List of LGBTQ politicians in Germany

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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.

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Federal Cabinet

PortraitNamePositionTermPartySexual or gender identityNotesRef.
Guido-westerwelle-fdp-hamm-2013.jpg Guido Westerwelle

(1961–2016)

Vice-Chancellor of Germany 2009–2011 Free Democratic Party Gay [1] [2]
Minister for Foreign Affairs 2009–2013
Barbara Hendricks 2014-10-24 (cropped).jpg Barbara Hendricks

(born 1952)

Federal Minister for the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety 2013–2018 Social Democratic Party of Germany Lesbian [3] [4]
2019-07-08-Michael Roth (Politiker)-hart aber fair-6452.jpg Michael Roth

(born 1970)

Minister of State for Europe at the Federal Foreign Office 2013–2021 Social Democratic Party of Germany Gay [5] [6]
2025-05-05 Unterzeichnung des Koalitionsvertrages der 21. Wahlperiode des Bundestages (Martin Rulsch) 170.jpg Jens Spahn

(born 1980)

Federal Minister of Health 2018–2021 Christian Democratic Union of Germany Gay [7] [8]

Bundestag/Reichstag

Since 1949

Incumbent

PortraitNamePositionTermPartySexual or gender identityNotesRef.
2019-07-08-Michael Roth (Politiker)-hart aber fair-6452.jpg Michael Roth

(born 1970)

Minister of State for Europe at the Federal Foreign Office 1998–2025 Social Democratic Party of Germany Gay [5] [6]
2025-05-05 Unterzeichnung des Koalitionsvertrages der 21. Wahlperiode des Bundestages by Sandro Halank-039.jpg Matthias Miersch

(born 1968)

Member of the Bundestag2005–present Social Democratic Party of Germany

LGBTQ

[9] [10]
Ulle Schauws.(2024).jpg Ursula Schauws

(born 1966)

Member of the Bundestag2013–present Alliance 90/The Greens Lesbian [11]
2020-07-02 Kay Gottschalk AfD MdB by OlafKosinsky 2667.jpg Kay Gottschalk

(born 1965)

Member of the Bundestag2017–present Alternative for Germany

Gay

former Deputy Leader of the AfD [12] [13] [14]
2016-02-04 Jurgen Lenders - MdL Hessen - 3338-2.jpg Jürgen Lenders

(born 1966)

Member of the Bundestag2021–2025 Free Democratic Party

LGBTQ

[15] [16] [17]
MJK 67723 Stefan Kaufmann (Bundestag 2020).jpg Stefan Kaufmann

(born 1969)

Member of the Bundestag2009–2021 Christian Democratic Union of Germany

Gay

First openly gay man in the CDU [18] [19] [20] [21]
2024–2025
Andy-Grote Falko-Drossmann Markus-Schreiber (cropped).jpg Falko Droßmann

(born 1973)

Member of the Bundestag2021–presentSPD

Gay

[22] [23]
Castellucci, Lars-9272.jpg Lars Castellucci

(born 1974)

Member of the Bundestag2013–presentSPD

Gay

[24] [25] [26]
2016-02-04 Timon Gremmels - MdL Hessen - 3379-2-Bearbeitet.jpg Timon Gremmels

(born 1976)

Member of the Bundestag2017–2024SPD

Gay

[27] [28]
2021-07-10 Tessa Ganserer 0112 Crop.JPG Tessa Ganserer

(born 1977)

Member of the Bundestag2021–2025Greens Transgender [29] [30] [31] [32]
Alice Weidel at CPAC Hungary.jpg Alice Weidel

(born 1979)

Member of the Bundestag2017–presentAfD Lesbian federal party chairwoman of the AfD [33] [34] [35]
ColognePride 2021, CSD-Veedel-3930.jpg Sven Lehmann

(born 1979)

Member of the Bundestag2017–presentGreens

Gay

[36] [37] [38]
Federal Government Commissioner for the Acceptance of Sexual and Gender Diversity 2022–2025
2025-05-05 Unterzeichnung des Koalitionsvertrages der 21. Wahlperiode des Bundestages (Martin Rulsch) 170.jpg Jens Spahn

(born 1980)

Member of the Bundestag2002–present Christian Democratic Union of Germany Gay [7] [8]
Johannes Arlt (cropped).png Johannes Arlt

(born 1984)

Member of the Bundestag2021–2024SPD

Gay

[39] [40] [41] [42]
MKr368720 Andreas Audretsch (BDK 2025) (cropped).jpg Andreas Audretsch

(born 1984)

Member of the Bundestag2021–presentGreens

Gay

[43] [44]
Falko Mohrs (2021) cropped.jpg Falko Mohrs

(born 1984)

Member of the Bundestag2017–2022SPD

Gay

[45] [46] [47]
Wolfgang Stefinger 2020 by Jenny Paul - (04.2).jpg Wolfgang Stefinger

