Voters in Missouri, Arizona, New York, Colorado, Nevada, Nebraska and Montana voted to enshrine protections in their states for women to decide their own healthcare

Sarah McBride, D-Delaware, is the first openly transgender person elected to Congress.

Colorado repealed its 2006 same-sex marriage ban. California repealed its 2008 law that banned same-sex marriage.

In (at least) Kansas, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Minnesota, California, Washington, Illinois, Montana and Texas (!), the people voted to send out LGBT people to Congress.

Dozens of LGBT folks won their races in state-level contests across the country

In every state in the union, millions of people voted for hope and progress and forward momentum. They might not have been the majority of those voting in every case, but they came out to say it.

We are here. We are queer. We are stronger together.