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Contents:

• LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
• EU’S FIRST OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE ELECTED BY LATVIAN ASSEMBLY
• NEW LATVIAN PRINT BE FIRST OPENLY GAY EU HEAD OF STATE
• LATVIA SWEARS EU’S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRINT
• LATVIA SWEARS EU'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRINT
• LATVIA ELECTS FIRST OPENLY GAY PRINT
• LGBTQ GROUPS CELEBRATE LATVIA ELECTG E.U.’S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRINT
• LATVIA’S FOREIGN MISTER EDGARS RKEVICS SWORN AS EU’S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRINT
• EDGARS RKEVICS: EUROPEAN UNN'S FIRST OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE SWORN AS LATVIA'S PRINT
• MEET THE WORLD'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRINT

LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE

Latvia swore the first openly gay print of a Baltic natn Rkēvičs, who sce 2011 was the untry’s foreign mister, was elected by Parliament May after Print Egils Levs did not seek re-electn. ”Rkēvičs “proudly” announced he is gay on Twter November 2014, though the untry, a former Soviet republic, is not pecially LGBTQ-clive. ” He said he knew there would be “mega hysteria, ” but he end wh the hashtag “#Proudtobegay.

EU’S FIRST OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE ELECTED BY LATVIAN ASSEMBLY

”He is one of jt a few openly gay heads of state the world. She is thought to be the first openly gay prime mister the was an active unnist her nearly 10 years workg as a flight attendant, acrdg to the Council of Women World Lears, a work of female heads of state. After the accatn, he said, he was chased down the street by reporters, one of whom yelled, “Yet they say you’re a homosexual!

NEW LATVIAN PRINT BE FIRST OPENLY GAY EU HEAD OF STATE

”Xavier Bettel Prime Mister of Luxembourg (2013-prent)Luxembourg Prime Mister Xavier Bettel at a news nference Belgra, Serbia, on July Vojovic / APBettel was first elected prime mister of Luxembourg 2013, and 2018 he beme the first openly gay prime mister the world to be re-elected for a send marriage beme legal Luxembourg 2015, and the same year Bettel beme the first servg European Unn lear to marry a same-sex partner, the BBC recently cricized a Hungarian law that bans school tnal materials and TV shows for people unr 18 that are emed to promote LGBTQ ntent, Rters reported.

LATVIA SWEARS EU’S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRINT

“To be natnally blamed, to be nsired as not normal, to be nsired as a danger for young people — ’s not realizg that beg gay is not a choice, ” Bettel said, acrdg to Rters. Gay, lbian and bisexual people n serve the ary, but transgenr people nnot. “Hopefully this will blow over three or four days, and then I won’t be known as the gay mister, ” she told The Associated Prs at the Varadkar Prime Mister of Ireland (2017-20, 2022-prent)Irish Prime Mister Leo Varadkar Bssels on June 30.

Ludovic Mar / AFP - Getty Imag fileVaradkar beme Ireland’s first openly gay Taoiseach, or prime mister, 2017 and served until 2020. Photographer: Gts Ivkans/AFP/Getty ImagLatvia’s parliament elected long-time Foreign Mister Edgars Rkevics as the Baltic natn’s new print, makg him the European Unn’s first openly gay head of state. Up NextEU’s First Openly Gay Head of State Elected by Latvian Assembly.

Edgars Rkevics was sworn as Latvia's print on Saturday, beg the European Unn's first openly gay head of state. July 8 (UPI) -- Edgars Rkevics was sworn as Latvia's print on Saturday, beg the first openly gay head of state the European Unn.

LATVIA SWEARS EU'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRINT

He me out as gay 2014 and has been a champn of LGBTQ rights. Edgars Rkēvičs has bee Latvia’s – and the EU’s – first openly gay head of state. Latvia has bee the first EU natn wh an openly gay head of state after swearg Edgars Rkēvičs.

The only other openly gay head of state ever to be elected was Paolo Ronlli, the pta regent of San Maro, a non-EU state, om April to October 2022. Belgian polician El Di Rupo beme the EU’s first openly gay head of ernment after beg elected prime mister 2011. Rkēvičs me out as gay November 2014 while mister of foreign affairs, postg on Twter: “I proudly announce I am gay … Good luck all of you.

