Andrew Reynolds
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Used in “Representation and Rights: The Impact of LGBT Legislators in Comparative Perspective,” American Political Science Review, Vol.107, No.2 (May 2013).
Updated: November 5, 2013
APPENDIX A:
Data Set Availability
The data set (in stata and excel) is available on author’s website.
A1: LGBT MEMBERS OF NATIONAL LEGISLATURES (1976-2013)
Name / Out/Not Out -whenFirst elected (out) / Years in office / Party Affiliation
Austria (1) / Ulrike Lunacek (L) / Out / 1999-2009 / Green Party
Belgium (3) / Jean-Jacques Flahaux (G)
Xavier Baeselen (G)
Elio Di Rupo (G) / Out
Out
Not Out (1996) / 2007-2010
2008-
1987-1989, 2003-2005,2010- / Reform Movement
Reform Movement
Socialist Party
Brazil (2) / Clodovil Hernandez (G)
Jean Wyllys (G) / Out
Out / 2007-2009
2011- / Christian Labor Party
Socialism and Freedom
Canada (11) / Svend Robinson (G)
Réal Ménard (G)
Libby Davies (B)
Scott Brison (G)
Bill Siksay (G)
Mario Silva (G)
Raymond Gravel (G)
Rob Oliphant (G)
Randall Garrison (G)
Danny Morin (G)
Philip Toone (G) / Not Out (1988)
Not Out (1994)
Not Out (2001)
Not Out (2002)
Out
Not Out (2004)
Out
Out
Out
Out
Out / 1979-2004
1993-2009
1997-
1997-
2004-2011
2004-2011
2006-2008
2008-2011
2011-
2011-
2011- / New Democratic Party
Bloc Québécois
New Democratic Party
Liberal Party
New Democratic Party
Liberal Party
Bloc Québécois
Liberal Party
New Democratic Party
New Democratic Party
New Democratic Party
Denmark (7) / Yvonne Herlov Andersen (L)
Torben Lund (G)
Louise Frevert (L)
Simon Emil Ammitzbøll (G)
Mogens Jensen (G)
Flemming Møller Mortensen (G)
Uffe Elbæk (G) / Not Out (1998)
Not Out (1998)
Out
Out
Out
Out
Out / 1977-79, 1981-84, 87-88, 98-01
1981-98
2001-2007
2005-
2007-
2007-
2011- / Centre Party
Social Democrats
People’s Party
Liberal Party
Social Democrats
Social Democrats
Social Liberal
Finland (4) / Oras Tynkkynen (G)
Pekka Haavisto (G)
Jani Petteri Toivola (G)
Silvia Modig (L) / Out
Not Out (2007)
Out
Out / 2004-
1987-1995, 2007-
2011-
2011- / Green Party
Green Party
Green Party
Left Party
France (2) / André Labarrère (G)
Franck Riester (G) / Not Out (1998)
Not Out (2011) / 1967-68, 1973-2001
2007- / Socialist
UMP
Germany (20) / Jutta Oesterle-Schwerin (L)
Herbert Rusche (G)
Volker Beck (G)
Birgitt Bender (L)
Jorg van Essen (G)
Guido Westerwelle(G)
Kai Gehring (G)
Gerhard Schick (G)
Patrick Meinhardt (G)
Lutz Heilmann (G)
Anja Hajduk (L)
Bettina Herlitzius (L)
Sabine Jünger (L)
Johannes Kahrs (G)
Jens Spahn (G)
Michael Kauch (G)
Jan Mücke (G)
Pascal Körber (G)
Stefan Kaufmann (G)
Ulle Schauws (L) / Out
Out
Out
Out
Out
Not Out (2004)
Out
Out
Out
Out
Out
Out
Out
Out
Not Out (2012)
Out
Out
Out
Out
Out / 1987-1990
1985-1987
1994-
2002-2013
1990-2013
1996-2013
2005-
2005-
2005-2013
2005-2009
2002-2008, 2013-
