Fifty-two U.S. House members join to form first “LGBT Equality Caucus”

365Gay.com reports:

Fifty-two members of the House of Representatives have formed a bipartisan LGBT Equality Caucus to lobby for civil rights. All but two of the members are Democrats.

The caucus was announced Wednesday at a Capitol Hill news conference by the House’s only two openly gay members, Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Barney Frank (D-MA) . . . The report identifies the members. Republicans included are: Chris Shays (R-CT) and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL).