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This list of LGBT ambassadors of the United States includes
ambassadors of the United States who publicly identified as
lesbian ,
gay ,
bisexual ,
transgender or otherwise part of the
LGBT community at the time of their appointment. This list includes ambassadors to individual nations of the world, to international organizations (also known as
permanent representatives ), and
ambassadors-at-large .
[1]
Ambassadors are nominated by the
president of the United States and
confirmed by the
Senate .
[2] Ambassadors serve "
at the pleasure of the president ", meaning they can be dismissed at any time.
List
Name
Accreditation
Credentials presented
Mission end
President(s)
Ref
James Hormel
Luxembourg
September 8, 1999
January 1, 2001
Bill Clinton
[3]
[4]
Michael Guest
Romania
September 24, 2001
July 8, 2004
George W. Bush
[5]
Mark Dybul
President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
August 11, 2006
January 20, 2009
George W. Bush
[6]
David Huebner
New Zealand
December 4, 2009
January 17, 2014
Barack Obama
[7]
Samoa
February 23, 2010
January 17, 2014
Dan Baer
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
September 10, 2013
January 20, 2017
Barack Obama
[3]
[4]
James Costos
Spain
September 24, 2013
January 18, 2017
Barack Obama
[3]
[4]
Andorra
April 4, 2014
January 18, 2017
Rufus Gifford
Denmark
September 13, 2013
January 20, 2017
Barack Obama
[3]
[4]
Wally Brewster
Dominican Republic
December 9, 2013
January 20, 2017
Barack Obama
[3]
[4]
John Berry
Australia
September 25, 2013
September 20, 2016
Barack Obama
[3]
[4]
Ted Osius
Vietnam
December 16, 2014
November 4, 2017
Barack Obama
[3]
[4]
Donald Trump
Ric Grenell
Germany
May 8, 2018
June 1, 2020
Donald Trump
[3]
[4]
Randy Berry
Nepal
October 25, 2018
October 2, 2022
Donald Trump
[8]
[9]
Joe Biden
Eric Nelson
Bosnia and Herzegovina
February 19, 2019
February 1, 2022
Donald Trump
Joe Biden
Jeff Daigle
Cape Verde
September 10, 2019
present
Donald Trump
Joe Biden
Robert Gilchrist
Lithuania
February 4, 2020
present
Donald Trump
Joe Biden
Scott Miller
Switzerland
January 11, 2022
present
Joe Biden
Liechtenstein
February 16, 2022
Erik Ramanathan
Sweden
January 20, 2022
present
Joe Biden
[10]
Christopher Lamora
Cameroon
March 21, 2022
present
Joe Biden
[11]
David Pressman
Hungary
September 14, 2022
present
Joe Biden
Howard Dean Pittman
Mozambique
November 23, 2015
2019
Barack Obama
[12]
[13]
[14]
See also
References
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"U.S. Ambassadors: Current List of Ambassadorial Appointments Overseas" .
U.S. Department of State . Retrieved February 3, 2017 .
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U.S. Senate – Powers & Procedure Senate.gov Retrieved 25 May 2012.
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h Itkowitz, Colby (March 25, 2015).
"The six openly gay U.S. ambassadors were together in one room" .
Washington Post . Retrieved April 3, 2017 .
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b
c
d
e
f
g
h Summers, Claude (August 21, 2016).
"Obama's 6 Gay U.S. Ambassadors Are Leading the Global Fight for LGBT Rights" . The New Civil Rights Movement . Retrieved April 3, 2017 .
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"Michael Guest Bio" (PDF) . U.S. Department of State. Retrieved April 3, 2014 .
^ Department Of State. The Office of Electronic Information, Bureau of Public Affairs (2006-04-19).
"Dybul, Mark" . 2001-2009.state.gov . Retrieved 2021-10-23 .
^ Stolberg, Sheryl Gay (October 7, 2009).
"Obama to Name Openly Gay Ambassador" .
The New York Times . Retrieved October 8, 2009 .
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"Openly Gay Ambassador Randy Berry Sworn In As The Next U.S. Ambassador to Nepal" . 2018-10-04. Retrieved 2021-10-23 .
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"Trump Appoints, confirms out gay diplomat, Randy Berry, as Ambassador to Nepal" . September 19, 2018.
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"Biden nominates LGBTQ community leader Erik Ramanathan as US envoy to Sweden" . 2018-10-04. Retrieved 2022-02-10 .
^ Riley, John (December 20, 2021).
"U.S. Senate approves gay man as ambassador to Cameroon, where homosexuality is criminalized" . Metro Weekly . Retrieved April 5, 2022 .
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"Howard Pittman obituary" . Dignity Memorial . Retrieved June 19, 2024 .
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Ambassadorial Assignments 4 Oct 17 , U.S. Department of State
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Congressional Record, Senate S8019, November 17, 2015
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