2007-2013
1998-2002
1998-
2002-
2003-2013
2005-2013
2009-2013
2009-
2013- / Green Party
Green Party
Green Party
Green Party
Free Democrats
Free Democrats
Green Party
Green Party
Free Democrats
PDS
Green Party
Green Party
PDS
Social Democrats
Christian Democrats
Free Democrats
Free Democrats
Free Democrats
Christian Democrats
Green Party
Iceland (1) / Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (L) / Not Out (1987) / 1978-2013 / Social Democrats
Hungary (1) / Klára Ungár (L) / Out / 1990-1998 / Liberal Party
Ireland (3) / Dominic Hannigan (G)
John Lyons (G)
Jerry Buttimer (G) / Out
Out
Not Out (2012) / 2011-
2011-
2011- / Labour Party
Labour Party
Fine Gael
Israel (2) / Uzi Even (G)
Nitzan Horowitz (G) / Out
Out / 2002-2003
2009- / Meretz
Meretz
Italy (8) / Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio (B)
Paola Concia (L)
Vladimir Luxuria (T)
Nichi Vendola (G)
Daniele Capezzone (B)
Franco Gillini (G)
Titti de Simone (L)
Angelo Pezzana (G) / Not Out (2000)
Out
Out
Out
Out
Out
Out
Out / 1992-2013
2008-
2006-2008
1992-2006
2006-2008
2001-2007
2001-2013
1979 / Green Party
Democrats
Communists
Left Party
Italian Radicals
Left Democrats
Social Democrats
Italian Radicals
Lithuania (1) / Rokas Žilinskas (G) / Not Out (2009) / 2008- / NRP/Homeland
Luxembourg (1) / Xavier Bettel (G) / Out / 1999-2011 / Democratic Party
Mexico (3) / Patria Jimenez (L)
David Sanchez Camacho (G)
Enoé Uranga (L) / Out
Out
Out / 1997-2000
2006-2009
2009- / PRD
PRD
PRD
Nepal (1) / Sunil Babu Pant(G) / Out / 2008-2012 / Communist Party Nepal-U
Netherlands (20) / Coos Huijsen (G)
Peter Lankhorst (G)
Jan Franssen (G)
Evelien Eshuis (L)
Clemens Cornielje (G)
Boris Dittrich (G)
Anne Lize van der Stoel (L)
Peter Rehwinkel (G)
Boris van der Ham (G)
Vim van de Camp (G)
Ger Koopmans (G)
Gerda Verburg (L)
Mark Harbers (G)
Henk Krol (G)
Vera Bergkamp (L)
Henk Nijboer (G)
Hanke Bruins-Slot (L)
Manon Fokke (L)
Gerard Schouw (G)
Astrid Ossenbrug (L) / Not Out (1977)
Out
Out
Out
Out
Out
Out
Out
Out
Out
Out
Out
Out
Out
Out
Out
Out
Out
Out
Out / 1972, 1976-1977
1981-1994
1982-1994
1982-1986
1994-2005
1994-2006
1994-1998
1995-2002
2002-2012
1986-2009
2002-2012
1998-2007, 2010-11
2009-
2012-
2012-
2012-
2010-
2012-
2011-
2012- / CHU
PPR
VVD
CPN
VVD
D66
VVD
PvdA
D66
CDA
CDA
CDA
VVD
50 Plus
D66
PvdA
CDA
PvdA
D66
PvdA
New Zealand (10) / Tim Barnett (G)
Chris Carter (G)
Charles Chauvel(G)
Georgina Beyer (T)
Chris Finlayson (G)
Louisa Wall (L)
Grant Robertson (G)
Kevin Hague (G)
Jan Logie (L)
Maryan Street (L) / Out
Out
Out
Out
Out
Out
Out
Out
Out
Out / 1996-2008
1993-2011
2006-2013
1999-2007
2005-
2008, 2011-
2008-
2008-
2011-
2005- / Labour Party
Labour Party
Labour Party
Labour Party
National Party
Labour Party
Labour Party
Green Party
Green Party
Labour Party
Norway (9) / Wenche Lowzow (L)
Anders Hornslien (G)
