Pride 30: The Firsts
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NBC Out is celebrating 30 LGBTQ firsts for Pride Month 2021.June is Pride Month, and this year, we're celebrating by honoring 30 lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer firsts.

Charmaine McGuffey
First lesbian elected sheriff in Ohio

Ritchie Torres
First gay Afro Latino in Congress

Quince Mountain
First trans dog musher to compete in the Iditarod

Sarah McBride
First transgender state senator in the U.S.

Punkie Johnson
First Black lesbian cast member on 'SNL'

Katie Sowers
First lesbian to coach in a Super Bowl

Owen Hurcum
First nonbinary mayor in the world

Javicia Leslie
First bisexual actress to play Batwoman

STEPHANIE BYERS
First trans Indigenous elected official in the U.S.

Pete Buttigieg
First gay Senate-confirmed Cabinet official

Elliot Page
First trans man on the cover of Time

Dawn Bennett
First queer woman Lutheran pastor in Nashville

Claire Murashima
First LGBTQ president of Calvin University

MAUREE TURNER
First nonbinary state legislator in the U.S.

Aaron Marcus
First LGBTQ history curator at History Colorado

Stella Keating
First transgender teen to testify before the U.S. Senate

Rachel Slawson
First bisexual Miss USA contestant

Nisha Rao
First transgender lawyer in Pakistan

Ian Alexander
First transgender actor in trans 'Star Trek' role

Syd Sanders
First transgender valedictorian in Maine

Nicholas Yatromanolakis
First gay minister in Greece

Karine Jean-Pierre
First lesbian to serve as a VP candidate's chief of staff

Martin J. Jenkins
First gay man to serve on California Supreme Court

Benson Churgai
First trans graduate of Philadelphia Police Academy





