And in the US, at least 339 openly LGBTIQ+ candidates are running for the midterm election - a record number of people putting their hands up from the rainbow community.
California has the highest number of LGBTIQ+ candidates at 57, however they’re closely followed by the traditionally conservative Texas, who has 37 candidates.
Polls will open in just five days, and the Republican party’s narrow hold in some seats such as Vermont could see the first ever transgender governor of a US state in the Democratic candidate Christine Hallquist.