Bent Hoie (G)
Andre Kvakkestad (G)
Siri Hall Arnoy (L)
Per Kristian Foss (G)
Anette Trettebergstuen(L)
Andre Dahl (G)
Ole Henrik Grønn (G) / Out
Out
Out
Out
Out
Out
Out
Out
Not Out (2008) / 1977-1985
1993-2001
2001-
2001-2005
2001-2005
1981-
2005-
2005-2013
2005-2009 / Conservative Party
Labor Party
Conservative Party
Conservative Party
Socialist Left
Conservative Party
Labor Party
Conservative Party
Christian Democratic
Poland (2) / Robert Biedron (G)
Anna Grodzka (T) / Out
Out / 2011-
2011- / Palikot
Palikot
Portugal (1) / Miguel Vale de Almeida (G) / Out / 2009-2010 / Socialist
South Africa (2) / Ian Ollis (G)
Mike Waters (G) / Out
Out / 2009-
1999- / Democratic Alliance
Democratic Alliance
Sweden (16) / Kent Carlsson (G)
Andreas Carlgren (G)
Elisabeht Markstrom (L)
Tasso Stafilidis (G)
Tobias Billström (B)
Martin Andreasson (G)
Ulf Holm (G)
Borje Vestlund (G)
Fredrick Federley (G)
Olof Lavesson (G)
Tomas Tobe (G)
Marianne Berg (L)
Josefin Brink (L)
Hans Linde (G)
Hans Ekström(G)
Jonas Gunnarsson (G) / Not Out (1991)
Not Out (1998)
Not Out (2006)
Out
Out
Out
Out
Out
Out
Out
Out
Out
Out
Out
Out
Out / 1991-1993
1994-1998
1995-2010
1998-2006
2002-
2002-2006, 2012
2002-
2002-
2006-
2006-
2006-
2006-
2006-
2006-
2010-
2011- / Social Democrat
Center Party
Social Democrat
Left Party
Moderate
Liberal Party
Green Party
Social Democrat
Center Party
Moderate
Moderate
Left Party
Left Party
Left Party
Social Democrat
Social Democrat
Switzerland (3) / Doris Stump (L)
Marianne Huguenin (L)
Claude Janiak (G) / Out
Out
Out / 2003-2011
2003-2007
1999-2007 / Social Democrats
Labor Party
Social Democrats
UK (33) / Maureen Colquhoun (L)
Matthew Parris (G)
Michael Brown (G)
Chris Smith (G)
Clive Betts (G)
David Borrow (G)
Ben Bradshaw (G)
Nick Brown (G)
Chris Bryant (G)
Angela Eagle (L)
Nick Herbert (G)
Simon Hughes (B)
Gordon Marsden (G)
Mark Oaten (G)
Adam Price (G)
Alan Duncan (G)
Stephen Williams (G)
Gregory Barker (G)
Nigel Evans (G)
Crispin Blunt (G)
Margot James (L)
Iain Stewart (G)
Nick Boles (G)
Mike Freer (G)
Stuart Andrew (G)
Conor Burns (G)
Eric Ollerenshaw (G)
Stephen Twigg (G)
Stephen Gilbert (G)
David Laws (G)
Peter Mandelson (G)
David Cairns (G)
Steve Reed (G) / Not Out (1977)
Not Out (1984)
Not Out (1994)
Not Out (1984)
Not Out (2003)
Not Out (1998)
Out
Not Out (1998)
Out
Not Out (1997)
Out
Not Out (2006)
Not Out (1998)
Not Out (2006)
Out
Not Out (2002)
Out
Not Out (2007)
Not Out (2010)
Not Out (2010)
Out
Out
Out
Out
Out
Out
Out
Out
Out
Not Out (2010)
Not Out (2000)
Out
Out / 1974-1979
1979-1986
1983-1997
1983-2005
1992 -
1997-2010
1997-
1983-
2001-
1992-
2005-
1983-
1997-
1997-2010
2001-2010
1992-
2005-
2001-
1992-
1997-
2010-
2010-
2010-
2010-
2010-
2010-
2010-
1997-2005, 2010-
2010-
2001-
1992-2004
2001-2011
2012- / Labour Party
Conservative Party
Conservative Party
