Bataan Rep. Geraldine Roman, the Philippines first transgender person to sit in the House of Representatives, on Wednesday hailed several LGBTQ movement firsts in the just concluded national elections in the United States.

“If people who were once marginalized are given opportunities, they shine and deliver,” Roman said, in reaction to the rising number of lawmakers from the LGBTQ community in the US.

“Future generations are taught that sexual orientation and gender identity and expression should not be obstacles in our common desire to serve and be our true best selves,” Roman stated.

Following the results of Tuesday’s national voting, Delaware and Florida voted two LGBTQ persons to their respective Senate.

Sarah McBride, 30, was elected to the Delaware Senate and made state political history by becoming the first transgender to sit in the Upper Chamber.

Shevrin Jones will be the first black LGBT person ever elected to Florida’s state Senate.  The 37-year-old Democrat also served in the state’s Lower House before pursuing the Senate.

In Vermont, 26-year-old Taylor Small became the first transgender representative in the state.  She followed the footsteps of Democrat Rep. Danica Roem  who was the first “openly trans lawmaker” to get elected in Virginia three years ago.

The state of Florida gave  a House of Representatives seat to Michele Rayner.

Reports said Rayner also scored a first in the US by becoming the “first black queer woman” to become a  member of Congress.

Also reported by the US media is the victory of Maureen Turner in Oklahoma state legislature.   She becomes the “first out non-binary” solon and the first Muslim to win a race for legislator of the state.

Now on her second term as member of the Philippine Congress, Roman has been in the forefront of the fight for equal rights for members of the LGBTQ sector.

She is the principal author of the controversial Anti-Discrimination based on SOGIE (sexual orientation or gender identity) and the proposed Comprehensive Anti-Discrimination Act.