Rkevics was Foreign Mister 2014, when he clared a tweet: “I proudly announce I am gay". The openly gay lear has bee a well-known figure the LGBTQ movement Poland, even as the lg party has gaed ternatnal headl for s anti-LGBTQ stanc.

LATVIA ELECTS FIRST OPENLY GAY PRINT

He said he did not know of a sgle gay person his village. But never any gays.

“We are the most homophobic untry on the map of Europe the EU, ” said Biedroń. Forty-seven percent said “homosexualy should not be accepted by society, ” when the Pew Rearch Center nducted a poll, between 2015 and 2016. Dpe all this, Biedroń, cid to enter activism, -foundg the Campaign Agast Homophobia 2001.

Bis I knew I’m the ‘only gay the village.

LGBTQ GROUPS CELEBRATE LATVIA ELECTG E.U.’S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRINT

In 2011, he beme the first openly gay member the Sejm, the lower Hoe of the Polish Parliament. In 2014, he beme the first openly gay mayor the untry, takg the top learship role the northwt cy of Słupsk.

LATVIA’S FOREIGN MISTER EDGARS RKEVICS SWORN AS EU’S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRINT

This electn sent Biedroń to the European Parliament, as the first openly gay member om Poland. Lawmakers Latvia have chosen Foreign Mister Edgars Rkevics as the untry’s new print, makg him the first openly gay head of state the European 49-year-old’s electn — which was falized as the Latvian pal of Riga was kickg off Pri celebratns — was celebrated by gay rights activists across Europe. It also highlights the wing gulf between Latvia, which was occupied by the Soviet Unn for about a half-century, and war Ukrae has brought creasgly harsh tactics agast gay Rsians at home.

Attus toward gay people and others of non-heterosexual orientatns have historilly been ls tolerant the three Baltic natns — Estonia, Latvia and Lhuania — than Wtern Europe. Rkevics — a center-right polician who has served as foreign mister for more than a — me out 2014, announcg on Twter that he was “proud to be gay. Latvia’s foreign mister Edgars Rkevics sworn as EU’s first openly gay Print.

Rkevics, who announced “proudly” 2014 on Twter that he is gay, is one of Europe’s few LGBTQ+ heads of state.

EDGARS RKEVICS: EUROPEAN UNN'S FIRST OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE SWORN AS LATVIA'S PRINT

The European Unn's first openly gay head of state has been sworn Rkevics served as foreign mister om 2011 and was sworn as print on Saturday after his electn May. Mr Rkevics me out publicly 2014, postg on Twter: "I proudly announce I am gay… Good luck all of you.

"At the time he pledged to fight for gay people to have equal relatnship marriage is not legal Latvia, but civil partnerships have been available to gay upl sce last year. Latvia's princy is largely a ceremonial post and the head of state acts maly as an opn lear and ung figure the print's rponsibili clu reprentg Latvia abroad, actg as the supreme manr of the armed forc, signg bills to law, and nomatg the prime EU has had openly gay people elected as heads of ernment before - cludg Ireland's Leo Varadkar - but never a gay head of untri have two people performg the rol of head of state and head of ernment - the UK, the Kg is head of state.

Read more:LGBT activists wele Pope to Congo as he dismiss anti-gay lawsPri London 2023: Thoands march om Hy Park as Jt Stop Oil attempts to dispt eventIn his gural speech on Saturday, Mr Rkevics pledged "to stand up for a morn and strong Latvia, for a legal and jt Latvia, for the wellbeg of the people, for an clive and rpectful society" add: "The rights of every person mt be rpected and protected acrdance wh the hight human rights valu and standards. The NewsLatvia's Parliament on Wednday elected former foreign mister Edgars Rkevics as Print, makg him the first openly gay person to hold the posn any untry.

MEET THE WORLD'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRINT

"I am honoured and humbled to be elected as Print of the Republic of Latvia, I will do my bt to serve the people of Latvia well, " Rkevics tweeted followg the not the first openly gay head of state, Rkevics's electn marks yet another tone for LGBTQ+ MoreRkevics me out 2014, signalg on Twter his support for a "legal amework for all typ of partnerships. A urt the untry last year led that same-sex upl are entled to legal regnn, though marriage and adoptn are still exclively rerved for heterosexual View From San MaroRkevics will bee the first openly gay print, but not the first head of state.

Although right-wg figur prevail many of the untri, the general acceptance of gay rights has cid wh many of the untri jog the European Unn and embracg EU polil valu.