Labour Party
Labour Party
Labour Party
Labour Party
Labour Party
Labour Party
Labour Party
Conservative Party
Liberal Democrat
Labour Party
Liberal Democrat
Plaid Cymru
Conservative Party
Liberal Democrat
Conservative Party
Conservative Party
Conservative Party
Conservative Party
Conservative Party
Conservative Party
Conservative Party
Conservative Party
Conservative Party
Conservative Party
Labour Party
Liberal Democrat
Liberal Democrat
Labour Party
Labour Party
Labour Party
USA (11) / Gerry Studds (G)
Steve Gunderson (G)
Barney Frank (G)
Jim Kolbe (G)
Michael Michaud (G)
Tammy Baldwin (L)
Jared Polis (G)
David Cicilline (G)
Sean Patrick Maloney (G)
Kyrsten Sinema (B)
Mark Pocan (G)
Mark Takano (G) / Not Out (1983)
Not Out (1994)
Not Out (1987)
Not Out (1996)
Not Out (2013)
Out
Out
Out
Out
Out
Out
Out / 1972-1987
1980-1997
1982-2012
1984-2007
2003-
1998-2012
2008-
2010-
2012-
2012-
2012-
2012- / Democratic Party
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Democratic Party
Democratic Party
Democratic Party
Democratic Party
Democratic Party
Democratic Party
Democratic Party
A2: LGBT Breakdown (MPs in office)
1983 / 1988 / 1998 / 2003 / 2008 / 2011 / 1-2013 / 3-2013 / 4-2013Gay / 3 / 6 / 25 / 42 / 59 / 77 / 84 / 84 / 83
Lesbian / 3 / 1 / 11 / 14 / 15 / 19 / 21 / 20 / 19
Trans / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1
Bisexual / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 5 / 4 / 5 / 4 / 4
Total / 6 / 7 / 36 / 60 / 80 / 101 / 111 / 109 / 107
NB: Self identification by legislator.
A3: Political Ideology and LGBT MPs
1983 / 1988 / 1998 / 2003 / 2008 / 2011 / 1-2013 / 3-2013 / 4-2013Communist / 1 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 2 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1
Green / 0 / 1 / 2 / 8 / 11 / 12 / 12 / 11 / 11
Lab/Social Dem/Socialist / 1 / 4 / 22 / 33 / 32 / 41 / 46 / 45 / 43
Liberal/Center / 1 / 1 / 8 / 11 / 23 / 25 / 28 / 28 / 28
Ethno-Nationalist / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0
Conservative/Right / 3 / 1 / 4 / 5 / 9 / 22 / 24 / 24 / 24
Total / 6 / 7 / 36 / 60 / 80 / 101 / 111 / 109 / 107
NB: Coded by author.
A4: Electoral Systems and LGBT MPs
1983 / 1988 / 1998 / 2003 / 2008 / 2011 / 1-2013 / 3-2013 / 4-2013FPTP / 2 / 3 / 11 / 18 / 25 / 33 / 36 / 36 / 36
List PR / 4 / 2 / 14 / 27 / 33 / 41 / 47 / 47 / 46
MMP / 0 / 1 / 10 / 15 / 21 / 23 / 23 / 21 / 20
Parallel / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1
STV / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 3 / 3 / 3
TRS / 0 / 1 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1
Total / 6 / 7 / 34 / 60 / 80 / 101 / 111 / 109 / 107
NB: For definitions see Reynolds, Andrew, Ben Reilly and Andrew Ellis. The New International IDEA Handbook of Election System Design. Stockholm: International IDEA, 2007.
