7 openly gay lears have served as heads of state. Latvian print Edgars Rkēvičs is the latt

gay religious leaders

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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21 GAY POPES, CARDINALS AND ASSORTED CATHOLIC LEADERS.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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21 GAY POPES, CARDINALS AND ASSORTED CATHOLIC LEADERS. – BISHOP PAT BUCKLEY .

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