List of LGBT politicians in Portugal
The following is a list of individuals who have been elected to a political office in Portugal, who fall under the umbrella of LGBT identities, including gay, lesbian, bisexual and/or transgender individuals
Government ministers
[edit]| Portrait | Name | Office | Years in office | Sexual orientation/ gender identity |
Notes | Ref. |
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Carlos Lobo de Ávila (1860–1895) |
Minister of Public Works, Commerce and Industry | 1883–1894 | Gay | First gay government minister | [1][2] |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | 1894–1895 | |||||
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Adolfo Mesquita Nunes (born 1977) |
Secretary of State for Tourism | 2013–2015 | Gay | Outed in 2018 | [3][4] |
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Graça Fonseca (born 1971) |
Secretary of State of Administrative Modernisation | 2015–2018 | Lesbian | Outed in 2017 | [5][6] |
| Minister of Culture | 2018–2022 | |||||
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Paulo Rangel (born 1968) |
Minister of State and Foreign Affairs | 2024–present | Gay | Outed in 2021 | [7][8] |
National parliament
[edit]| Portrait | Name | Office | Years in office | Sexual orientation/ gender identity |
Notes | Ref. |
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Carlos Lobo de Ávila (1860–1895) |
Member of the Cortes | 1878–1895 | Gay | First gay parliamentary member | [1][2] |
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Paulo Rangel (born 1968) |
Member of the Assembly of the Republic | 2005–2009 | Gay | First gay politician elected to the Assembly of the Republic; outed in 2021 | [7][9] |
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Miguel Vale de Almeida (born 1960) |
Member of the Assembly of the Republic | 2009–2011 | Gay | First openly gay politician elected to the Assembly of the Republic | [10][11] |
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Mariana Mortágua (born 1986) |
Member of the Assembly of the Republic | 2013–present | Lesbian | First lesbian member of the Assembly of the Republic | [12][13] |
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Adolfo Mesquita Nunes (born 1977) |
Member of the Assembly of the Republic | 2011–2013 | Gay | Outed in 2018 | [3][14] |
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Sandra Cunha (born 1972) |
Member of the Assembly of the Republic | 2015–2021 | Lesbian | [15][16] | |
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Alexandre Quintanilha (born 1945) |
Member of the Assembly of the Republic | 2015–2024 | Gay | [17][18] |
European Parliament
[edit]| Portrait | Name | Office | Years in office | Sexual orientation/ gender identity |
Notes | Ref. |
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Paulo Rangel (born 1968) |
Member of the European Parliament for Portugal | 2009–2024 | Gay | First gay member of the European Parliament representing Portugal; outed in 2021 | [7][8] |
Sub-national level
[edit]Municipal councils and government
[edit]| Portrait | Name | Council | Years in office | Sexual orientation/ gender identity |
Notes | Ref. |
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José de Meneses da Silveira e Castro (1826–1895) |
Civil Governor of Braga | 1870, 1877–1878, 1884–1886 | Gay or bisexual | First gay or bisexual appointed government official; outed in 1881 | [19] |
| Deputy Civil Governor of Lisbon | 1881 | |||||
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Adolfo Mesquita Nunes (born 1977) |
Member of the Lisbon City Council | 2002–2003 | Gay | Outed in 2018 | [3][20] |
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Graça Fonseca (born 1971) |
Member of the Lisbon City Council | 2009–2015 | Lesbian | Outed in 2017 | [5][21] |
References
[edit]- ^ Jump up to: a b "Lobo de Ávila (Carlos Orta)". arqnet.pt (in Portuguese).
- ^ Jump up to: a b António Fernando Cascais: O marquês de Valada e a tragicomédia da inversão. Lisbon: NOVA Lisbon University, 2018. (in Portuguese)
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Filipe Santos Costa (18 February 2018). "Adolfo Mesquita Nunes: 'Acredito no mundo global e vivo muito bem nele'". expresso.pt (in Portuguese).
- ^ "AdolfoMesquitaNune". portugal.gov.pt (in Portuguese).
- ^ Jump up to: a b Sonia Sapage (26 August 2017). "O gesto histórico de Graça Fonseca que também foi incómodo" (in Portuguese) – via PressReader.
- ^ "New ministers for Defence, Culture, Health and Economy". algarvedailynews.com. 14 October 2018.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Rangel fala publicamente sobre a sua homossexualidade: 'Não é problema nenhum, é uma coisa que nunca escondi'". observador.pt (in Portuguese). 4 September 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Paulo Rangel". portal.gov.pl.
- ^ "Paulo Range". parlamento.pt (in Portuguese).
- ^ "Miguel Vale de Almeida". parlamento.pt (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 27 December 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
- ^ Bernardo Mendonça; João Ribeiro (3 May 2024). "Miguel Vale de Almeida: 'A reparação histórica que importa é a dos efeitos do colonialismo, é a desigualdade por causa do racismo'". expresso.pt (in Portuguese).
- ^ "Mariana Mortágua". parlamento.pt (in Portuguese).
- ^ "Mariana Mortágua assume publicamente homossexualidade. 'Sou uma mulher lésbica. E vou continuar a ser quem sou'". observador.pt (in Portuguese). 24 April 2023.
- ^ "Adolfo MesquitaNune". parlamento.pt (in Portuguese).
- ^ "Sandra Mestre da Cunha". parlamento.pt (in Portuguese).
- ^ Sandra Cunha (12 June 2019). "Sandra Cunha: 'Não estamos ainda livres do preconceito e da homofobia'". vogue.pt (in Portuguese).
- ^ "Alexandre Quintanilha". parlamento.pt (in Portuguese).
- ^ "Escritor Eduardo Pitta casou com companheiro". publico.pt (in Portuguese). 31 July 2010.
- ^ Robert Howes, Robert: "Concerning the Eccentricities of the Marquis of Valada: Politics, Culture and Homosexuality in Fin-de-Siècle Portugal". Sexualities. vol. 5 (25), 2002, p. 25–48.
- ^ "Adolfo Mesquita Nunes". cds.parlamento.pt (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 22 September 2012.
- ^ "Graça Fonseca". portugal.gov.pt (in Portuguese).