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• LATVIA SWEARS EDGARS RKEVICS AS EU'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRINT
• LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
• LGBTQ GROUPS CELEBRATE LATVIA ELECTG E.U.’S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRINT
• EU’S FIRST OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE ELECTED BY LATVIAN ASSEMBLY
• NEW LATVIAN PRINT BE FIRST OPENLY GAY EU HEAD OF STATE
• LATVIA'S RKēVIčS ELECTED PRINT, FIRST OPENLY GAY LEAR THE BALTICS
• RKEVICS SWORN AS LATVIAN PRINT, FIRST GAY EU HEAD OF STATE
• GAY MAN ELECTED AS PRINT OF LATVIA
• LATVIA ELECTS FIRST OPENLY GAY PRINT
• RKEVICS ELECTED AS LATVIA FIRST GAY PRINT
• LATVIAN PARLIAMENT ELECTS FIRST OPENLY GAY PRINT OF A BALTIC NATN
• LATVIA’S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRINT TELLS YOUTH TO ‘BREAK GLASS CEILG’
• LATVIA’S FOREIGN MISTER EDGARS RKEVICS SWORN AS EU’S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRINT

LATVIA SWEARS EDGARS RKEVICS AS EU'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRINT

Image source, EPAImage ptn, In his first speech as print, Edgars Rkevics said the "fight agast rptn, crime and rtels mt be a natnal prry"Latvia's long-servg foreign mister Edgars Rkevics has bee the first openly gay head of state of a European Unn natn.

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

Although generally a ceremonial posn, Latvia's print n veto legislatn and ll EU has had openly gay heads of ernments before, but never a gay head of state. Former Belgian Prime Mister El di Rupo was the EU's first openly gay head of Rkevics, 49, first me out 2014 and has been a vol champn of LGBT rights ever marriage is illegal Latvia, though the untry's nstutnal urt regnised same sex unns last May, Mr Rkevics was elected by Latvia's parliament to be the untry's next print at the third round of Saturday his gural speech, Mr Rkevics vowed to ntue supportg Ukrae's ongog war effort agast said Latvia's foreign policy "do not have time for mistak", addg he will act "quickly, cisively and wisely" his speech, Mr Rkevics enuraged young Latvians to "break the glass ceilg" as he addrsed equaly as beg a "signifint problem". 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.

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

”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.

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

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. “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.

NEW LATVIAN PRINT BE FIRST OPENLY GAY EU HEAD OF STATE

Ludovic Mar / AFP - Getty Imag fileVaradkar beme Ireland’s first openly gay Taoiseach, or prime mister, 2017 and served until 2020. 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.

LATVIA'S RKēVIčS ELECTED PRINT, FIRST OPENLY GAY LEAR THE BALTICS

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 SWORN AS LATVIAN PRINT, FIRST GAY EU HEAD OF STATE

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 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.

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

GAY MAN ELECTED AS PRINT OF LATVIA

Rkēvičs, who announced 2014 that he is "proudly" homosexual, will be the first openly gay print the Baltic natns — all former Soviet republics where attus to sexual mori have been ls tolerant than Wtern Europe. Latvian Foreign Mister Edgars Rkēvičs has been elected print by the Baltic natn's parliament, and will be the first openly gay head of state elected the regn. Edgars Rkevics, Latvia's longt-servg foreign mister, today beme the first openly gay head of state the European Unn.

Latvia has elected a gay man, Edgars Rkēvičs, as print, a first for Baltic natns and the European Latvia, as many other natns wh parliamentary systems, the print is elected by Parliament and serv a largely ceremonial role as head of state.

LATVIA ELECTS FIRST OPENLY GAY PRINT

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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.

RKEVICS ELECTED AS LATVIA FIRST GAY PRINT

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.

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.

LATVIAN PARLIAMENT ELECTS FIRST OPENLY GAY PRINT OF A BALTIC NATN

This electn sent Biedroń to the European Parliament, as the first openly gay member om Poland. Latvia's foreign mister Edgars Rkevics was elected as the Baltic untry's new print on Wednday, the first openly gay person to hold the office. He me out as gay 2014, the first proment polil figure the untry to do so.

LATVIA’S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRINT TELLS YOUTH TO ‘BREAK GLASS CEILG’

Rkēvičs, who announced 2014 that he is “proudly” homosexual, will be the first openly gay print the Baltic natns — all former Soviet republics where attus to sexual mori have been ls tolerant than wtern clost rival, bsman Uldis Pīlēns, got 25 vot the third round of votg between the two remag ntenrs after the third ndidate, Elīna Pto, had dropped out of the the vote, Rkēvičs tweeted that he was “honored and humbled” by the Parliament’s cisn and pledged “to serve the people of Latvia well. WorldEuropeWorld policsLondon: Latvia, a former Soviet untry that has not yet regnised gay marriage or same-sex civil partnerships, has elected s first openly gay Rkevics has served as foreign mister for more than a as a member of the enomilly liberal Uny Party and first me out 2014 by announcg on Twter he was “proud to be gay” Rkevics 2022 his role as Latvia’s foreign APSocially nservative views rema mon former Soviet untri, however Rkevics was a narrow favoure wh the public to take on the largely ceremonial role, wh 22 per cent support pared wh 21 per cent for his clost rival, entreprenr and archect Uldis ’s printial succsn had threatened polil gridlock, wh Prime Mister Krisjanis Kars’ lg party aln ernment unable to settle on a sgle ndidate.

9 ln people ranks among the worst plac Europe to be an LGBTQ cizen terms of legal rights, acrdg to an x published by the rabow advocy group 2019, an EU study found that 45 per cent of Latvians were unfortable wh the ia of a gay, lbian or bisexual person high polil office. Several openly gay figur have risen to posns of power their untri but as prime mister rather than print, cludg Ireland’s Leo Varadkar, Luxembourg’s Xavier Bettel, and Serbia’s Ana Maro, a microstate of 34, 000 central Italy, elected openly gay Paolo Ronlli to be one of s two heads of state, or ptas regent, last the Uned Stat or France, the posn of print is ceremonial many untri.

Rkevics, who announced 2014 that he is “proudly” homosexual, will be the first openly gay print the Baltic natns — all former Soviet republics where attus to sexual mori have been ls tolerant than wtern Europe.

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

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. Rkēvičs be Latvia’s first openly gay Print and was the first proment polil figure Latvia to e out as gay 2014.