Many the US are celebratg LGBTQ rights for Gay Pri Month. But data show that most untri, cludg the US, need to do much more to protect sexual mori.
Contents:
- LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
- "THE PRIME MISTER AND HIS HBAND": GAY LEARS AROUND THE WORLD
- EASTERN EUROPE WAS ONCE A WORLD LEAR ON GAY RIGHTS. THEN RAN OUT OF SPEGOATS
- GAY-FRIENDLY COUNTRI / GLBTQ+ FRIENDLY COUNTRI 2023
- THE ARE THE 10 MOST GAY-IENDLY UNTRI
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. * what countries have gay leaders *
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.
"THE PRIME MISTER AND HIS HBAND": GAY LEARS AROUND THE WORLD
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. * what countries have gay leaders *
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. 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.
EASTERN EUROPE WAS ONCE A WORLD LEAR ON GAY RIGHTS. THEN RAN OUT OF SPEGOATS
The photo of Luxembourg’s Xavier Bettel and Serbia’s Ana Brnabić marks one of the few meetgs between two openly gay world lears. * what countries have gay leaders *
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.
”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.
GAY-FRIENDLY COUNTRI / GLBTQ+ FRIENDLY COUNTRI 2023
"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.
THE ARE THE 10 MOST GAY-IENDLY UNTRI
Saavedra, who also served the Spanish Senate and as mayor of Las Palmas, the pal cy of the Canary Islands, was the first openly-gay polician Spa.
Saavedra did not talk about his sexualy until 2000, a year to his senate posn, when on a tour of Spa discsg a book on outg, he announced he was gay.