Meet the world's first openly gay print

Contents:

• SAN MARO APPOTS WORLD’S FIRST OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
• LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
• MEET THE WORLD'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRINT
• NEW LATVIAN PRINT BE FIRST OPENLY GAY EU HEAD OF STATE
• LATVIA ELECTS FIRST OPENLY GAY PRINT
• LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
• THIS UNTRY HAS WORLD'S FIRST OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE

SAN MARO APPOTS WORLD’S FIRST OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE

The world’s olst republic has tablished self as among the most progrsive after namg the world’s first openly gay head of Maro, the medieval micro-state surround on all sis by the rollg hills of central Italy, has appoted 58-year-old Paolo Ronlli as one of two ptas regent, s heads of state. Luxembourg’s prime mister, Xavier Bettel, and the Serbian prime mister, Ana Brnabić, unt among gay heads of ernment, but Ronlli is the first openly gay head of appotment is a signifint step for San Maro, where homosexualy was punishable by jail time until 2004.

It fs to a broad trend that clus legal regnn of gay upl 2016 and legalised abortn sce last year.

“San Maro had prevly started on a path of a profound revolutn on the subject of rights, ” said Arcigay Rimi, a gay rights anisatn the Italian cy of Rimi, ls than 10 om San Maro. “This path, seen om the pot of view of bogged-down Italy [where an anti-homophobic vlence bill was voted down the senate last year] is astoundg.

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.

”He is one of jt a few openly gay heads of state the world.

MEET THE WORLD'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRINT

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! ”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.

NEW LATVIAN PRINT BE FIRST OPENLY GAY EU HEAD OF STATE

“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. San Maro, the world's olst republic, has taken another historic step this week appotg the world's first openly gay head of state: 58-year-old Paolo Ronlli.

It was found 301 and is home to nearly 35, 000 electn marks a hugely progrsive step for San Maro, where up until 2004 homosexualy was a crime punishable by prison time. 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.

LATVIA ELECTS 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. 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.

He me out as gay 2014 and has been a champn of LGBTQ rights.

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

1/11 Cred(Guillermo Gutierrez Carrasl/SOPA Imag/LightRocket/Getty Imag)View as articleJune 1 marked the start of Pri month, acknowledged by untri across the globe as a time to memorate the LGBTQ+ Pri month is wily celebrated, LGBTQ+ rights are still subject to bate much of the world, wh many untri divid over gay marriage, genr-affirmg re for transgenr mors and other legislatn affectg the LGBTQ+ muny.

Lawmakers Latvia’s legislature elected Rkēvičs to serve as print wh 52 vot May, makg him the European Unn’s first openly gay head of 2014, Rkēvičs tweeted that Latvia “mt create a legal amework for all kds of partnerships, I will fight for , I know that there will be mega hysteria right away, but #Proudtobegay. ” Shortly after, he tweeted “I proudly announce I am gay... When she entered ernment as mister of public admistratn and lol ernment 2016, Brnabić told the Associated Prs, "Hopefully this will blow over three or four days, and then I won't be known as the gay mister.

In the nservative untry, Serbia’s nstutn f marriage as a unn between a man and a woman and gay civil partnerships, such as the one Brnabić is wh her partner, are not officially regnized. Addnally, same-sex upl are not allowed to adopt Febary 2019, Brnabić and her partner weled their first child via artificial sematn, acrdg to the Varadkar4/11 Cred(Peter Morrison/AP)View as articleLeo VaradkarCountry: IrelandPosn: Prime MisterTime Office: June 2017-PrentLeo Varadkar beme Ireland’s first openly gay prime mister when he took office 2017. Jt two years earlier, he had publicly e out as gay prr to Ireland's referendum legalizg same-sex marriage.

THIS UNTRY HAS WORLD'S FIRST OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE

"I am a gay man, 's not a secret, but not somethg that everyone would necsarily know, " Varadkar said, acrdg to The Irish Tim.

”Next:Xavier Bettel5/11 Cred(Geert Vann Wijngaert/AP)View as articleXavier BettelCountry: LuxembourgPosn: Prime MisterTime Office: December 2013-PrentXavier Bettel is the first openly gay prime mister of Luxembourg, a largely Roman Catholic natn. Ronlli’s appotment, a untry where homosexualy was punishable by jail until 2004, ma him the first openly LGBTQ head of state the world.

”Next:El Di Rupo7/11 Cred(BRUNO FAHY/BELGA MAG/AFP/Getty Imag)View as articleEl Di RupoCountry: BelgiumPosn: Prime MisterTime Office: December 2011-2014El Di Rupo beme Belgium’s first openly gay lear when he took office as prime mister December 2011. Di Rupo opened up about this sexualy to reporters after beg acced of havg sex and abg unrage mal, somethg he stnchly Rupo told a bgrapher that 1996, as he was beg followed by journalists, one shouted at him “They say you’re a homosexual, ” to which Di Rupo rpond: "Y. "In 2014, at the EU-Ai summ Bssels, Di Rupo addrsed Ain and European lears, urgg them to acknowledge and rpect the rights of mori, cludg gay men and women.