A5: LGBT Members of Parliament – In office in total (National Assembly) 1976-2013
First / # / FirstAustria / 1 / 1999 / Luxembourg / 1 / 1999
Belgium / 3 / 2003 / Mexico / 3 / 1997
Brazil / 2 / 2006 / Nepal / 1 / 2008
Canada / 11 / 1988 / Netherlands / 20 / 1981
Denmark / 7 / 1977 / New Zealand / 10 / 1984
Finland / 4 / 1987 / Norway / 9 / 1977
France / 2 / 1998 / Poland / 2 / 2011
Germany / 20 / 1985 / Portugal / 1 / 2010
Hungary / 1 / 1990 / South Africa / 2 / 1999
Iceland / 1 / 1987 / Sweden / 16 / 1991
Ireland / 3 / 2011 / Switzerland / 3 / 1995
Israel / 2 / 2002 / UK / 33 / 1977
Italy / 8 / 1983 / USA / 12 / 1983
Lithuania / 1 / 2008 / Total / 179
A6: LGBT Members of Parliament – National Assembly and Senate/Upper House 1976-2013
First / # / FirstArgentina / 1 / 2011 / Lithuania / 1 / 2008
Australia / 5 / 1996 / Luxembourg / 1 / 1999
Austria / 1 / 1999 / Mexico / 3 / 1997
Belgium / 3 / 2003 / Nepal / 1 / 2008
Brazil / 2 / 2006 / Netherlands / 21 / 1981
Canada / 13 / 1988 / New Zealand / 10 / 1984
Czech Republic / 1 / 1999 / Norway / 9 / 1977
Denmark / 7 / 1977 / Poland / 2 / 2011
Finland / 4 / 1987 / Portugal / 1 / 2010
France / 2 / 1998 / South Africa / 2 / 1999
Germany / 21 / 1985 / Spain / 1 / 2000
Hungary / 1 / 1990 / Sweden / 16 / 1991
Iceland / 1 / 1987 / Switzerland / 4 / 1995
Ireland / 5 / 2011 / UK / 44 / 1977
Israel / 2 / 2002 / USA / 13 / 1983
Italy / 9 / 1983 / Total / 207
NB: 179 lower house MPs, 28 upper house (11 elected, 17 appointed).
A7: Single Member District MPs Lower House (First Past the Post, Two Round System and constituency MPs in MMP systems)
DISTRICT MPs / Out/Not out when first elected / Party / District / First Elected / Majority 1st electedCanada / Svend Robinson
Réal Ménard
Libby Davies
Scott Brison
Bill Siksay
Mario Silva
Raymond Gravel
Rob Oliphant
Randall Garrison
Danny Morin
Philip Toone / Not Out (1988)
Not Out (1994)
Not Out (2001)
Not Out (2002)
Out
Not Out (2004)
Out
Out
Out
Out
Out / NDP
BQ
NDP
Liberal
NDP
Liberal
BQ
Liberal
NDP
NDP
NDP / Burnaby (Burnaby-Douglas)
Hochelaga
Vancouver East
Kings-Hants
Burnaby-Douglas
Davenport
Repentigny
Don Valley West
Esquimalt-Juan de Fuca
Chicoutimi-Le Fjord
Gaspesie-Iles-de-la-Madeleine / 1979
1993
1997
1997
2004
2004
2006
2008
2011
2011
2011 / 3%
36%
5%
6%
2%
17%
44%
5%
0.5%
9%
3%
France / André Labarrère
Franck Riester / Not Out (1998)
Not Out (2011) / Socialist
UMP / Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Seine-et-Marne / 1967
2007 / **
18%
Germany / Stefan Kaufmann / Out / CDU / Stuttgart I / 2009 / 5%
New Zealand / Georgina Beyer
Tim Barnett
Chris Carter
Grant Robertson
Louisa Wall / Out
Out
Out
Out
Out / Labour
Labour
Labour
Labour
Labour / Wairarapa
Christchurch Central
Te Atatu
Wellington Central
Manurewa / 1999
1996
1993
2008
2011 / 9%
2%
10%
5%
31%
USA / Gerry Studds
Barney Frank
Tammy Baldwin
Jared Polis
David Cicilline
Steve Gunderson
Jim Kolbe
Sean Patrick Maloney
Kyrsten Sinema
Mark Pocan
Mark Takano
Mike Machaud / Not Out (1983)
Not Out (1987)
Out
Out
Out
Not Out (1994)
Not Out (1996)
Out
Out
Out
Out
