Georgia elects its first out LGBTQ+ member of Congress — for just four months

Everton Blair , a Black gay Democrat who told The Advocate earlier this year that his party needed leaders willing to fight harder against President Donald Trump , is headed to Congress after pulling off an upset in a Georgia special election Tuesday. Blair defeated Marcye Scott, the daughter of the late Democratic U.S. Rep. David Scott, 53 percent to 47 percent in the runoff for Georgia’s 13th…