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.
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10 TON IRISH GAY RIGHTS
Leo Varadkar beg Ireland’s first openly gay mister 22 years after the crimalisatn of homosexualy Ireland. * history of gay rights in ireland *
Leo Varadkar beg Ireland’s first openly gay mister 22 years after the crimalisatn of homosexualy Ireland. The Mister’s cisn to go public wh his sexualy jt over twenty years after the crimilisatn of homosexualy the Irish state. 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. 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. 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. 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.
LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
* history of gay rights in ireland *
Norris iated legal proceedgs to crimalise homosexualy 1977 – statg that such laws ntravened the Constutn’s stand on privacy. The Civil Partnership Act passed through the Dáil 2010 and gave gay upl more rights than they had prevly been afford. 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. For most of Ireland’s history, s laws agast homosexualy dated back to the Victorian era and were felt for more than 140 years. One of the first notable actns agast the crimaly of homoxualy was led by David Norris, who at the time was a lecturer English at Try College Dubl.
Norris began legal proceedgs to crimalise homosexualy 1977 – statg that such laws ntravened the Constutn’s stand on privacy. His se agast the Irish State over the nstutnal stat of the crimalisatn of certa homosexual acts was subsequently won. Varadkar first spoke publicly about beg gay durg an terview wh Miriam O’Callaghan on RTÉ Rad One, while he was still Mister for Health.