In 2016, Sgro was selected by Democrats in Guilford County to fill a vacancy in the North Carolina House of Representatives due by the death of Ralph C. Johnson.WGHP/Fox 8: Leader of LGBT rights organization named to state Legislature Because the vacancy was created in a democratically held district, North Carolina law required the Governor to appoint the choice of local democrats. Therefore Governor Pat McCrory officially appointed Sgro to the North Carolina House of Representatives on April 14, 2016, as required by law. He became the first out LGBT person in North Carolina history to be appointed to fill a vacancy in that state's legislature and the first person to serve in North Carolina's legislature who is legally married to a person of same gender.
