Latvian Parliament elects first openly gay print of a Baltic natn

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• LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
• NEW LATVIAN PRINT BE FIRST OPENLY GAY EU HEAD OF STATE
• EU’S FIRST OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE ELECTED BY LATVIAN ASSEMBLY
• EDGARS RKEVICS: EUROPEAN UNN'S FIRST OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE SWORN AS LATVIA'S PRINT
• LATVIA'S EX-FOREIGN MISTER BE EU'S FIRST OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
• #LGBTQ: EU’S FIRST OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE SWORN IN –LATVIA’S PRINT EDGARS RKEVICS
• LATVIA SWEARS EU’S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRINT
• LATVIA ELECTS EDGARS RKEVICS AS PRINT – THE FIRST OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE EUROPE
• RKEVICS SWORN AS LATVIAN PRINT, FIRST GAY EU HEAD OF STATE
• LATVIA: EDGARS RKEVICS BE FIRST PUBLICLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
• LATVIA SWEARS EDGARS RKEVICS AS EU'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRINT
• LATVIA’S EDGARS RKEVICS BE FIRST OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE EU
• LATVIAN PARLIAMENT ELECTS FIRST OPENLY GAY PRINT OF A BALTIC NATN

LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE

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.

NEW LATVIAN PRINT BE FIRST OPENLY GAY EU HEAD OF STATE

”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. “To be natnally blamed, to be nsired as not normal, to be nsired as a danger for young people — ’s not realizg that beg gay is not a choice, ” Bettel said, acrdg to Rters. Gay, lbian and bisexual people n serve the ary, but transgenr people nnot.

EU’S FIRST OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE ELECTED BY LATVIAN ASSEMBLY

“Hopefully this will blow over three or four days, and then I won’t be known as the gay mister, ” she told The Associated Prs at the Varadkar Prime Mister of Ireland (2017-20, 2022-prent)Irish Prime Mister Leo Varadkar Bssels on June 30.

Ludovic Mar / AFP - Getty Imag fileVaradkar beme Ireland’s first openly gay Taoiseach, or prime mister, 2017 and served until 2020.

Edgars Rkevics was sworn as Latvia's print on Saturday, beg the European Unn's first openly gay head of state.

EDGARS RKEVICS: EUROPEAN UNN'S FIRST OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE SWORN AS LATVIA'S PRINT

July 8 (UPI) -- Edgars Rkevics was sworn as Latvia's print on Saturday, beg the first openly gay head of state the European Unn. He me out as gay 2014 and has been a champn of LGBTQ rights. Photographer: Gts Ivkans/AFP/Getty ImagLatvia’s parliament elected long-time Foreign Mister Edgars Rkevics as the Baltic natn’s new print, makg him the European Unn’s first openly gay head of state.

LATVIA'S EX-FOREIGN MISTER BE EU'S FIRST OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE

Up NextEU’s First Openly Gay Head of State Elected by Latvian Assembly. The European Unn's first openly gay head of state has been sworn Rkevics served as foreign mister om 2011 and was sworn as print on Saturday after his electn May. Mr Rkevics me out publicly 2014, postg on Twter: "I proudly announce I am gay… Good luck all of you.

"At the time he pledged to fight for gay people to have equal relatnship marriage is not legal Latvia, but civil partnerships have been available to gay upl sce last year. Latvia's princy is largely a ceremonial post and the head of state acts maly as an opn lear and ung figure the print's rponsibili clu reprentg Latvia abroad, actg as the supreme manr of the armed forc, signg bills to law, and nomatg the prime EU has had openly gay people elected as heads of ernment before - cludg Ireland's Leo Varadkar - but never a gay head of untri have two people performg the rol of head of state and head of ernment - the UK, the Kg is head of state. Read more:LGBT activists wele Pope to Congo as he dismiss anti-gay lawsPri London 2023: Thoands march om Hy Park as Jt Stop Oil attempts to dispt eventIn his gural speech on Saturday, Mr Rkevics pledged "to stand up for a morn and strong Latvia, for a legal and jt Latvia, for the wellbeg of the people, for an clive and rpectful society" add: "The rights of every person mt be rpected and protected acrdance wh the hight human rights valu and standards.

Latvia's new print is sworn to office as ex-foreign mister be EU's first openly gay head of statePrint Edgars Rkevics, 49, announced he was gay a Twter post 2014He is the seventh print of Latvia, a natn of 1. Latvia's newly sworn- print, Edgars Rkevics, has bee the European Unn's first openly gay head of state.

