At least 843 lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer people currently serve elected offic across the U.S., acrdg to the LGBTQ Victory Instute.
Contents:
- LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
- VENEZUELAN POLICE ARRT 33 MEN AT GAY SNA
- RICHARD GRENELL NOW HIGHT-RANKG OPENLY GAY OFFICIAL US ERNMENT HISTORY
LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
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. * gay government officials *
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VENEZUELAN POLICE ARRT 33 MEN AT GAY SNA
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RICHARD GRENELL NOW HIGHT-RANKG OPENLY GAY OFFICIAL US ERNMENT HISTORY
In 1998, protectn om discrimatn for gay men and lbians was wrten to the nstutn, but not extend to trans people. 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.
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.