Not Out (2013) / Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Republican
Republican
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat / Mass 10
Mass 4
Wisconsin 2
Colorado 2
Rhode Island 1
Wisconsin 3
Arizona 8
New York 18
Arizona 9
Wisconsin 2
California 41
Maine 2 / 1973
1982
1998
2008
2010
1980
1984
2012
2012
2012
2012
2003 / 0.5%
20%
6%
28%
6%
2%
3%
4%
1%
36%
12%
4%
United Kingdom / Maureen Colquhoun
Michael Brown
Chris Smith
Clive Betts
David Borrow
Ben Bradshaw
Nick Brown
Chris Bryant
Angela Eagle
Nick Herbert
Simon Hughes
Gordon Marsden
Mark Oaten
Adam Price
Alan Duncan
Stephen Williams
Gregory Barker
Nigel Evans
Crispin Blunt
Margot James
Iain Stewart
Nick Boles
Mike Freer
Stuart Andrew
Conor Burns
Eric Ollerenshaw
Stephen Twigg
Stephen Twigg
Stephen Gilbert
David Laws
Peter Mandelson
David Cairns
Matthew Parris
Steve Reed / Not Out (1977)
Not Out (1994)
Not Out (1984)
Not Out (2003)
Not Out (1998)
Out
Not Out (1998)
Out
Not Out (1997)
Out
Not Out (2006)
Not Out (1998)
Not Out (2006)
Out
Not Out (2002)
Out
Not Out (2007)
Not Out (2010)
Not Out (2010)
Out
Out
Out
Out
Out
Out
Out
Out
Out
Out
Not Out (2010)
Not Out (2000)
Out
Not Out (1984)
Out / Labour
Conservative
Labour
Labour
Labour
Labour
Labour
Labour
Labour
Conservative
LibDem
Labour
LibDem
Plaid Cymru
Conservative
LibDem
Conservative
Conservative
Conservative
Conservative
Conservative
Conservative
Conservative
Conservative
Conservative
Conservative
Labour
Labour
LibDem
LibDem
Labour
Labour
Conservative
Labour / Northampton North
Brigg and Scunthorpe
Islington South and Finsbury
Sheffield Attercliffe
South Ribble
Exeter
Newcastle East
Rhondda
Wallasey
Arundel & S. Down
Southwark & Bermondsey
Blackpool South
Winchester
Carmarthen East
Rutland and Melton
Bristol West
Bexhill and Battle
Ribble Valley
Reigate
Stourbridge
Milton Keynes South
Grantham and Stanford
Finchley and Golders Green
Pudsey
Bournemouth West
Lancaster and Fleetwood
Enfield Southgate
Liverpool and West Derby
St. Austell and Newquay
Yeovil
Hartlepool
Greenock and Inverclyde
West Derbyshire
Croydon North / 1974
1979
1983
1992
1997
1997
1983
2001
1992
2005
1983
1997
1997
2001
1992
2005
2001
1992
1997
2010
2010
2010
2010
2010
2010
2010
1997
2010
2010
2001
1992
2001
1979
2012 / 3%
1%
1%
31%
9%
19%
18%
47%
7%
23%
32%
23%
0%
7%
40%
9%
23%
12%
16%
11%
9%
28%
12%
3%
13%
1%
3%
50%
3%
8%
38%
35%
25%
48%
Name / Years in office / Party Affiliation / Elected/
Appointed
Australia / Bob Brown / 1996-2012 / Green / Elected
Brian Andrew Greig / 1999-2005 / Democrats / Elected
Penny Wong / 2002- / Labor / Elected
Louise Pratt / 2008- / Labor / Elected
Dean Smith / 2012-2013 / Liberal / Elected
Argentina / Osvaldo López / 2011- / Fresh Encounter / Appointed
Canada / Laurier LaPierre
Nancy Ruth / 2001-2004
2005- / Liberal
Conservative / Appointed
Appointed
Czech Republic / Vaclav Fischer / 1999-2002 / Independent / Elected
Germany / Klaus Wowereit / 2001-2002 / Social Democrat / Appointed
Netherlands / Gerard Schouw / 2003-2010 / D66 / Elected (Indirect)
Italy / Emilio Colombo / 2003-2013 / UDC / Appointed
