LGBTQ appointed officials in the United States

American politician (born 1982)

American actor, author, and former White House staff member in the Barack Obama administration

Scott Kenneth Homer Bessent is an American businessman and government official serving since 2025 as the 79th United States secretary of the treasury. Bessent was a partner at Soros Fund Management (SFM) and founded Key Square Group, a global macro investment firm. He is the first openly gay person to lead the U.S. Treasury Department, the first openly gay U.S. Senate-confirmed Cabinet member in a Republican administration, and the second openly gay U.S. Senate-confirmed Cabinet secretary.

French-American political advisor and White House Press Secretary from 2022-2025

Mayor of Chicago from 2019 to 2023

American political advisor and former intelligence officer (born 1982)

American lawyer and politician (born 1966)

American lawyer, mayor of Seattle

acting United States Secretary of the Air Force

United States government official

CEO of the Council on Foundations

American businesswoman

American judge

American politician and businessman

American politician

Mayor of San Antonio, Texas and former U.S. Air Force under secretary

American politician

American activist (1932–2010)

American district judge

Acting United States Secretary of Labor

American nuclear waste disposal expert

American judge

United States District Judge

American jurist