This is a list of openly transgender, intersex, and nonbinary officeholders by office in the United States.
The first transgender public officeholder in the United States was Joanne Marie Conte, elected to Arvada, Colorado's City Council in 1991.
The highest ranking appointed official was Rachel Levine, who was an Assistant Secretary for Health from 2021 to 2024.
As of 2021[update], 77 transgender, non-binary, intersex, and genderqueer officials served in public elected positions.
[1] This represented a nearly fivefold increase from 2018, when only 16 openly transgender individuals had been elected to office in the United States.