Upon taking office, Lightfoot became the first openly LGBT Chicago mayor, the first black female Chicago mayor, as well as the second female Chicago mayor (after Jane Byrne) and third Chicago black mayor (after Harold Washington and Eugene Sawyer).

Mar 1, 2023 · Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot lost her re-election bid Tuesday, ending her historic run as the first Black woman and first openly gay person to serve in the job.

Jun 1, 2023 · CHICAGO - Former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has announced her next venture after leaving office last month. Lightfoot was appointed a senior leadership fellow at the Harvard T.H. Chan...

Jan 29, 2025 · Lori Lightfoot is an American Democratic politician and attorney who served as mayor of Chicago (2019–23). She was the first African American woman and the first openly gay person to hold that office.

Mar 1, 2023 · CHICAGO - With Mayor Lori Lightfoot not winning re-election, the first Chicago incumbent to lose a second term since 1983, many are wondering what exact day she will leave office. We now have that...

Jan 28, 2025 · The Brief. Former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot presented findings of a nine-month investigation into Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard, revealing significant financial mismanagement, excessive spending ...

Jan 27, 2025 · DOLTON, Ill. (WLS) -- Despite a lack of subpoena power and cooperation from village workers, former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said her investigation uncovered a pattern of mismanagement and ...

Jan 28, 2025 · Dolton residents packed into a room at the Dolton Park district Fieldhouse on Monday to listen to the final report from Former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, detailing the findings of her investigat…

Lori Lightfoot, who served as Mayor of Chicago from 2019 to 2023, is the first out LGBTQ+ mayor in the city’s history, making Chicago the first (and as of this induction, still the only) of the United States’ three largest cities to boast an out LGBT chief executive.

May 20, 2019 · Mayor Lightfoot is Chicago’s first black female, and first openly gay mayor. Lightfoot is the second woman to be elected to the post in Chicago’s history. The full text of the speech is available here.