Former Minnesota Rep. Karen Clark, country’s longest-serving lesbian state lawmaker, dies at 80

Name: Former Minnesota Rep. Karen Clark, country’s longest-serving lesbian state lawmaker, dies at 80
Uploaded: 2026-07-01T05:55:00-0500
Duration: 34 s
Description: Former Rep. Karen Clark, Minnesota's first openly lesbian legislator and the longest-serving lesbian state lawmaker in the U.S., died at age 80 on Tuesday following a brief illness.

Former Rep. Karen Clark, Minnesota's first openly lesbian legislator and the longest-serving lesbian state lawmaker in the U.S., died at age 80 on Tuesday following a brief illness.