This Day World History On Febary 1, 2009, Johanna Siguroardottir ma double history: she beme the first woman to serve as Iceland’s prime mister and she beme the first openly gay person to bee lear of any natn.
Contents:
- "THE PRIME MISTER AND HIS HBAND": GAY LEARS AROUND THE WORLD
- LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
- ICELAND’S SIGURðARDóTTIR BE THE FIRST OPENLY GAY WORLD LEAR
- JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
- JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
"THE PRIME MISTER AND HIS HBAND": GAY LEARS AROUND THE WORLD
This list of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr firsts by year not pneerg LGBT enavors anized chronologilly. Openly LGBT people rema a mographic mory most plac. In areas that historilly are not known for havg LGBT people who do not rema closeted, a "first" n make easier for other openly LGBT persons to enter the field or for those who are closeted to e out. Openly LGBT people beg visible society affects societal attus toward homosexualy, bisexualy, and the transgenr muny on a wir level. One monly ced example is Michael McConnell and Jack Baker, the first openly gay uple to apply for a marriage license 1971. Another is Harvey Milk, the first openly gay person to be elected to polil office California, beg the most visible LGBT polician the world the 1970s, after s of ristance to LGBT people by mastream culture. Milk enuraged LGBT people to "e out of the closet" durg his speech; as a rult of his work and his assassatn—along wh San Francis mayor Gee Mosne—thoands of ordary people did so. In 2002, Milk was lled "the most famo and most signifintly open LGBT official ever elected the Uned Stat". * first gay world leader *
This list of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) firsts by year not pneerg LGBT enavors anized chronologilly. Openly LGBT people beg visible society affects societal attus toward homosexualy, bisexualy, and the transgenr muny on a wir level.
One monly ced example is Michael McConnell and Jack Baker, the first openly gay uple to apply for a marriage license 1971.
Another is Harvey Milk, the first openly gay person to be elected to polil office California, beg the most visible LGBT polician the world the 1970s, after s of ristance to LGBT people by mastream culture.
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. * first gay world leader *
To date, there have been five openly LGBTQ+ people who have served as a natnal head of ernment, Iceland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Ireland, and Serbia -- but gay, bisexual, lbian, and even transgenr lears have guid natns sce time immemorial. That he sat on the throne named Neferkare leads many scholars to believe the tale Kg Neferkare and General Sase, which scrib a gay relatnship between a pharaoh and his general, was fact about Pepi, though Egyptologists ntue to bate if the story was tth or fictn. The dictator of the cy of Athens 514, Hipparch had ma a sexual advance toward the openly gay Harmodi and was rejected multiple tim, acrdg to historian Thucydis.
But history also remembers Ai of Han for his effive homosexualy. The ler of England om 1087 to 1100, Kg William II was gay, acrdg to the wrer Eadmer, though effemate mannerisms and fashn choic seemed his primary evince.
Richard the Lnheart has been picted as gay books and films, most famoly by Anthony Hopks The Ln Wter.
ICELAND’S SIGURðARDóTTIR BE THE FIRST OPENLY GAY WORLD LEAR
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. * first gay world leader *
Much of the talk of his purported homosexualy stems om the time he spent wh Kg Phillip II of France 1187.
He would produce no heirs of his own and was plagued by mors of homosexualy his lifetime. The grand de of Tny om 1621 until 1670, Ferdando married and produced children, but also quarreled wh his mother, Maria Madla of Atria, about whether homosexualy should be outlawed. Historians say the mother once gave her son a list of reported gay people and said that they should be burned.
Many historians believe the men were engaged a homosexual relatnship, not unmon the era.
JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
* first gay world leader *
It was briefly a gay old time the Whe Hoe wh Lln succeedg Buchanan office. Likely Ameri's first gay print, Democrat Jam Buchanan won the electn of 1856 -- rallyg support om the slaveholdg stat the origal Southern Strategy. Oh, and he was openly gay.
In addn to beg the first openly gay prime mister of the island natn, the 38-year-old was the youngt head of ernment for the untry and the first member of an ethnic mory to hold the post (his father is an Indian immigrant). She beme the first lear of any untry the Balkans to attend a gay pri march, sayg “For me, this is a way to make an active ntributn to alg wh stereotyp and prejudic.
Meet Leo, the openly gay, half-Indian Taoiseach (Prime Mister) of Ireland.
JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
It picts the gay prime mister of Luxembourg and his hband meetg the lbian prime mister of Serbia and her partner. * first gay world leader *
El Di Rupo was the Prime Mister of Belgium, and the first openly gay man (and the send LGBT person) to lead a untry. One of the most strikg moments was when a journalist a media pack chasg him down the street cried, “Yet they say you’re a homosexual!
All hail Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, the first gay Prime Mister of Iceland, and the first LGBTI lear of a untry anywhere the world.
As one would expect, most gay world lears have belonged to progrsive parti and pursued progrsive agendas, mirrorg the beliefs of the people that elected them. 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.
Kev Maxen, an associate strength ach wh the Jacksonville Jaguars, has bee the first male ach a major U.S.-based profsnal league to e out as gay. * first gay world leader *
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.