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The following is a list of gay, lesbian, bisexual and/or transgender individuals who have been elected as members of the Bundestag, European Union, state parliaments, local parliaments, to positions of leadership, or parliaments of the entities that preceded the modern Federal Republic of Germany and its states.
| Birth year
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Name
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Party
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Home state
|
Position
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Note
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| 1970
|
Michael Roth
|
SPD
|
Hesse
|
Chair of the Bundestag Foreign Affairs Committee, MP
|
former Minister of State for Europe
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| Birth year
|
Name
|
Party
|
Home state
|
Position
|
Note
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| 1952
|
Barbara Hendricks
|
SPD
|
North Rhine-Westphalia
|
former Federal Environment Minister, former MP
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|
| 1980
|
Jens Spahn
|
CDU
|
North Rhine-Westphalia
|
MP, former Federal Minister of Health
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|
| 1961
|
Guido Westerwelle
|
FDP
|
North Rhine-Westphalia
|
MP, former Foreign Minister
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|
Bundestag/Reichstag
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| Birth year
|
Name
|
Party
|
Home state
|
Position
|
Note
|
| 1941
|
Jutta Oesterle-Schwerin
|
Greens
|
|
former Member of the Bundestag
|
|
| 1947
|
Jörg van Essen
|
FDP
|
North Rhine-Westphalia
|
former Member of the Bundestag
|
|
| 1949
|
Thomas Sattelberger
|
FDP
|
Bavaria
|
former Member of the Bundestag
|
|
| 1952
|
Barbara Hendricks
|
SPD
|
North Rhine-Westphalia
|
former Federal Environment Minister, former MP
|
|
| 1952
|
Christian Schenk
|
PDS, Greens
|
|
former Member of the Bundestag
|
came out as trans after tenure ended
|
| 1952
|
Herbert Rusche
|
Greens, Pirates
|
Hesse
|
former Member of the Bundestag
|
|
| 1953
|
Karl-Heinz Brunner
|
SPD
|
Bavaria
|
former Member of the Bundestag
|
|
| 1954
|
Reinhold Robbe
|
SPD
|
Lower Saxony
|
former Member of the Bundestag
|
|
| 1956
|
Birgitt Bender
|
Greens
|
Baden-Württemberg
|
former Member of the Bundestag
|
|
| 1957
|
Karin Binder
|
Left Party
|
|
former Member of the Bundestag
|
|
| 1957
|
Uwe Schummer
|
CDU
|
North Rhine-Westphalia
|
former Member of the Bundestag
|
|
| 1960
|
Volker Beck
|
Greens
|
North Rhine-Westphalia
|
former Member of the Bundestag
|
|
| 1960
|
Bettina Herlitzius
|
Greens
|
North Rhine-Westphalia
|
former Member of the Bundestag
|
|
| 1961
|
Guido Westerwelle
|
FDP
|
North Rhine-Westphalia
|
former Foreign Minister, former MP
|
|
| 1962
|
Harald Petzold
|
Left Party
|
Brandenburg
|
former Member of the Bundestag
|
|
| 1963
|
Anja Hajduk
|
Greens
|
Hamburg
|
former Member of the Bundestag
|
|
| 1963
|
Michael Hartmann
|
SPD
|
Rhineland-Palatinate
|
former Member of the Bundestag
|
|
| 1963
|
Johannes Kahrs
|
SPD
|
Hamburg
|
former Member of the Bundestag
|
|
| 1964
|
Achim Kessler
|
Left Party
|
Hesse
|
former Member of the Bundestag
|
|
| 1965
|
Bernd Fabritius
|
CSU
|
Bavaria
|
former Member of the Bundestag
|
|
| 1966
|
Lutz Heilmann
|
Left Party
|
Schleswig-Holstein
|
former Member of the Bundestag
|
|
| 1967
|
Michael Kauch
|
FDP
|
North Rhine-Westphalia
|
former Member of the Bundestag
|
|
| 1968
|
Wolfgang Wetzel
|
Greens
|
Saxony
|
former Member of the Bundestag
|
|
| 1969
|
Sebastian Edathy
|
SPD
|
Lower Saxony
|
former Member of the Bundestag
|
|
| 1972
|
Gerhard Schick
|
Greens
|
Baden-Württemberg
|
former Member of the Bundestag
|
|
| 1973
|
Sabine Jünger
|
Left Party
|
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
|
former Member of the Bundestag
|
|
| 1975
|
Matthias Höhn
|
Left Party
|
Saxony-Anhalt
|
former Member of the Bundestag
|
|
| 1976
|
Doris Achelwilm
|
Left Party
|
Bremen
|
former Member of the Bundestag
|
|
| Birth year
|
Name
|
Party
|
Home state
|
Position
|
Note
|
| 1854
|
Friedrich Alfred Krupp
|
FkP
|
Prussia
|
former Member of the Reichstag
|
|
| 1887
|
Ernst Röhm
|
NSFP, NSDAP
|
Bavaria
|
former member of the Reich Defense Council, former MP
|
former leader of the SA
