Everton Blair Makes History as First Openly Gay Congressman From Ga.

Everton Blair makes history as first openly gay congressman from Ga.

Georgia made history last week when Everton Blair was sworn into the U.S. House of Representatives, becoming the state’s first openly LGBTQ member of Congress.

Mike Johnson swore Everton Blair in as the South’s first Black gay congressman

Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson stood beside Everton Blair Jr. on the House floor Tuesday and swore the Georgia Democrat into Congress, formally making Blair the first out gay Black person from the South to serve in the chamber. The oath was routine. The pairing was anything but.For Johnson, it was an official duty of the speakership. For Blair, it was the culmination of a political ascent built around education, generational change, and t…