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.
Contents:
- THE U.S. & JAMAI ARE FIGHTG OVER GAY RIGHTS
- LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
THE U.S. & JAMAI ARE FIGHTG OVER GAY RIGHTS
Tensns are risg after Jamai refed to accred the spoe of a gay Amerin diplomat. * rainbow nation gay *
Half Navajo and half Apache, Louie spoke about the experience g out as gay wh those two cultur. Dé Pri cid wh the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall rts, when patrons at a historic gay bar New York Cy fought back agast vlent police raids 1969. The protts are wily creded wh sprgboardg the morn gay civil rights movement the U.
There are tablished gay and lbian muni Cape Town and Johannburg, wh smaller velopments Pretoria & Durban. We’re also lucky to meet a group of awome men who prise Johannburg’s gay gby team.
A burly gby player, who happens to be gay, is plastered wh the word “Fairy.
LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
Ryan Richard Thoron, Somewhere over the Rabow Natn: Gay, Lbian and Bisexual Activism South Ai, Journal of Southern Ain Studi, Vol. 34, No. 3 (Sep., 2008), pp. 679-697 * rainbow nation gay *
” At 30 we are at least a younger than most of the guts, not to mentn the only gay uple aboard, but we soon fd ourselv wh a joyo ltle group of iends, sharg stori of home untri and wavg to the exced children as we pass. Campy Beefk () is a gay burger jot wh an fun array of shows, theme nights, and dner theatre.
Hemelhuijs () is a gay-popular, sual lunch hangout wh an Asian fn menu and artsy surrounds. The percentage of people who intify as gay remas siar across the generatns, but 3 per cent of Generatn Z were found to intify as lbian – pared to ls than 1 per cent of Baby Boomers and Generatn X (43-56). Two five people surveyed (39 per cent) said they have a personal iend or fay member who is lbian or gay, 22 per cent said they have one who is bi, and ne per cent have one who is trans.
The report also highlights how far social acceptance has e om a time when homosexualy was a crimal offence, wh next year markg the 20th anniversary of Sectn 28 beg abolished England and Wal.
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Rumors are swirlg that tensns between Jamai and the Uned Stat are risg after the former refed to grant accredatn to the spoe of a gay Amerin diplomat – whose inty has not been ma public – sce same-sex marriage is not legal the Caribbean natn. Equalx reports that addn to same-sex marriage beg illegal, homosexualy among men remas outlawed Jamai and n be punished wh up to seven years prison. Homosexualy among women is not explicly illegal, but sodomy between any two humans is punishable wh up to 10 years prison.
Joburg Pri is South Ai's longt nng Pri event, and is unique that was the first LGBTIAQ Pri march South Ai at a time when there were no legal protectns for lbian and gay South Ains The paper propos that the LGBTIAQ muny South Ai were strategilly granted rights orr to further the Rabow Natn project, and through this me to participate the erasure of the pa and vlence experienced by South Ains unr apartheid le. This rearch was nducted through a cril disurse analysis of Ex articl, Ex is South Ai's longt nng gay newspaper. Intimate vtments: Homonormativy, global lockdown, and the sctns of empire.