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Mark Takano
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Articles & Websites

https://takano.house.gov/about/biography

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CDOC-108hdoc226/pdf/GPO-CDOC-108hdoc226-3-14.pdf

https://takano.house.gov/newsroom/in-the-news/the-press-enterprise-la-gay-pride-mark-takano-person-of-year

https://twitter.com/repmarktakano/status/1050420211994828800?lang=en

https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=11910

http://www.glbtqarchive.com/ssh/takano_mark_S.pdf

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/03/magazine/mark-takano-thinks-gay-men-can-learn-from-jane-austen.html

https://magazine.ucr.edu/american-legacy

https://apaics.org/media/13-takano/

https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/26/us/politics/gay-lawmakers-growing-presence-suggests-shift-in-attitudes.html

https://www.advocate.com/politics/election/2012/11/07/mark-takano-becomes-first-lgbt-person-color-congress

https://www.glaad.org/blog/mark-takano-makes-history-first-openly-gay-asian-american-elected-congress

https://takano.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/rep-mark-takano-reintroduces-the-korematsu-takai-civil-liberties-protection-act

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mark-takano-gay-marriage-supreme-court_n_7164524

https://ballotpedia.org/Mark_Takano