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• LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
• LGBTQ GROUPS CELEBRATE LATVIA ELECTG E.U.’S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRINT
• EU’S FIRST OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE ELECTED BY LATVIAN ASSEMBLY
• LATVIAN PARLIAMENT ELECTS FIRST OPENLY GAY PRINT OF A BALTIC NATN
• NEW LATVIAN PRINT BE FIRST OPENLY GAY EU HEAD OF STATE
• GAY MAN ELECTED AS PRINT OF LATVIA
• LATVIA'S RKēVIčS ELECTED PRINT, FIRST OPENLY GAY LEAR THE BALTICS
• LATVIA SWEARS EDGARS RKEVICS AS EU'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRINT
• LATVIA ELECTS EDGARS RKEVICS AS PRINT – THE FIRST OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE EUROPE

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.

LGBTQ GROUPS CELEBRATE LATVIA ELECTG E.U.’S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRINT

”He is one of jt a few openly gay heads of state the world.

EU’S FIRST OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE ELECTED BY LATVIAN ASSEMBLY

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.

LATVIAN PARLIAMENT ELECTS FIRST OPENLY GAY PRINT OF A BALTIC NATN

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. “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.

NEW LATVIAN PRINT BE FIRST OPENLY GAY EU HEAD OF STATE

Lawmakers Latvia have chosen Foreign Mister Edgars Rkevics as the untry’s new print, makg him the first openly gay head of state the European 49-year-old’s electn — which was falized as the Latvian pal of Riga was kickg off Pri celebratns — was celebrated by gay rights activists across Europe.

GAY MAN ELECTED AS PRINT OF LATVIA

It also highlights the wing gulf between Latvia, which was occupied by the Soviet Unn for about a half-century, and war Ukrae has brought creasgly harsh tactics agast gay Rsians at home. Attus toward gay people and others of non-heterosexual orientatns have historilly been ls tolerant the three Baltic natns — Estonia, Latvia and Lhuania — than Wtern Europe.

Rkevics — a center-right polician who has served as foreign mister for more than a — me out 2014, announcg on Twter that he was “proud to be gay. Photographer: Gts Ivkans/AFP/Getty ImagLatvia’s parliament elected long-time Foreign Mister Edgars Rkevics as the Baltic natn’s new print, makg him the European Unn’s first openly gay head of state.

LATVIA'S RKēVIčS ELECTED PRINT, FIRST OPENLY GAY LEAR THE BALTICS

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Rkēvičs, who announced 2014 that he is “proudly” homosexual, will be the first openly gay print the Baltic natns — all former Soviet republics where attus to sexual mori have been ls tolerant than wtern clost rival, bsman Uldis Pīlēns, got 25 vot the third round of votg between the two remag ntenrs after the third ndidate, Elīna Pto, had dropped out of the the vote, Rkēvičs tweeted that he was “honored and humbled” by the Parliament’s cisn and pledged “to serve the people of Latvia well. Edgars Rkevics was sworn as Latvia's print on Saturday, beg the European Unn's first openly gay head of state. July 8 (UPI) -- Edgars Rkevics was sworn as Latvia's print on Saturday, beg the first openly gay head of state the European Unn.

He me out as gay 2014 and has been a champn of LGBTQ rights.

LATVIA SWEARS EDGARS RKEVICS AS EU'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRINT

He’s also the first print the EU or any NATO untry who’s openly gay. This ed a massive uproar Latvian society—cludg people who tradnally hold anti-gay views, bee this wasn’t a bate—somethg that both sis of the argument wanted to happen, wh evince-based argument—but an outright refal to do their jobs as elected reprentativ of the people.

LATVIA ELECTS EDGARS RKEVICS AS PRINT – THE FIRST OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE EUROPE

There’s a sire among much of the public to get rid of the Soviet cultural legacy, where homosexualy was illegal and nsired by many to be dirty, mostly through the fluence of the ever-prent prison culture. His sexual orientatn also plays a part— the Soviet Unn, homosexualy was a crimal offense, punishable by up to five years prison on paper, and often longer practice.

His succs and populary, spe beg openly gay the tradnally nservative Latvian society, shows that he’s able to al wh difficult suatns, operate well unr strs, and has a rpectable amount of urage. Latvia has elected a gay man, Edgars Rkēvičs, as print, a first for Baltic natns and the European Latvia, as many other natns wh parliamentary systems, the print is elected by Parliament and serv a largely ceremonial role as head of state. Rkēvičs will be gurated July 8 for a four-year Your Se ArticlRsian Authori Deta Gay Refugee, Activists Fear He's Beg Tortured ›Pri Paras Csed Rsia-Ukrae War, Says Rsian Church Lear ›Put Claims 'Gay Nazis' Behd Ukraian Unrt ›Even Durg War, Ukrae's Zelensky Works to Advance LGBTQ+ Rights ›The Legacy of the World's First Out Lbian Prime Mister ›Lbian Prime Mister Appoted Serbia ›A Lbian Prime Mister Overse a New Gay Era for Serbia ›Gay Irish Prime Mister Weled at Whe Hoe for St.