(born 1985)

Member of the Bundestag2013–presentCSU

Gay

[48] [49]
Maischberger - 2019-03-06-6434.jpg Kevin Kühnert

(born 1989)

Member of the Bundestag2021–2025SPD

Gay

former Juso federal chairman [50] [51] [52] [53]
Konstantin Kuhle 2025.jpg Konstantin Kuhle

(born 1989)

Member of the Bundestag2021–2025FDP

LGBTQ

[54] [55] [56]
Sepp Müller

(born 1989)

Member of the Bundestag2017–presentCDU

Gay

[57] [48]
LDK Hirschaid B90 LDK Marlene Schonberger Dez 2024 44 (cropped).jpg Marlene Schönberger

(born 1990)

Member of the Bundestag2021–presentGreens LGBTQ [58] [59] [60]
Takis Mehmet Ali (2021).jpg Takis Mehmet Ali

(born 1991)

Member of the Bundestag2021–2024SPD

Gay

[61] [62] [63]
Carlos Kasper (2021).jpg Carlos Kasper

(born 1994)

Member of the Bundestag2021–2025SPD

Queer

[64] [65] [66]
Nyke Slawik MdB im Gesprach mit der Letzten Generation (cropped and rotated).jpg Nyke Slawik

(born 1994)

Member of the Bundestag2021–presentGreens

Transgender

[67] [68] [69]
2025-03-31-Ricarda Lang-Hart aber fair-2799.jpg Ricarda Lang

(born 1994)

Member of the Bundestag2021–presentGreens Bisexual federal party chairwoman of the Greens [70] [71]
Bruno Hönel

(born 1996)

Member of the Bundestag2021–presentGreens

Gay

[72] [73] [74] [75]
Max Lucks (2023).jpg Max Lucks

(born 1997)

Member of the Bundestag2021–presentGreens

Gay

[76] [77]
Emilia Fester

(born 1998)

Member of the Bundestag2021–2025Greens Bisexual [78] [79] [80]
Lin Lindner  [ de ]

(born 1994)

Member of the Bundestag2025–present Die Linke Non-binary [81] [82]
Lisa Schubert

(born 2002)

Member of the Bundestag2025–present Die Linke Non-binary [83] [84]
2024-11-25-Felix Banaszak-Hart aber fair-0975.jpg Felix Banaszak

(born 1989)

Member of the Bundestag2021–present Alliance 90/The Greens Bisexual [85] [86]

Former

Birth yearNamePartyHome statePositionNote
1941 Jutta Oesterle-Schwerin Greensformer Member of the Bundestag
1947 Jörg van Essen FDPNorth Rhine-Westphaliaformer Member of the Bundestag
1949 Thomas Sattelberger FDPBavariaformer Member of the Bundestag
1952 Barbara Hendricks SPDNorth Rhine-Westphaliaformer Federal Environment Minister, former MP
1952 Christian Schenk PDS, Greensformer Member of the Bundestagcame out as trans after tenure ended
1952 Herbert Rusche Greens, PiratesHesseformer Member of the Bundestag
1953 Karl-Heinz Brunner SPDBavariaformer Member of the Bundestag
1954 Reinhold Robbe SPDLower Saxonyformer Member of the Bundestag
1956 Birgitt Bender GreensBaden-Württembergformer Member of the Bundestag
1957 Karin Binder Left Partyformer Member of the Bundestag
1957 Uwe Schummer CDUNorth Rhine-Westphaliaformer Member of the Bundestag
1960 Volker Beck GreensNorth Rhine-Westphaliaformer Member of the Bundestag
1960 Bettina Herlitzius GreensNorth Rhine-Westphaliaformer Member of the Bundestag
1961 Guido Westerwelle FDPNorth Rhine-Westphaliaformer Foreign Minister, former MP
1962 Harald Petzold Left PartyBrandenburgformer Member of the Bundestag
1963 Anja Hajduk GreensHamburgformer Member of the Bundestag
1963 Michael Hartmann SPDRhineland-Palatinateformer Member of the Bundestag
1963 Johannes Kahrs SPDHamburgformer Member of the Bundestag
1964 Achim Kessler Left PartyHesseformer Member of the Bundestag
1965 Bernd Fabritius CSUBavariaformer Member of the Bundestag
1966 Lutz Heilmann Left PartySchleswig-Holsteinformer Member of the Bundestag
1967 Michael Kauch FDPNorth Rhine-Westphaliaformer Member of the Bundestag
1968 Wolfgang Wetzel GreensSaxonyformer Member of the Bundestag
1969 Sebastian Edathy SPDLower Saxonyformer Member of the Bundestag
1972 Gerhard Schick GreensBaden-Württembergformer Member of the Bundestag
1973 Sabine Jünger Left PartyMecklenburg-Vorpommernformer Member of the Bundestag
1975 Matthias Höhn Left PartySaxony-Anhaltformer Member of the Bundestag
1976 Doris Achelwilm Left PartyBremenformer Member of the Bundestag

