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(#6) Paula Aboud
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Arizona State Senator Paula Aboud got involved in politics to protect the civil rights of lesbians, gays, bisexual, and transgender individuals.
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(#8) Betty Baxter
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Betty Baxter was fired as the head coach of the Canadian national volleyball team after the media reported that she was a lesbian in 1982. She went on to become the chair of the NDP Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual caucus in 1997.
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(#14) Marcia Freedman
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American-Israeli politician Marcia Freedman is the first openly lesbian Knesset member. She said, "The subject then was very closed, non-existent. I had to hide this from my family and hold parties behind closed shutters. In the 1970s very few women dared to admit to being lesbians and the same was true among men."
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(#12) Ruth Davidson
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"I was very open about my sexuality when I stood for the leadership — probably rather defensively, although I had nothing to be defensive about," said Scottish politician Ruth Davidson.
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(#16) Kelly Cassidy
Illinois State Representative Kelly Cassidy has won awards from the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund.
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(#20) Wenche Lowzow
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Wenche Lowzow was Norway's first member of parliament to come out as gay. She fought for LGBTQ rights and declared her civil partnership with Karen Christine Friele in 1993.
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