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:
- IS IT ILLEGAL TO BE GAY IN IRELAND?
- ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
- ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
- RISHI SUNAK APOLOGIS TO LGBT VETERANS FOR PAST ARMED FORC GAY BAN
- LGBT RIGHTS AI: WILL KENYA BE THE LATT TO PASS ANTI-GAY LAW?
- LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
- GAY IRELAND
IS IT ILLEGAL TO BE GAY IN IRELAND?
Leo Varadkar beg Ireland’s first openly gay mister 22 years after the crimalisatn of homosexualy Ireland. * illegal gay ireland *
Timele: A history of gay rights Ireland. Leo Varadkar beg Ireland’s first openly gay mister 22 years after the crimalisatn of homosexualy Ireland.
ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
In Ireland, is legal to be gay and the untry has bee more progrsive and acceptg towards the LGBTQ+ muny over the past few s. * illegal gay ireland *
YESTERDAY MINISTER FOR Health Leo Varadkar beme Ireland’s first openly gay bet member. The Mister’s cisn to go public wh his sexualy jt over twenty years after the crimilisatn of homosexualy the Irish state.
ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
* illegal gay ireland *
For most of Ireland’s history, s laws agast homosexualy dated om the Victorian era and were held over for more than 140 years.
This movement was known as the Campaign for Homosexual Law Reform and aimed at crimalisg homosexualy Ireland and Northern Ireland.
RISHI SUNAK APOLOGIS TO LGBT VETERANS FOR PAST ARMED FORC GAY BAN
In the urse of the movement, Dubl Universy Gay Society was set up – a group that is still nng today, albe unr a different moniker.
1983 – First Gay Pri ftival.
LGBT RIGHTS AI: WILL KENYA BE THE LATT TO PASS ANTI-GAY LAW?
Ireland’s first Gay Pri ftival was held March 1983.
The first event was a one-day affair and aimed at highlightg the levels of vlence agast gay men and women.
It me as a reactn to a lg on the ath of Declan Flynn – a 31-year-old gay man who had been killed Fairview Park.
LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
In 1988, David Norris – who by then had bee a Senator – won a se the European Court agast the Irish State over the nstutnal stat of the crimalisatn of certa homosexual acts. Norris iated legal proceedgs to crimalise homosexualy 1977 – statg that such laws ntravened the Constutn’s stand on privacy.
In June of 1993, Ireland passed Crimal Frd (Sexual Offenc) Bill which crimalised homosexualy.
The Civil Partnership Act passed through the Dáil 2010 and gave gay upl more rights than they had prevly been afford. 2011 – First openly gay TDs elected to the Dáil.
GAY IRELAND
The 2011 General Electn brought wh another tone wh three openly gay TDs beg returned. January 2015 – Ireland’s first openly gay Mister. Wh Leo Varadkar g out about his sexualy Ireland now has s first openly gay mister.
On his cisn to e out the Health Mister stated that he felt was important for upg vot he would be volved – cludg whether laws on gay and bisexual men donatg blood should be lifted and the upg referendum on same-sex marriage. It’s not somethg that f me, I’m not a half-Indian polician or a doctor polician, I’m not a gay polician for that matter, ’s jt part of who I am. The sprg of this year will see Ireland vote on whether to legalise gay marriage.
A Red-C poll rried out earlier the month showed 76% support favour of gay marriage. Also: Col Farrell: ‘My brother got plenty of beatgs for beg gay’.