Published June 7, 2023
First published in November 2017, Out for America is LGBTQ+ Victory Institute’s annual analysis of the state of LGBTQ+ representation in America.
Since the first Out for America report was released in 2017, LGBTQ+ representation in elected office has increased between 5.8 percent and 25 percent each year — a strong pace. Yet LGBTQ+ people remain extremely underrepresented in elected office, holding just 0.23 percent of elected positions in the United States.