# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jessica-benham
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:08:59.127Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jessica-benham"
name: "Jessica Benham"
slug: "jessica-benham"
description: "Jessica L. Benham is an American politician and disability rights activist serving as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 36th District. She is the first openly LGBTQ+ woman and first openly autistic person elected to the Pennsylvania General Assembly. She co-founded the Pittsburgh Center for Autistic Advocacy in 2014."
tagline: "American politician and disability rights activist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jessica_Benham.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1990-12-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.71
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.217568
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/jessicalbenham"
    handle:    "jessicalbenham"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/jessicalbenham/"
    handle:    "jessicalbenham"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/RepBenham"
    handle:    "RepBenham"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/member_information/House_bio.cfm?id=1899"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Benham"
    title: "Jessica Benham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Benham"
    title: "Jessica Benham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Benham"
    title: "Jessica Benham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Benham"
    title: "Jessica Benham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%A7_%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%81%D9%85"
    title: "جیسیکا بینہم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q101189220"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump