A Time.com article to be published on January 18 stresses the rise of several homosexuals in various locations throughout Europe. Of these, the most widely publicized case is that of Johanna Sigurdardottir, Prime Minister of Iceland, who was elected last February, thus becoming the first openly lesbian world leader.
What is interesting is that sexual orientation Sigurdardottir has received little media attention transasia schedule inside the | Iceland. Margret Bjornsdottir, director of the Institute of Public Administration and Policy, University of Iceland, told Time: "The media silence echoed the sentiment of the public. No one cared about her sexual orientation. Being gay is not a major issue here. It is considered common. "
Although very pro-homosexual culture of Iceland is rare, is not the only place where you see growing acceptance of homosexuality among elected officials. There are 11 men and women openly gay, two ministers in the British Parliament. There, both parties have adopted measures to accommodate homosexuality transasia schedule with open arms: the most important conservative authorities in October tested their anti-homosexual reputation organizing the "first official gay night" party in a gay bar in Manchester as part of a party conference more wide.
In France, President Nicolas Sarkozy appointed Frédéric Mitterrand, gay television presenter, as Minister of Culture in June. The Mayor of Paris, Bertrand Delanoë, Socialist Party member and homosexual, is considered a potential candidate for the French presidency in 2012.
Although it was not a government official, James Rennie, chief executive of Scottish LGBT Youth, was considered the most important advisor to the Scottish Executive on gay youth affairs before being arrested transasia schedule as suspected leader of a vast network of pedophilia in May last year .
American politics is a different story: in accordance with the public opinion transasia schedule polls that show a much lower level of satisfaction with homosexual leaders in the US than in Europe, homosexuals occupy a smaller fraction of important elected positions. Time reports that, according to the homosexual group of political activism Victory Fund, 450 of the 511,000 government positions are occupied by homosexuals.
However, President Obama is helping to change this climate with controversial gay appointments to prominent ministerial positions. He recently was criticized by pro-family organizations for choosing Amanda Mitchell, a transsexual man, as a senior technical adviser at the Ministry of Commerce.
The fact that Obama selected the known homosexual leader Kevin Jennings to the office transasia schedule of "safe schools" White House also sparked controversy after it was revealed that Jennings was executive director of the Gay Education Network, Lesbian and Straight (GLSEN) when group taught sexually violent practices for teenagers Boston in what became known as the scandal "Fistgate". Critics also pointed to the fact that the group promoted a very pornographic literature list for grade children 7-12 while Jennings was in charge.
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