 photo shows Montana Democratic Sen. Shane Morigeau of Missoula speaking on the floor of the state House in Helena, Montana, during the legislative session. Morigeau said the 2021 legislative session has been a nightmare for Indian Country and Montana Indians, in part due to bills that could make it more difficult for Native Americans living on reservations to vote and the removal of Margarett Campbell from the Montana Human Rights Commission, which leaves the commission without Native American representation for the fist time in at least 16 years. (Thom Bridge/Independent Record via AP)Thom Bridge/APShow MoreShow Less