Before 1949

Birth yearNamePartyHome statePositionNote
1854Friedrich Alfred Krupp FkP Prussiaformer Member of the Reichstag
1887 Ernst Röhm NSFP, NSDAP Bavariaformer member of the Reich Defense Council, former MPformer leader of the SA
1897 Edmund Heines NSDAPBavariaformer Member of the Reichstag

State-level

Since 1949

Incumbent

Birth yearNamePartyStatePositionNote
1962 Farid Müller GreensHamburgMember of the Bürgerschaft
1962 Detlev Schulz-Hendel GreensLower SaxonyMember of the Landtag
1964 Frank-Christian Hansel AfDBerlinMember of the Abgeordnetenhaus
1966 Heiner Garg FDPSchleswig-HolsteinMember of the LandtagState Chairman of the FDP Schleswig-Holstein, former State Minister
1970 Carsten Schatz Left PartyBerlinMember of the Abgeordnetenhaus
1971 Arndt Klocke GreensNorth Rhine-WestphaliaMember of the Landtag
1973 Kai Klose GreensHesseMember of the Landtag
1973 Arne Platzbecker SPDHamburgMember of the Bürgerschaft
1973 Jennifer Schubert GreensThuringiaMember of the Landtag
1974 Thomas de Jesus Fernandes AfDMecklenburg-VorpommernMember of the Landtag
1974 Klaus Lederer Left PartyBerlinMember of the Abgeordnetenhaus
1975 Daniel Born SPDBaden-WürttembergMember of the Landtag
1975 Daniel Wesener GreensBerlinMember of the Abgeordnetenhaus
1977 Fabian Kirsch SPDRhineland-PalatinateMember of the Landtag
1979 Katja Meier GreensSaxonyMember of the Landtag
1979 Jan Redmann CDUBrandenburgMember of the Landtag
1979 Sebastian Walter GreensBerlinMember of the Abgeordnetenhaus
1980 Stefan Evers CDUBerlinMember of the Abgeordnetenhaus
1981 Sven Tritschler AfDNorth Rhine-WestphaliaMember of the Landtag
1981 Matthias Vogler AfDBavariaMember of the Landtag
1982 Josefine Paul GreensNorth Rhine-WestphaliaMember of the Landtag
1982 Dennis Paustian-Döscher GreensHamburgMember of the Bürgerschaft
1983 Maximilian Böltl CSUBavariaMember of the Landtag
1985 René Gögge GreensHamburgMember of the Bürgerschaft
1986 Marc Vallendar AfDBerlinMember of the Abgeordnetenhaus
1989 Vanessa Gronemann GreensHesseMember of the Landtag
1990 Sascha Haas SPDSaarlandMember of the Landtag
1990 Moritz Körner FDPNorth Rhine-WestphaliaMember of the Landtag
1991 Simon Kuchinke SPDHamburgMember of the Bürgerschaft
1992 Vasili Franco GreensBerlinMember of the Abgeordnetenhaus
1995 Felix Martin GreensHesseMember of the Landtag
1996 Louis Krüger GreensBerlinMember of the Landtag

