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:
- ARCHBISHOP WILL NOT GIVE NEW PRAYER BLSG FOR GAY UPL
- GAY MARRIAGE AROUND THE WORLD
- LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
ARCHBISHOP WILL NOT GIVE NEW PRAYER BLSG FOR GAY UPL
Kirsty Wark brgs together gay rights mpaigners, policians and journalists to remember the fight to legalise same-sex marriage Bra. Kirsty Wark brgs together gay rights mpaigners, policians and journalists to rell the battle to troduce same-sex marriage Bra, and hears om the then Prime Mister David Cameron about his stggl to ga support wh the Conservative Party. Up until 2010, same-sex marriage wasn’t on the polil agenda Bra, and lbian and gay mpaigners were divid over whether was a good ia or not.
Others remembered the bter rentments ed by the famo Sectn 28, brought by Conservative Prime Mister Margaret Thatcher 1988, which effectively banned the promotn of homosexualy schools and was only repealed 2003. Lbian uple drop NHS fertily legal challengeAttributnBerkshirePosted22 July'Same-sex marriage means a life full of sunshe'AttributnManchterPosted17 JulyIndia same-sex marriage se tts judgAttributnIndiaPosted28 AprilItaly leav children of same-sex parents limboAttributnEuropePosted18 MarchSew Gay quilt spired by LGBTQ+ momentsAttributnNewsPosted18 MarchSame-sex marriage ban not discrimatn - Japan PMAttributnAsiaPosted2 MarchChurch of England backs plans to bls gay uplAttributnUKPosted9 FebarySandi Toksvig: Church's gay marriage posn harmful. Aud, 23 mutStephen Sackur terviews actor Gee TakeiAttributnBBC World ServiceAvailable for over a yearEuropean urt l 'gay ke' se admissibleAttributnNorthern IrelandPosted6 January 2022.
GAY MARRIAGE AROUND THE WORLD
Adam* said was dangero to e out as gay his home untry and feared beg forced to an arranged marriage wh a said he was "so lucky" to wed his soulmate, Ray, Manchter and wish everyone uld marry who they love. There are more than 60 untri wh laws that crimalise same-sex sexual acts acrdg to the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn, cludg Sdi Arabia. 'Authentilly myself'Ray said he had also stggled growg up gay the 1970s and 80s England, which was "tough" said his relig school "dmmed to you, 'you are gog to hell'" Adam returned home to Sdi Arabia, spe beg more than 3, 000 apart and later rtricted by the Covid-19 panmic, they kept touch daily and the romance years ago, Ray proposed on a vio ll and after succsfully applyg for a UK fiancé visa, Adam moved to Manchter December 2022.
LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
Adam said he had been aaid to even wear lours his home untry so the first thg he did when he moved was start to "grow my mullet, got my ears pierced and booked appotments for tattoos" relled how, ntrast, one of his gay iends Sdi had been forced to marry a woman, addg: "It has ed not only his life but the life of his wife. The uple, who live London, said a "really betiful memory" was on the way home when one of their sons shouted out of the black b wdow to Trafalgar Square, "My dads jt got married" and cheered "Yay, gay marriage". The Church of England this week said wants to offer blsgs to gay upl but would not allow prits to marry Welby said he celebrat the change, but has a "rponsibily for the whole munn" Church also issued a formal apology for the "shameful" tim had "rejected or exclud" LGBTQI+ ntrast to Archbishop Welby's stance, the Archbishop of York said he will offer the prayers which he believ puts the church a "better place", beg tearful as he ma his statement.
Earlier this week, bishops told the BBC the church would not change a teachg to allow prits to marry same-sex upl, but that will offer "prayers of ditn, thanksgivg or God's blsg" to gay upl followg a civil marriage or proposal will be bated at the Church's equivalent of a parliament - the General Synod - next marriage has been legal England and Wal sce 2013, but when the law changed the Church did not alter s Welby told a prs nference on Friday that he would "ntue to pray for all those who e seekg prayer and to pray wh love", cludg those who were gay, straight, or who had worri about their relatnships. Media ptn, Watch: The Archbishop of York was emotnal about the Church of England's apologyMr Cottrell, who grew emotnal while speakg at the prs nference, said: "I'm really pleased 's changg for my gay iends, " acknowledgg that the change is not enough for some people.