Meet Fabian Nelson, Mississippi’s First Openly L.G.B.T.Q. Legislator

Only two states in the nation, Louisiana and Mississippi, have never elected an openly L.G.B.T.Q. lawmaker.

Now, there will be only one.

On Tuesday, Fabian Nelson won a Democratic primary runoff in Mississippi’s 66th state House district, southwest of Jackson, where Republicans have no candidate on the ballot.

Mr. Nelson, 38, was raised in the Mississippi Delta by politically active parents.

While he said he believed having a gay man in the…