Former

Birth yearNamePartyStatePositionNote
1939 Helga Schuchardt FDP, SPDHamburg/Lower Saxonyformerly held multiple ministerial positions in both states
1948 Stephan Holthoff-Pförtner CDUNorth Rhine-Westphaliaformer State Minister for European Affairs, former MP
1949 Ute Pape SPDHamburgformer Senator, former MP
1950 Anne Klein Greens, IndependentBerlinformer Senator, former MP
1953 Klaus Wowereit SPDBerlinformer Mayor
1955 Ole von Beust CDUHamburgformer First Mayor of Hamburg, former MP
1954 Roger Kusch CDUHamburgformer Justice Senator
1959 Karin Wolff CDUHesseformer Minister of Education
1960 Anja Kofbinger GreensBerlinformer Member of the Abgeordnetenhaus
1960 Peter Kurth CDU, IndependentBerlinformer State Minister of Finance, former MPformer candidate for mayor of Cologne
1960 Lutz Johannsen SPDHamburgformer Member of the Bürgerschaft
1960 Albert Eckert Greens, IndependentBerlinformer Member of the Abgeordnetenhaus
1961 Sibyll-Anka Klotz GreensBerlinformer Member of the Abgeordnetenhaus
1964 Dietrich Wersich CDUHamburgformer Member of the Bürgerschaft
1966 Hakan Taş Left PartyBerlinformer Member of the Abgeordnetenhaus
1968 Markus Klaer CDUBerlinformer Member of the Abgeordnetenhaus
1968 Andreas Matthae SPDBerlinformer Member of the Abgeordnetenhaus
1970 Alexander Tassis AfDBremenformer Member of the Bürgerschaftformer leader of the Alternative Homosexuals
1971 Dirk Behrendt GreensBerlinformer Member of the Abgeordnetenhaus
1972 Chris Bollenbach CDUNorth Rhine-Westphaliaformer Member of the Landtag
1972 Gerwald Claus-Brunner PiratesBerlinformer Member of the Abgeordnetenhaus
1973 Holger Arppe AfD, IndependentMecklenburg-Vorpommernformer Member of the Landtagformer city councilor in Rostock, was expelled from his party
1973 Roland Heintze CDUHamburgformer Member of the Bürgerschaft
1973 Sabine Jünger Left PartyMecklenburg-Vorpommernformer Member of the Landtag
1973 Jan Stöß SPD, IndependentBerlinformer Member of the Abgeordnetenhausformer SPD state chairman
1973 Marc Ratajczak CDUNorth Rhine-Westphaliaformer Member of the Landtag
1975 Nicola Böcker-Giannini SPDBerlinformer member of Abgeordnetenhaus Berlin
1975 Matthias Höhn Left PartySaxonyformer Member of the Landtag
1975 Sascha Steuer CDUBerlinformer Member of the Abgeordnetenhaus
1976 David Profit GreensRhineland-Palatinateformer Member of the Landtag
1977 Philipp-Sebastian Kühn SPDHamburgformer Member of the Bürgerschaft
1978 Andreas Baum PiratesBerlinformer Member of the Abgeordnetenhaus
1978 Tom Schreiber SPDBerlinformer Member of the Abgeordnetenhaus
1979 Patrick Schreiber CDUSaxonyformer Member of the Landtag
1982 Robert Bläsing FDPHamburgformer Member of the Bürgerschaft
1984 Stefan Gruhner CDUThuringiaformer Member of the Landtag
1986 Rasmus Andresen GreensSchleswig-Holsteinformer Member of the Landtag
1990 Elisabeth Kula Left PartyHesseformer Member of the Landtag

Members of the European Parliament

Birth yearNamePartyPositionNote
1986 Rasmus Andresen GreensMember of the European Parliament for Germany
1987 Terry Reintke GreensLeader of the Greens–European Free Alliance in the European Parliament, MEP

Former

Birth yearNamePartyPositionNote
1954 Lissy Gröner Greensformer Member of the European Parliament for Germany
1970 Holger Krahmer FDPformer Member of the European Parliament for Germany
1986 Felix Reda Piratesformer Member of the European Parliament for Germanycame out as trans after tenure ended

Municipal-level

Birth yearNamePartyName of the polityLevelPositionNote
1959 Richard Arnold CDU Schwäbisch Gmünd MunicipalityMayor
1960Peter HinzeSPD Emmerich am Rhein MunicipalityMayor
1960Reinhard NaumannSPD Charlottenburg-Willmersdorf City boroughBorough Mayor
1961Thomas Niederbühl Pink List Munich MunicipalityCity Councilorfirst openly gay city councilor to be elected from a LGBT political organization in Europe
1962 Pit Clausen SPD Bielefeld MunicipalityMayor
1964Monika HerrmannGreens Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg City boroughBorough Mayor
1967 Michael Ebling SPD Mainz MunicipalityMayor
1968Helmut MetznerFDP
1970Torsten Ilg FWK Cologne MunicipalityCity Councilor
1973 Thomas Kufen CDU Essen MunicipalityMayor
1973Christian VorländerSPD Munich
1974 Sven Gerich SPD Wiesbaden MunicipalityMayor
1978Silvio WittIndependent Neubrandenburg MunicipalityMayor
1984 Michael Adam SPD Bodenmais MunicipalityMayorformer Landrat of Regen
1986 Oliver Gortat FW Sipplingen MunicipalityMayor
1989 Felix Heinrichs SPD Mönchengladbach MunicipalityMayor
Robert KühnSPD Bad Wiessee Municipality
Sven Partheil-BöhnkeFDP Timmendorf MunicipalityMayor
Neidhard VarnhornCDU Cloppenburg MunicipalityMayor

Former

Birth yearNamePartyName of the polityLevelPositionNote
1949Alexander Miklosy Pink List Ludwigsvorstadt-Isarvorstadt City boroughBorough Mayor
1956Rolf OhlerCDU Wiesbaden City Councilor
1959 Richard Arnold CDU Schwäbisch Gmünd MunicipalityMayor
1961Hermann BremGreens Munich former chairman of the Young Liberals
1968Andreas MatthaeSPD Berlin-Kreuzberg City boroughBorough Mayor
Michael Gabel Pro Cologne Cologne MunicipalityCity Councilor

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