Gay presidents in the world

Here are the four leaders currently in office or elected to the top job. Before she made history in the Senate, Sinema made history when she was elected to the House inbecoming the first openly bisexual member of either chamber of Congress. Parker, who served as mayor fromis also the only person in Houston history to have ever served as mayor, council member and controller of the city.

Edgars Rinkēvičs. Sinema announced in March that she would not run for re-election this year. As Edgars Rinkēvičs becomes the first openly gay president in Latvia’s history, here’s a glimpse at other openly gay heads of state from around the world. Position: President-elect. Country: Latvia. Politicians openly identifying themselves as members of the LGBTQ community have served as national leaders in nine sovereign states.

From the US’ Pete Buttigieg, to Germany’s Jens Spahn and Serbia’s Ana Brnabić, there are more openly gay and lesbian politicians in senior governments around the globe than ever before.

France has welcomed its first-ever out gay prime minister in the form of Gabriel Attal, with the year-old joining a small but fast-growing list of LGBTQ+ people have served as heads of state or government in recent years, either as prime minister, president, or something else.

As of Juneit's still rare for a head of government to be openly LGBTQ+. InGunderson was the president Republican in Congress to vote against the Defense of Marriage Act, which allowed states to refuse to recognize same-sex marriages performed in states that permitted such unions. France has welcomed its first-ever out gay prime minister in the form of Gabriel Attal, with the year-old joining a small but fast-growing list of LGBTQ+ people have served as heads of state or government in recent years, either as prime minister, president, or something else.

Steve GundersonR-Wis. Gunderson served in Congress from until Aya Kamikawa, who serves as a Tokyo municipal official in the Setagaya City Council, became Japan's first out transgender elected official in She serves one of the most populous districts in Tokyo. On April 2,Michigan student Kathy Kozachenko was elected to the Ann Arbor City Council, making her the first openly gay person elected to public office in the U.

While she served only a single term, Kozachenko opened a door to LGBTQ representation in politics when the community was rapidly gaining visibility in American society. Here is a look at government leaders who have world history by publicly coming out as. Mark Takano, D-Calif. Amid these tensions, however, world leaders are breaking down barriers for LGBTQ+ representation in politics.

Barbara Jordan became the first Black woman elected to the Texas Senate inand six years later, inshe made history again by becoming the first woman and first Black person elected to Congress from the state. Edgars Rinkēvičs. Country: Latvia. Edgars Rinkēvičs was the first government official to come out in Latvia, tweeting in"I proudly announce I am gay.

It is increasingly common to see people of LGBT background in elected office around the world. Position: President-elect. Harvey Milk became the first openly gay elected official in California — and one of the first in the country — when he was elected to the Gay Francisco Board of Supervisors in Less than a year after he was elected, Milk, 48, was assassinated by the sole supervisor who voted against the ordinance, becoming a martyr and an icon in the LGBTQ community.

Edgars Rinkēvičs was the first government official to come out in Latvia, tweeting in"I proudly announce I am gay. As laws and culture change, equal representation in halls of government can become a reality. Of those countries, two have had an openly LGBTQ head of state, who serves as the country's public persona. Here are the four leaders currently in office or elected to the top job. To date, there have been five openly LGBTQ+ people who have served as a national head of government, in Iceland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Ireland, and Serbia -- but gay, bisexual, lesbian, and even.

Of those countries, two have had an openly LGBTQ head of state, who serves as the country's public persona. Frank served in Congress from until he retired in Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis. As of Juneit's still rare the a head of government to be openly LGBTQ+. Intwo years before her death, Bill Clinton awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her work as a political trailblazer.

Polis made history again when he was elected governor of Colorado a decade later, becoming the first openly gay man elected governor of any U. Polis was re-elected in by a wide margin. Politicians openly identifying themselves as members of the LGBTQ community have served as national leaders in nine sovereign states. InFrank married his longtime partner, James Ready, becoming the first member of Congress in a same-sex marriage.

Elaine Noble became the first openly gay person elected to statewide office in the U. Former Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass. Jared Polis, D-Colo. Now, more than a decade later, Takano is still serving his Southern California district.