Ireland / David Norris / 1987- / Independent / Elected
Katherine Zappone / 2011- / Independent / Appointed
Spain / Jerónimo Saavedra Acevedo / 1996-2003 / PSOE / Elected
UK / 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu / 1945- / Conservative / Inherited
2nd Viscount Maugham
/ 1958-1981 / Independent / InheritedBaron Smith of Finsbury / 2005- / Labour / Appointed
Baron Alli / 1998- / Labour / Appointed
Rt. Hon Lord Justice Etherton / 2008- / Judiciary / Appointed
Baron Browne of Madingley
/ 2001- / Independent / AppointedBaroness Stedman-Scott / 2010- / Conservative / Appointed
Baron Black of Brentwood / 2010- / Conservative / Appointed
Baron Gold of Westcliffe-on-Sea / 2010- / Conservative / Appointed
Baron Glendonbrook of Bowdon / 2011- / Conservative / Appointed
Baron Collins of Highbury / 2011- / Labour / Appointed
USA / Tammy Baldwin / 2012- / Democrat / Elected
Switzerland / Claude Janiak / 2007- / Social Democrat / Elected
LGBT Cabinet Ministers
Name / Years in office / Cabinet Position
Australia / Penny Wong / 2007-
2010-2013 / Climate Change
Finance and Deregulation
Belgium / Elio di Rupo / 2011- / Prime Minister
Canada / Scott Brison / 2004-2006 / Public Works
Czech Republic / Gustáv Slamečka / 2009-2010 / Transport
Denmark / Uffe Elbæk / 2011-2012 / Culture
Ecuador / Carina Mafla / 2012- / Public Health
Finland / Pekka Haavisto* / 1995-1999 / Environment
France / Roger Karoutchi / 2009 / Parliamentary Relations
Frederic Mitterrand / 2009-2011 / Culture
Germany / Guido Westerwelle / 2009-2013 / Foreign Minister
Hungary / Gábor Szetey / 2006-2008 / Human resources
Iceland / Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir / 2007-2009
2009- / Social Affairs
Prime Minister
Italy / Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio / 2000-2001
2006-2008 / Agriculture
Environment
Netherlands / Joop Wijn / 2006 / Economic Affairs
Gerda Verberg / 2007- / Agriculture, Nature and Food
Jan Kees de Jager / 2010- / Finance
New Zealand / Chris Carter / 2004-2005
2005-2007
2007-2008 / Housing
Building
Education
Maryan Street / 2007-2008 / Housing
Chris Finlayson / 2008-
2008- / Attorney General
Arts and Culture
Norway / Per-Kristian Foss / 2001-2005
2002 / Finance
Acting PM
Sweden / Tobias Billström / 2006- / Migration
Andreas Carlgren / 2006- / Environment
Switzerland / Claude Janiak / 2004-2005 / President
UK / Chris Smith / 1997-2001 / Culture
Peter Mandelson / 1998-1999
1999-2001
2008-2009 / Trade & Industry
Northern Ireland
Business
Nick Brown / 1998-2001 / Agriculture
Ben Bradshaw / 2009-2010 / Culture, Media, Sport
David Laws / 2010 / Chief Secretary to Treasury
NB: Jeronimo Saavedra Acevedo was the Spanish Minister of Public Administration 1993-1995 and Minister of Education and Science 1995-1996, but did not come out until 2000. In 2007 he was elected mayor of Las Palmas in the Canary Islands. Torben Lund, Health Minister in Denmark 1993-1994 came out while a member of parliament in 1998.
*Not out during Ministerial position
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