As Edgars Rkēvičs be the first openly gay print Latvia’s history, here’s a glimpse at other openly gay heads of state om around the world.
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LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
While openly lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr world lears are still a rary, there are a few who are breakg barriers. * lgbt leaders *
In a untry where homosexualy is crimalized and a bill entled “Kill the Gays” was once troduced parliament, Frank Mugisha risks his live to speak out for LGBTQ+ rights Uganda. While homosexualy is not illegal the untry, homophobia and transphobia is wispread and rerced by Turkish Print Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. A lifelong activist for the rights of the LGBTQ+ and HIV-posive muni, Aldo Davila beme the first-ever opnely gay parlimentarian Guatemala 2020.
The term “transgenr” wasn’t monly ed Marsha’s lifetime, but she intified as a “transvte,” gay and a drag queen and ed she/her pronouns. The clash wh the New York police marked a turng pot for the gay liberatn movement the US and spired Pri march around the world today. Johnson worked as an activist participatg monstratns and march as part of the Gay Liberatn Front, which formed the wake of Stonewall.
Harvey Milk was one of the first openly gay policians elected to office the Uned Stat, and the first openly gay official elected California. “We want gays to reprent gays,” Milk told the San Francis Examer 1977, and his posn as an LGBTQ public official helped brg the muny’s issu to promence. While servg as a cy supervisor, he troduced legislatn to protect the gay muny, cludg a gay rights ordance 1978 to ban discrimatn agast LGBTQ hog or employment.