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:
- 21 GAY POPES, CARDINALS AND ASSORTED CATHOLIC LEADERS.
- LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
- SUPREME COURT LG ON LGBTQ DISCRIMATN POTS TO FAH LEARS' DIVI OVER GAY RIGHTS
21 GAY POPES, CARDINALS AND ASSORTED CATHOLIC LEADERS.
* gay religious leaders *
This victory reflects recent pollg that shows that majori of all relig groups are favor of “broad nondiscrimatn protectns for lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people. As a gay man, Grav-Fzsimmons has wrten on the signifince of his own marriage phg him closer to God.
Grav-Fzsimmons told the thors that, “Intifyg as both a Christian and a gay man mak me eply mted to the work of llective liberatn. As a gay Black man, he is particularly terted reformg the relatnship between the New York Cy Police Department and New York Cy’s LGBTQ muny and muni of lor. His current scholarship teas out the terplay of relign, sexualy, and palism artifacts of popular and queer culture, and his earlier scholarly work examed the activist histori of gay and lbian Catholics durg the early years of the AIDS epimic.
Homophobic Hypocr. While 's unlikely that queer feelgs live si the heart of every homophobe, a signifint number of anti-LGBT relig and polil lears have ultimately e out or been outed for same-sex feelgs, enunters, or relatnships. Here's a list of those hostile to equaly who turned out to be lbian, gay, or bisexual.
LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
The Toronto psychiatrist for years offered servic to treat patients wh "problems related to homosexualy. Isve, and both said that at some pot, they thought that the sexual activy was part of the therapy and an attempt to cure them of homosexualy by engagg the acts, rather than fantasizg about them, " a disciplary panel wrote s report.
The pastor left the Evangelil Lutheran Church Ameri over a cisn by the nomatn 2009 to orda "practicg homosexuals, " and even said God sent a tornado to strike the Mneapolis Conventn Center durg an ELCA nference over the cisn. Today, Brock says he's felt tense "homosexual temptatn" his whole life but has always been celibate, and he matas gay sex is evil. Then multiple childhood associat of Suarez Pasgaza revealed to media outlets cludg El Espectador and La Opn that he had been kicked out of a Ju school for beg gay.
The Mnota clergyman worked as a unselor for Outpost Mistri, an ex-gay mistry dited to helpg dividuals "break away" om LGBT life. A former Hoton Cy Council member and rad talk show host, Berry 2012 was volved a h-and-n accint outsi a gay bar the Montrose district, which led to secury footage of Berry leavg the club beg ma public. The nservative pund had ma cracks through the years attackg Barney Frank, Elton John, and others wh homophobic tnts, acrdg to The Texas Observer.
SUPREME COURT LG ON LGBTQ DISCRIMATN POTS TO FAH LEARS' DIVI OVER GAY RIGHTS
The founr of Glory Hoe Internatnal Pentestal Church cried homosexualy as "at odds wh my relig beliefs, " even as he admted to he fondled a younger preacher and a teenage boy durg separate trips where he stayed the other men's hotel beds. Once the most senr Catholic clergyman Bra, O'Brien also had a reputatn for homophobia and opposed marriage equaly, adoptn by gays, and other civil rights protectns for LGBT people, earng him the tle "Bigot of the Year" om the Stonewall chary. Self-scribed as a tradnal nservative, this mayor of Mississippi town Southaven got exposed as gay durg his fourth term office after state dors revealed he purchased $67 worth of toys om a gay sex shop Toronto and billed to the taxpayers.
Audors found the spic purchase 2011, and the news prompted an terview wh the Memphis, Tenn., Commercial Appeal which Davis nfsed that he "me to the realizatn that I am gay" over the past few years. The mayor of Spokane, Wash., om 2003 to 2005, Wt prevly served the state legislature, where the Republin supported such legislatn as a ban on gay workers at schools and day re centers. While he didn't have the homophobic rerd of many of his horts the Republin uc, U.