#LGBTQ: EU’S FIRST OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE SWORN IN –LATVIA’S PRINT EDGARS RKEVICS

Mr Rkevics, who was sworn to office on Saturday, 'proudly' announced that he was gay on Twter 2014, makg him one of Europe's few LGBQT+ heads of state.

Latvia's newly sworn- print, Edgars Rkevics, has bee the European Unn 's first openly gay head of stateDpe this, the Latvian pal of Riga saw the 'biggt pri march Latvia so far' on the 3 June where 'more than five thoand people attend the pri march', acrdg to Latvian broadster LSMKaspars Zālītis, one of the anizers of the Riga Pri 2023, told LSM: 'This was the most spectacular march Rīga has had so far.

Mr Rkevics, who was sworn to office on Saturday, 'proudly' announced that he was gay on Twter 2014, makg him one of Europe's few LGBQT+ heads of state The Latvian pal of Riga saw the 'biggt pri march Latvia so far' on the 3 June 'More than five thoand people' are thought to have attend Riga's pri march last monthThe print reprents Latvia abroad, acts as the supreme manr of the armed forc, signs bills to law, nomat the prime mister and has the right to dissolve Parliament, among other thgs. You are here: Home / Misc / #LGBTQ: EU’s First Openly Gay Head of State Sworn In –Latvia’s Print Edgars Rkevics.

LATVIA SWEARS EU’S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRINT

The EU’s first openly gay head of state was been sworn Saturday Latvia.

I proudly announce I am gay… Good luck all of you.

LATVIA ELECTS EDGARS RKEVICS AS PRINT – THE FIRST OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE EUROPE

At the time he pledged to fight for gay people to have equal relatnship rights. Civil partnerships have been available to gay upl only sce last year.

The EU has had openly gay people elected as heads of ernment before but never a gay head of state.

RKEVICS SWORN AS LATVIAN PRINT, FIRST GAY EU HEAD OF STATE

Latvians have happily sworn their first openly gay Print, g Mike Pence to ask, "I thought they were lled lbians"— Pl Rudnick (@PlRudnickNY) July 9, 2023. Edgars Rkēvičs has bee Latvia’s – and the EU’s – first openly gay head of state.

Latvia has bee the first EU natn wh an openly gay head of state after swearg Edgars Rkēvičs. The only other openly gay head of state ever to be elected was Paolo Ronlli, the pta regent of San Maro, a non-EU state, om April to October 2022. Belgian polician El Di Rupo beme the EU’s first openly gay head of ernment after beg elected prime mister 2011.

LATVIA: EDGARS RKEVICS BE FIRST PUBLICLY GAY HEAD OF STATE

Rkēvičs me out as gay November 2014 while mister of foreign affairs, postg on Twter: “I proudly announce I am gay … Good luck all of you. Edgars Rkēvičs Has been elected Print of Latvia, beg the first openly gay head of state Europe.

Latvia has elected a new print – makg history the first openly gay head of state Europe.

Rkēvičs publicly me out as gay November 2014, postg on Twter: “I proudly announce I am gay… Good luck all of you. I proudly announce I'am gay… Good luck all of you…— Edgars Rkēvičs (@edgarsrkevics) November 6, 2014.

LATVIA SWEARS EDGARS RKEVICS AS EU'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRINT

He signed off wh the hashtag #Proudtobegay.

Haven’t there been other openly gay lears Europe?

LATVIA’S EDGARS RKEVICS BE FIRST OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE EU

There have been other openly gay people elected to posns of power their untri but as prime mister rather than print, cludg Ireland’s Leo Varadkar, Luxembourg’s Xavier Bettel, and Serbia’s Ana Brnabić. Edgars Rkevics, Latvia's longt-servg foreign mister, today beme the first openly gay head of state the European Unn.

LATVIAN PARLIAMENT ELECTS FIRST OPENLY GAY PRINT OF A BALTIC NATN

Latvia has elected s first publicly gay head of state the form of long-servg diplomat Edgars Rkevics.

When he assum office on 8 July 2023, he will also bee the first publicly gay head of state  a European Unn untry.

“I proudly announce I am gay”. Rkevics, who has served as Latvia’s Mister of Foreign Affairs sce 2011, me out publicly as “proudly” gay 2014.