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Founding members of the Caucus (left to right): Mark Leno, Sheila Kuehl, Jackie Goldberg, John Laird, Christine Kehoe

The California Legislative LGBTQ Caucus (formerly the California Legislative LGBT Caucus) is an American political organization formed in June 2002 and composed of openly lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender members of the California State Legislature. The caucus currently has 12 members, a record.

This group is contrasted to other LGBT Equality Caucuses in that the California caucus consists entirely of LGBT legislators while other LGBT Equality Caucuses consist of all orientations. Both, however, promote the promulgation of LGBT-affirming laws within the legislature.

Role

The caucus was established to champion legislation that advances equality and the rights of LGBT Californians. Its members have introduced and passed numerous measures related to gay rights, including two same-sex marriage bills (both vetoed by the governor), bills prohibiting discrimination in state government, tackling orientation-based bullying in schools and adequately funding HIV/AIDS treatment. In December 2008, in the wake of the passage of Proposition 8, members of the LGBTQ Caucus pushed a resolution expressing the legislature's opinion that the proposition was unconstitutional.

In addition, the caucus sponsors an annual LGBT Pride Exhibit every June and presents the LGBT Pride Recognition Awards to outstanding Californians. In 2006, several Republican legislators boycotted the awards ceremony, walking off the Assembly floor as the awards were presented. This boycott stalled the ceremony for several years until 2009 when it was resurrected. In each year since, many Republicans have boycotted the ceremony.

Feature in a documentary

A 2016 documentary film, Political Animals, by Jonah Markowitz features the accomplishments of California legislators Carole Migden, Sheila Kuehl, Jackie Goldberg, and Christine Kehoe.

Members

23 openly LGBT people have served in the legislature and been members of the caucus – all gay or lesbian and Democrats. 12 of them are current office holders.

In addition, there has been one gay member of the legislature who, despite being open about his sexual orientation, was not a member of the caucus. Republican state senator Roy Ashburn from Kern County came out in March 2010 after having been arrested while driving under the influence on his way home from a gay bar. He served the remaining eight months of his term but did not join the caucus.

There have also been members of the legislature who, though not open about their sexuality at the time they served in public office, subsequently declared themselves gay or lesbian. Dennis Mangers, who represented Orange County in the Assembly from 1976 to 1980, married his partner of 17 years, Michael Sestak, in June 2008. Art Torres, who served 8 years in the Assembly and 12 in the State Senate before going on to spend 13 years as chair of the California Democratic Party, came out publicly in April 2009.

Current members

Name	Residence	Party	Years in Assembly	Years in Senate
John Laird	Santa Cruz	Democratic	2002–2008	2020–present
Toni Atkins	San Diego	Democratic	2010–2016	2016–present
Susan Eggman	Stockton	Democratic	2012–2020	2020–present
Evan Low	Campbell	Democratic	2014–present	—
Sabrina Cervantes	Eastvale	Democratic	2016–present	—
Scott Wiener	San Francisco	Democratic	—	2016–present
Chris Ward	San Diego	Democratic	2020–present	—
Alex Lee	San Jose	Democratic	2020–present	—
Corey Jackson	Perris	Democratic	2022–present	—
Rick Zbur	West Hollywood	Democratic	2022–present	—
Caroline Menjivar	San Fernando Valley	Democratic	—	2022–present
Steve Padilla	Chula Vista	Democratic	—	2022–present

Former members

Name	Residence	Party	Years in Assembly	Years in Senate
Sheila Kuehl	Santa Monica	Democratic	1994–2000	2000–2008
Carole Migden	San Francisco	Democratic	1996–2002	2004–2008
Christine Kehoe	San Diego	Democratic	2000–2004	2004–2012
Jackie Goldberg	Los Angeles	Democratic	2000–2006	—
Tom Ammiano	San Francisco	Democratic	2008–2014	—
John Pérez	Los Angeles	Democratic	2008–2014	—
Mark Leno	San Francisco	Democratic	2002–2008	2008–2016
Rich Gordon	Menlo Park	Democratic	2010–2016	—
Ricardo Lara	Bell Gardens	Democratic	2010–2012	2012–2019
Cathleen Galgiani	Livingston	Democratic	2006–2012	2012–2020
Todd Gloria	San Diego	Democratic	2016–2020	—

Chronology of openly LGBT legislators

The table below shows members of the legislature who were openly LGBT at the time they served. It extends back to the election of the first openly gay member of the California legislature: Sheila Kuehl (elected November 1994). The caucus was founded in 2002.

Legislative session													Openly LGBT members (in Assembly, in Senate)
1995–1996	Sheila Kuehl Assembly, 41st district												1 (1, 0)
1997–1998		Carole Migden Assembly, 13th district											2 (2, 0)
1999–2000													2 (2, 0)
2001–2002	Sheila Kuehl Senate, 23rd district		Christine Kehoe Assembly, 76th district	Jackie Goldberg Assembly, 45th district									4 (3, 1)
2003–2004					Mark Leno Assembly, 13th district	John Laird Assembly, 27th district							5 (4, 1)
2005–2006		Carole Migden Senate, 3rd district	Christine Kehoe Senate, 39th district										6 (3, 3)
2007–2008													5 (2, 3)
2009–2010	John Pérez Assembly, 46th district	Tom Ammiano Assembly, 13th district		Roy Ashburn Senate, 18th district	Mark Leno Senate, 3rd district								5 (2, 3)
2011–2012				Ricardo Lara Assembly, 50th district		Rich Gordon Assembly, 21st district	Toni Atkins Assembly, 76th district	Cathleen Galgiani Assembly, 17th district					8 (6, 2)
2013–2014			Susan Eggman Assembly, 13th district	Ricardo Lara Senate, 33rd district				Cathleen Galgiani Senate, 5th district					8 (5, 3)
2015–2016	Evan Low Assembly, 28th district												7 (4, 3)
2017–2018		Sabrina Cervantes Assembly, 60th district			Scott Wiener Senate, 11th district	Todd Gloria Assembly, 78th district	Toni Atkins Senate, 39th district						8 (4, 4)
2019–2020													7 (4, 3)
2021–2022			Susan Eggman Senate, 5th district	Chris Ward Assembly, 78th district		John Laird Senate, 17th district		Alex Lee Assembly, 25th district					8 (4, 4)
2023–2024									Corey Jackson Assembly, 60th district	Rick Zbur Assembly, 51st district	Caroline Menjivar Senate, 20th district	Steve Padilla Senate, 18th district	12 (6, 6)

Chairs

Term of office	Name	Chamber
2002–2003	Christine Kehoe	Assembly
2003–2006	Mark Leno	Assembly
2006–2008	John Laird	Assembly
2008–2010	Mark Leno	Senate
2010–2011	Tom Ammiano	Assembly
2011–2012	Christine Kehoe	Senate
2012–2015	Rich Gordon	Assembly
2015–2017	Susan Eggman	Assembly
2017–2019	Evan Low	Assembly
2019–2022	Scott Wiener	Senate
2022–present	Susan Eggman	Senate

External links

• California Legislative LGBTQ Caucus