Gov. Tim Kaine, the Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, just appointed a number of GLBT people to the Democratic National Committee.

Among them is Oregon Democrat, business man, philanthropist, and GLBT rights leader Terry Bean who hails from Portland Oregon. Bean has been no stranger to the GLBT community working behind the scenes and sometimes in the spot light when it comes to equality for all GLBT Americans.

Gov. Kaine also appointed Babs Casbar-Siperstein who is the first ever transgender person to be become a Democratic National Committee member.  Casbar-Siperstein is one of the Deputy Vice-Chairs of the New Jersey Democratic Party.

Out lesbians, Randi Weingarten who is the President of the American Federation of Teachers and Dallas Sheriff Lupe Valdez also won appointments to the DNC.

Democratic Party activists and GLBT rights leaders Evan Low and Earl Fowlkes were also tapped tapped by Kaine to sit on the DNC. Low, an Asian American, is the Vice Mayor of Campbell CA and was the yougest person to be elected to a public office in California. Fowlkes is the President of the International Federation of Black Prides.

Rick Stafford, Chair of the DNC LGBT Americans, said that Gov. Kaine also appointed Maryland House Delegate Heather Mizeur to the DNC Executive Committee where she will join DNC Treasurer Andy Tobias, DNC Vice Chair Ray Buckley, and Stafford on the 45 member executive committee.

Stafford also notes that Governor Kaine’s appointments doubles the number of appointments ever made through this process and brings the overall  number of GLBT representaion in the DNC to near parity with the estimated GLBT Democratic vote loayalty.