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Luxembourg's prime minister Xavier Bettel and Serbia's prime minister Ana Brnabi?. (Twitter)
Two openly gay world leaders – Luxembourg’s prime minister Xavier Bettel and Serbia’s prime minister Ana Brnabi? – were pictured together in an incredible display of LGBT+ power.
Xavier Bettel and Ana Brnabi? posed with their partners on Sunday, September 8, ahead of a state visit to discuss Serbia’s proposed accession to the EU.
It marked one of the first times that two openly LGBT+ world leaders have joined forces, following an earlier summit in Belgrade and Bettel’s meeting with Irish taoiseach Leo Varadkar in June.
On Twitter, the LGBT+ community were quick to celebrate the “historic” photo.
Bettel became Luxembourg’s first (and the world’s third) openly gay prime minister in 2013. He married architect Gauthier Destenay in May 2015, shortly after his government introduced marriage equality.
Upon taking office in June 2017, Brnabi? declared that she did not want to be branded “Serbia’s gay PM”.
Rather, she said, she would like to be known for her “competence, professionalism and trustworthiness”.
While many acknowledged that the fairness of this request, there is a widely-held frustration that LGBT+ rights have
“She comes from a protected environment, [so] if you ask her, of course [she will say] there is no homophobia,” Dragoslava Barzut, an LGBT+ activist, told the Calvert Journal.
Amnesty noted that Brnabi? attended Belgrade Pride in 2017, which “was welcomed by some as progress”.
“However, the authorities failed to protect LGBTI individuals and organisations from discrimination, threats and physical attacks,” Amnesty continued.
“In April, the UN Human Rights Committee urged Serbia to implement hate crime legislation effectively, and to introduce a procedure for legal gender recognition compatible with international standards.”
Brnabi?’s partner Milica Djurdjic gave birth to the couple’s first child in February.
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not advanced under Brnabi?’s leadership.
SiZE; https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/09/1...7kdxwtJbIrb6NQ
Luxembourg's prime minister Xavier Bettel and Serbia's prime minister Ana Brnabi?. (Twitter)
Two openly gay world leaders – Luxembourg’s prime minister Xavier Bettel and Serbia’s prime minister Ana Brnabi? – were pictured together in an incredible display of LGBT+ power.
Xavier Bettel and Ana Brnabi? posed with their partners on Sunday, September 8, ahead of a state visit to discuss Serbia’s proposed accession to the EU.
It marked one of the first times that two openly LGBT+ world leaders have joined forces, following an earlier summit in Belgrade and Bettel’s meeting with Irish taoiseach Leo Varadkar in June.
On Twitter, the LGBT+ community were quick to celebrate the “historic” photo.
Bettel became Luxembourg’s first (and the world’s third) openly gay prime minister in 2013. He married architect Gauthier Destenay in May 2015, shortly after his government introduced marriage equality.
Upon taking office in June 2017, Brnabi? declared that she did not want to be branded “Serbia’s gay PM”.
Rather, she said, she would like to be known for her “competence, professionalism and trustworthiness”.
While many acknowledged that the fairness of this request, there is a widely-held frustration that LGBT+ rights have
“She comes from a protected environment, [so] if you ask her, of course [she will say] there is no homophobia,” Dragoslava Barzut, an LGBT+ activist, told the Calvert Journal.
Amnesty noted that Brnabi? attended Belgrade Pride in 2017, which “was welcomed by some as progress”.
“However, the authorities failed to protect LGBTI individuals and organisations from discrimination, threats and physical attacks,” Amnesty continued.
“In April, the UN Human Rights Committee urged Serbia to implement hate crime legislation effectively, and to introduce a procedure for legal gender recognition compatible with international standards.”
Brnabi?’s partner Milica Djurdjic gave birth to the couple’s first child in February.
More: ana brnabic, Luxembourg, Serbia, Xavier Bettel
not advanced under Brnabi?’s leadership.
SiZE; https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/09/1...7kdxwtJbIrb6NQ
