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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

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Portrait Name Office Years in office Sexual orientation/
gender identity 		Notes Ref.
  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
  Adolfo Mesquita Nunes
(born 1977) 		Secretary of State for Tourism 2013–2015 Gay Outed in 2018 [3][4]
  Graça Fonseca
(born 1971) 		Secretary of State of Administrative Modernisation 2015–2018 Lesbian Outed in 2017 [5][6]
Minister of Culture 2018–2022
  Paulo Rangel
(born 1968) 		Minister of State and Foreign Affairs 2024–present Gay Outed in 2021 [7][8]

National parliament

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Portrait Name Office Years in office Sexual orientation/
gender identity 		Notes Ref.
  Carlos Lobo de Ávila
(1860–1895) 		Member of the Cortes 1878–1895 Gay First gay parliamentary member [1][2]
  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]
  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]
  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]
  Adolfo Mesquita Nunes
(born 1977) 		Member of the Assembly of the Republic 2011–2013 Gay Outed in 2018 [3][14]
  Sandra Cunha
(born 1972) 		Member of the Assembly of the Republic 2015–2021 Lesbian [15][16]
  Alexandre Quintanilha
(born 1945) 		Member of the Assembly of the Republic 2015–2024 Gay [17][18]

European Parliament

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Portrait Name Office Years in office Sexual orientation/
gender identity 		Notes Ref.
  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

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Municipal councils and government

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Portrait Name Council Years in office Sexual orientation/
gender identity 		Notes Ref.
  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
  Adolfo Mesquita Nunes
(born 1977) 		Member of the Lisbon City Council 2002–2003 Gay Outed in 2018 [3][20]
  Graça Fonseca
(born 1971) 		Member of the Lisbon City Council 2009–2015 Lesbian Outed in 2017 [5][21]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Lobo de Ávila (Carlos Orta)". arqnet.pt (in Portuguese).
  2. ^ a b António Fernando Cascais: O marquês de Valada e a tragicomédia da inversão. Lisbon: NOVA Lisbon University, 2018. (in Portuguese)
  3. ^ 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).
  4. ^ "AdolfoMesquitaNune". portugal.gov.pt (in Portuguese).
  5. ^ a b Sonia Sapage (26 August 2017). "O gesto histórico de Graça Fonseca que também foi incómodo" (in Portuguese) – via PressReader.
  6. ^ "New ministers for Defence, Culture, Health and Economy". algarvedailynews.com. 14 October 2018.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ a b "Paulo Rangel". portal.gov.pl.
  9. ^ "Paulo Range". parlamento.pt (in Portuguese).
  10. ^ "Miguel Vale de Almeida". parlamento.pt (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 27 December 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  11. ^ 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).
  12. ^ "Mariana Mortágua". parlamento.pt (in Portuguese).
  13. ^ "Mariana Mortágua assume publicamente homossexualidade. 'Sou uma mulher lésbica. E vou continuar a ser quem sou'". observador.pt (in Portuguese). 24 April 2023.
  14. ^ "Adolfo MesquitaNune". parlamento.pt (in Portuguese).
  15. ^ "Sandra Mestre da Cunha". parlamento.pt (in Portuguese).
  16. ^ Sandra Cunha (12 June 2019). "Sandra Cunha: 'Não estamos ainda livres do preconceito e da homofobia'". vogue.pt (in Portuguese).
  17. ^ "Alexandre Quintanilha". parlamento.pt (in Portuguese).
  18. ^ "Escritor Eduardo Pitta casou com companheiro". publico.pt (in Portuguese). 31 July 2010.
  19. ^ 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.
  20. ^ "Adolfo Mesquita Nunes". cds.parlamento.pt (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 22 September 2012.
  21. ^ "Graça Fonseca". portugal.gov.pt (in Portuguese).
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