Difference between revisions of "LGBTQ Head of State"
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* [[Rosario Crocetta]], Sicily | * [[Rosario Crocetta]], Sicily | ||
* [[Enrique IV de Castilla]], Spain | * [[Enrique IV de Castilla]], Spain | ||
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* [[Magnus Eriksson]], Sweden | * [[Magnus Eriksson]], Sweden | ||
* [[Per-Kristian Foss]], Norway | * [[Per-Kristian Foss]], Norway | ||
Revision as of 23:57, 16 July 2014
We have identified the following individuals as LGBTQ Heads of State.
In many of the historical cases, confirmation of the individual's homosexuality or bisexuality is a debated issue but, generally, historians accept the case. At the time, it would not have conformed to societal and religious norms of intolerance to declare one's homosexuality.
- Alexander the Great, Macedonia
- Xavier Bettel, Luxembourg
- James Buchanan, United States
- Rosario Crocetta, Sicily
- Enrique IV de Castilla, Spain
- Magnus Eriksson, Sweden
- Per-Kristian Foss, Norway
- Frederick the Great, Prussia
- Heliogabalus, also known as Elagabalus, Rome
- Kristina, Sweden
- Ludwig II, Bavaria
- Richard I Coeur de Lion, England
- Cecil Rhodes, South Africa
- Elio di Rupo, Belgium
- Johanna Siguroardottir, Iceland
- Claudius Nero Tiberius, Rome
