He drs well; he speaks well; his profsnal nduct is of the civilized sort. Is a surprise that the polician who is seen as likely to be the next German foreign mister is also openly gay?
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GERMANY MULLS REALI OF FIRST OPENLY GAY FOREIGN MISTER
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Is a surprise that the polician who is seen as likely to be the next German foreign mister is also openly gay?
But beg gay, while not a secret, is not part of Wterwells's profsnal curriculum vae. But the prospect of a gay foreign mister might ncern some voters who wonr how Wterwelle would al wh homophobic heads of state like Iran's Print Ahmadejad or other Arab lears.
" But a public show of beer guzzlg, the Tim suggted, would plate those who feared that tradnal valu might be lost on an openly gay man. As for how an out and proud gay foreign mister might get along wh anti-gay officials om theocratic natns, Wterwelle poted out that Merkel, the first female Chancellor, did not feel obliged to don a veil when meetg dignari om the Middle East. The article also noted that other GLBT lears around the world had gaed proment posns recent years, wh the mayors of Berl and Paris beg gay and the Prime Mister of Iceland beg openly lbian.
He had his public g-out five years ago at Angela Merkel’s 50th birthday party and now Guido Wterwelle is the ame to bee Europe’s first openly gay foreign mister. * german gay foreign minister *
His profsnal memberships clu the Natnal Lbian & Gay Journalists Associatn, the Boston Onle Film Crics Associatn, The Gay and Lbian Entertament Crics Associatn, and the Boston Theater Crics Associatn's Ellt Norton Awards Commtee. TIL that after Germany's openly-gay Foreign Mister lled the print of Belas Alexanr Lashenko "Europe's last dictator", Lashenko rpond that was "better to be a dictator than gay".
While gay policians have bee monplace the much of the Wt, mentators said Wterwelle’s sexual orientatn uld be an issue regns such as the Middle East and Asia where homosexualy is wily viewed as an abomatn. The left-leang daily Die Tagzeung, mourng the electn victory of the centre-right, tried to cheer up s rears wh an ironic list of s upsis cludg—at number two—a gay foreign mister. Gay rights groups hope Wterwelle will keep a pledge to punish untri wh rerds of persecutg homosexuals.
Cologne’s Stadt-Anzeiger daily noted that potential statns such as Afghanistan, Sdi Arabia, Mrania and Iran have strict Mlim sharia law mandatg the ath penalty for gay mal. But oped a gay German foreign mister uld be a most force for change certa parts of the world.