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  1. 3. The first openly gay federal judge after being appointed in 1994 by President Clinton. (last name)
  2. 5. In 2020 he made history as the first openly gay Afro-Latino Congress member when he was voted to represent New York's 15th District. (last name)
  3. 6. In 2020 he became of of the first two openly Black LGBTQ members of Congress and represents New York's 17th District. (last name)
  4. 7. The first openly transgender Black woman ever elected to public office. (last name)
  5. 8. Was a key leader of human rights movements in Brazil and served as one of the only openly Black LGBTQ members on the Rio de Janeiro City Council. (last name)
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  1. 1. The first openly gay Black person elected to public office in 1989. (first name)
  2. 2. One of the integral organizers of the Journey of Reconciliation in 1947 and was instrumental in organizing the March on Washington. (last name)
  3. 3. The first Black lesbian to serve in any state legislature in the country when she served in Georgia's House of Representatives from 2009 to 2015. (last name)
  4. 4. The founder of the Trans People of Color Coalition and made history as the first transgender person to testify before the US Congress. (last name)
  5. 6. A foundational leader in Stonewall and helped found the Gay Liberation Front in 1969. (first name)