Shortly before the November election, N.C. Rep. Cecil Brockman, D-Guilford, came out as bisexual.
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A North American nation strides boldly forwards on LGBTQ rights

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has created a new special advisory role, taken on by Edmonton Centre MP Randy Boissonnault, to ensure he is kept up to date on issues affecting the LGBTQ2 community. Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould will hold a news conference at 10:10 a.m. ET, and CBCNews.ca will…
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Canada’s first transgender judge officially took his seat in a Manitoba court Friday.
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Full details of out LGBTQ candidate performance in Tuesday's Federal and State elections.
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But Oregon did elect an out bisexual, the first openly LGBT governor ever elected.
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The first academic program in the US focused exclusively on the link between the representation of LGBT people and the legal and political rights afforded to those groups.