45 Trailblazers Who Changed The World, From Pride 1969 To Pride 2014

From: Queerty

José Sarria

José Sarria became the first openly gay candidate to run for public office, in this case San Francisco supervisor in 1961. Though he lost the election, he received a large number of votes from the emerging community, ultimately setting in motion the “gay vote,” the notion that by voting as a block, like other minority groups, we wield significant power at the ballot box.