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

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• LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• SHOCKG QUTN AT WOMEN'S WORLD CUP PRS NFERENCE 'ENDANGERED PLAYERS' AFTER REPORTER ASKED MOROC PTA WHETHER THERE WERE ANY GAY PLAYERS PLAYG FOR A UNTRY WHERE HOMOSEXUALY IS ILLEGAL
• MALAYSIA CUTS SHORT MIC FT AFTER BRISH BAND SLAMS ANTI-GAY LAWS, SGER KISS MALE BANDMATE
• JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE

Latvia swore the first openly gay print of a Baltic natn Rkēvičs, who sce 2011 was the untry’s foreign mister, was elected by Parliament May after Print Egils Levs did not seek re-electn.

”Rkēvičs “proudly” announced he is gay on Twter November 2014, though the untry, a former Soviet republic, is not pecially LGBTQ-clive. ” He said he knew there would be “mega hysteria, ” but he end wh the hashtag “#Proudtobegay. ”He is one of jt a few openly gay heads of state the world.

She is thought to be the first openly gay prime mister the was an active unnist her nearly 10 years workg as a flight attendant, acrdg to the Council of Women World Lears, a work of female heads of state. After the accatn, he said, he was chased down the street by reporters, one of whom yelled, “Yet they say you’re a homosexual! ”Xavier Bettel Prime Mister of Luxembourg (2013-prent)Luxembourg Prime Mister Xavier Bettel at a news nference Belgra, Serbia, on July Vojovic / APBettel was first elected prime mister of Luxembourg 2013, and 2018 he beme the first openly gay prime mister the world to be re-elected for a send marriage beme legal Luxembourg 2015, and the same year Bettel beme the first servg European Unn lear to marry a same-sex partner, the BBC recently cricized a Hungarian law that bans school tnal materials and TV shows for people unr 18 that are emed to promote LGBTQ ntent, Rters reported.

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

“To be natnally blamed, to be nsired as not normal, to be nsired as a danger for young people — ’s not realizg that beg gay is not a choice, ” Bettel said, acrdg to Rters. Gay, lbian and bisexual people n serve the ary, but transgenr people nnot.

“Hopefully this will blow over three or four days, and then I won’t be known as the gay mister, ” she told The Associated Prs at the Varadkar Prime Mister of Ireland (2017-20, 2022-prent)Irish Prime Mister Leo Varadkar Bssels on June 30. Ludovic Mar / AFP - Getty Imag fileVaradkar beme Ireland’s first openly gay Taoiseach, or prime mister, 2017 and served until 2020. The untry, where homosexualy is illegal, also nceled the remar of the Good Vib Ftival Saturday, which was supposed to n the rt of the weekend wh several other acts.

SHOCKG QUTN AT WOMEN'S WORLD CUP PRS NFERENCE 'ENDANGERED PLAYERS' AFTER REPORTER ASKED MOROC PTA WHETHER THERE WERE ANY GAY PLAYERS PLAYG FOR A UNTRY WHERE HOMOSEXUALY IS ILLEGAL

You are young people, and I’m sure a lot of you are gay and progrsive. Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay.

Per Outsports, as of September 2022, there have only ever been 16 players NFL history to publicly e out as gay or bisexual. Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player league history to announce that he is gay 2021. Per Outsports, Maxen is the “first publicly out male ach a major Amerin men’s pro sports league, ” wh WNBA ach Curt Miller, who publicly me out to the media as gay 2015, also a publicly out male ach an Amerin profsnal sports league.

Shockg qutn at Women’s World Cup prs nference ‘endangered players’ after reporter asked Moroc pta whether there were any gay players playg for a untry where homosexualy is illegalShockg moment World Cup prs nference Reporter asks if there are any gay Morocn playersHomosexualy is illegal the north Ain untry Updated: 08:08 BST, 24 July 2023. A FIFA reprentative has shut down a shockg qutn at a Women's World Cup prs nference that 'endangered' Morocn players by askg whether or not any were gay. But those ground-breakg players might have been 'endangered' by a rogue BBC reporter who asked pta Ghizlane Chebbak at Sunday's prs nference whether there were any gay players the same-sex relatnships for both men and women are illegal Moroc, and homosexualy is punishable by up to three years prison, was a qutn that stunned those attendance.

MALAYSIA CUTS SHORT MIC FT AFTER BRISH BAND SLAMS ANTI-GAY LAWS, SGER KISS MALE BANDMATE

Moroc pta Ghizlane Chebbak was left unimprsed after a reporter asked her if there were any gay players on the team. Homosexualy is illegal the north Ain untry Nouhaila Benza will bee the first player to wear a hijab at a Women's World Cup Morocn stars Fatima Tagnaout (left) and Ghizlane Chhiri (centre) check out Melbourne Rectangular Stadium ahead of their tournament opener agast GermanyA disappoted Chebbak bshed off the qutn FIFA morator quickly shut down the reporter, but for many punds the damage had already been done. 'One reporter here asked directly if there are gay players on the Morocn squad, given same-sex relatnships are illegal Moroc, ' she wrote on Twter.

Shockg qutn at Women's World Cup prs nference 'endangered players' after reporter asked Moroc pta whether there were any gay players playg for a untry where homosexualy is illegal. Several players on this team are openly gay, as has been the se wh recent World Cup and Olympic teams. "We have gay people.

Malaysia's ernment Saturday cut short a mic ftival after the lead sger of Brish band The 1975 slammed the untry's anti-gay laws and kissed a male bandmate durg their performance.

JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

Healey ed profany his speech cricizg the ernment's stance agast homosexualy, before kissg bass player Ross MacDonald. Homosexualy is a crime the untry that is punishable by up to 20 years prison and ng.

It wasn't the first time that Healy ed the stage to fend lbian and gay rights.

In 2019, he kissed a male fan durg a ncert the Uned Arab Emirat, which also outlaws homosexual acts, acrdg to media reports. Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player to be drafted when the then-St. Homosexual acts are illegal Malaysia and punishable by f and up to 20 years prison.

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

You are young people, and I’m sure a lot of you are gay and progrsive, ” he said addrsg the dience.

Homosexualy is a crime Mlim-majory Malaysia. Rights groups have warned of growg tolerance agast lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr vios posted on social media late on Friday, Healy was seen kissg bassist Ross MacDonald after cricizg Malaysia’s stance agast homosexualy a profany-lan speech to the ftival dience.

Not as easy as looks” was cricised for kissg a male fan at a 2019 ncert the Uned Arab Emirat, which also has laws agast homosexual acts, media reported.