|
| 1897
|
Edmund Heines
|
NSDAP
|
Bavaria
|
former Member of the Reichstag
|
|
| Birth year
|
Name
|
Party
|
State
|
Position
|
Note
|
| 1939
|
Helga Schuchardt
|
FDP, SPD
|
Hamburg/Lower Saxony
|
formerly held multiple ministerial positions in both states
|
|
| 1948
|
Stephan Holthoff-Pförtner
|
CDU
|
North Rhine-Westphalia
|
former State Minister for European Affairs, former MP
|
|
| 1949
|
Ute Pape
|
SPD
|
Hamburg
|
former Senator, former MP
|
|
| 1950
|
Anne Klein
|
Greens, Independent
|
Berlin
|
former Senator, former MP
|
|
| 1953
|
Klaus Wowereit
|
SPD
|
Berlin
|
former Mayor
|
|
| 1955
|
Ole von Beust
|
CDU
|
Hamburg
|
former First Mayor of Hamburg, former MP
|
|
| 1954
|
Roger Kusch
|
CDU
|
Hamburg
|
former Justice Senator
|
|
| 1959
|
Karin Wolff
|
CDU
|
Hesse
|
former Minister of Education
|
|
| 1960
|
Anja Kofbinger
|
Greens
|
Berlin
|
former Member of the Abgeordnetenhaus
|
|
| 1960
|
Peter Kurth
|
CDU, Independent
|
Berlin
|
former State Minister of Finance, former MP
|
former candidate for mayor of Cologne
|
| 1960
|
Lutz Johannsen
|
SPD
|
Hamburg
|
former Member of the Bürgerschaft
|
|
| 1960
|
Albert Eckert
|
Greens, Independent
|
Berlin
|
former Member of the Abgeordnetenhaus
|
|
| 1961
|
Sibyll-Anka Klotz
|
Greens
|
Berlin
|
former Member of the Abgeordnetenhaus
|
|
| 1964
|
Dietrich Wersich
|
CDU
|
Hamburg
|
former Member of the Bürgerschaft
|
|
| 1966
|
Hakan Taş
|
Left Party
|
Berlin
|
former Member of the Abgeordnetenhaus
|
|
| 1968
|
Markus Klaer
|
CDU
|
Berlin
|
former Member of the Abgeordnetenhaus
|
|
| 1968
|
Andreas Matthae
|
SPD
|
Berlin
|
former Member of the Abgeordnetenhaus
|
|
| 1970
|
Alexander Tassis
|
AfD
|
Bremen
|
former Member of the Bürgerschaft
|
former leader of the Alternative Homosexuals
|
| 1971
|
Dirk Behrendt
|
Greens
|
Berlin
|
former Member of the Abgeordnetenhaus
|
|
| 1972
|
Chris Bollenbach
|
CDU
|
North Rhine-Westphalia
|
former Member of the Landtag
|
|
| 1972
|
Gerwald Claus-Brunner
|
Pirates
|
Berlin
|
former Member of the Abgeordnetenhaus
|
|
| 1973
|
Holger Arppe
|
AfD, Independent
|
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
|
former Member of the Landtag
|
former city councilor in Rostock, was expelled from his party
|
| 1973
|
Roland Heintze
|
CDU
|
Hamburg
|
former Member of the Bürgerschaft
|
|
| 1973
|
Sabine Jünger
|
Left Party
|
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
|
former Member of the Landtag
|
|
| 1973
|
Jan Stöß
|
SPD, Independent
|
Berlin
|
former Member of the Abgeordnetenhaus
|
former SPD state chairman
|
| 1973
|
Marc Ratajczak
|
CDU
|
North Rhine-Westphalia
|
former Member of the Landtag
|
|
| 1975
|
Nicola Böcker-Giannini
|
SPD
|
Berlin
|
former member of Abgeordnetenhaus Berlin
|
| 1975
|
Matthias Höhn
|
Left Party
|
Saxony
|
former Member of the Landtag
|
|
| 1975
|
Sascha Steuer
|
CDU
|
Berlin
|
former Member of the Abgeordnetenhaus
|
|
| 1976
|
David Profit
|
Greens
|
Rhineland-Palatinate
|
former Member of the Landtag
|
|
| 1977
|
Philipp-Sebastian Kühn
|
SPD
|
Hamburg
|
former Member of the Bürgerschaft
|
|
| 1978
|
Andreas Baum
|
Pirates
|
Berlin
|
former Member of the Abgeordnetenhaus
|
|
| 1978
|
Tom Schreiber
|
SPD
|
Berlin
|
former Member of the Abgeordnetenhaus
|
|
| 1979
|
Patrick Schreiber
|
CDU
|
Saxony
|
former Member of the Landtag
|
|
| 1982
|
Robert Bläsing
|
FDP
|
Hamburg
|
former Member of the Bürgerschaft
|
|
| 1984
|
Stefan Gruhner
|
CDU
|
Thuringia
|
former Member of the Landtag
|
|
| 1986
|
Rasmus Andresen
|
Greens
|
Schleswig-Holstein
|
former Member of the Landtag
|
|
| 1990
|
Elisabeth Kula
|
Left Party
|
Hesse
|
former Member of the Landtag
|
|
Members of the European Parliament
[edit]
| Birth year
|
Name
|
Party
|
Position
|
Note
|
| 1986
|
Rasmus Andresen
|
Greens
|
Member of the European Parliament for Germany
|
|
| 1987
|
Terry Reintke
|
Greens
|
Leader of the Greens–European Free Alliance in the European Parliament, MEP
|
|
| Birth year
|
Name
|
Party
|
Position
|
Note
|
| 1954
|
Lissy Gröner
|
Greens
|
former Member of the European Parliament for Germany
|
|
| 1970
|
Holger Krahmer
|
FDP
|
former Member of the European Parliament for Germany
|
|
| 1986
|
Felix Reda
|
Pirates
|
former Member of the European Parliament for Germany
|
came out as trans after tenure ended
|
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