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Evelyn Mantilla
Evelyn Mantilla (born February 16, 1963) is an American politician from Connecticut who served from 1997 to 2007 as a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives.
Biography.
Mantilla was born in Caguas, Puerto Rico and moved to Hartford, Connecticut in 1978. Has a A.S. Degree in Computer Science from Manchester Community College (Connecticut) and bachelor's degree in management Magna Cum Laude from the University of Saint Joseph (Connecticut). She was first elected to represent the predominantly Latino 4th district in
openly lesbian character on television.
- Angela Eagle, MP for Wallasey (Merseyside), became Britain's first 'out' lesbian MP
- Evelyn Mantilla came out as America's first openly bisexual state official in 1997 in Connecticut.
- Patria Jiménez became the first openly gay person to win a position in the Mexican Congress, doing so for the Party of the Democratic Revolution.
- Jay Fisette became the first openly gay person elected to public office in Virginia.
- The Gay and Lesbian Medical Association