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:
- HUGE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND VOTE FOR GAY MARRIAGE
- IRELAND BE FIRST UNTRY TO LEGALISE GAY MARRIAGE BY POPULAR VOTE
- LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
- IRELAND AND GAY “MARRIAGE”
HUGE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND VOTE FOR GAY MARRIAGE
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Same-sex upl who have been wed abroad will now be legally regnized by the state, while gay and lbian upl who want to marry will be able to do so. Homosexualy and abortn were crimal offens.
The Campaign for Homosexual Law Reform was found the 1970s, but s early activi took place agast an often hostile social and polil background.
IRELAND BE FIRST UNTRY TO LEGALISE GAY MARRIAGE BY POPULAR VOTE
Homophobic attacks were relatively rare, but the murrs of Declan Flynn and Charl Self the 1980s were attributed to homophobic vlence.
In 1988, David Norris—then a member of the Seanad, the upper hoe of parliament—won a se before the European Court of Human Rights which led to the crimalizatn of homosexualy 1993. Ireland was one of the last stat Wtern Europe to crimalize homosexualy.
LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
In 1981, 62 percent of the populatn was strongly opposed to homosexualy, but this had dropped to 38 percent by 2000. Ultimately, the bill to crimalize homosexualy was not opposed by any of the ma parti when proceed through parliament.
The Gay and Lbian Equaly Network had been advotg for equal rights om the 1980s, and embarked on a profsnal and well-fund mpaign promotg full marriage rights which would heavily fluence the cisn to hold a referendum.
IRELAND AND GAY “MARRIAGE”
Openly gay members of the Dáil and Seanad had been elected at several electns by 2015; most proment among them is Leo Varadkar, who me out as a gay man 2015 while a ernment mister and was subsequently elected prime mister 2017.