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 | Name | Party | Home state | Position | Note |
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1970 | Michael Roth | SPD | Hesse | Chair of the Bundestag Foreign Affairs Committee, MP | former Minister of State for Europe |
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 | |
1980 | Jens Spahn | CDU | North Rhine-Westphalia | MP, former Federal Minister of Health | |
1961 | Guido Westerwelle | FDP | North Rhine-Westphalia | MP, former Foreign Minister |
Birth year | Name | Party | Home state | Sexual and gender identity | Position | Note |
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1965 | Kay Gottschalk | AfD | North Rhine-Westphalia | Member of the Bundestag | former Deputy Leader of the AfD | |
1965 | Ursula Schauws | Greens | North Rhine-Westphalia | Lesbian | Member of the Bundestag | |
1966 | Jürgen Lenders | FDP | Hesse | Member of the Bundestag | ||
1968 | Matthias Miersch | SPD | Lower Saxony | Member of the Bundestag | ||
1969 | Stefan Kaufmann | CDU | Baden-Württemberg | Member of the Bundestag | ||
1973 | Falko Droßmann | SPD | Hamburg | Member of the Bundestag | ||
1970 | Michael Roth | SPD | Hesse | Chair of the Bundestag Foreign Affairs Committee, MP | former Minister of State for Europe | |
1974 | Lars Castellucci | SPD | Baden-Württemberg | Member of the Bundestag | ||
1976 | Timon Gremmels | SPD | Hesse | Member of the Bundestag | ||
1977 | Tessa Ganserer | Greens | Bavaria | Lesbian Transgender | Member of the Bundestag | |
1979 | Alice Weidel | AfD | Baden-Württemberg | Lesbian | Member of the Bundestag | federal party chairwoman of the AfD |
1979 | Sven Lehmann | Greens | North Rhine-Westphalia | Commissioner for LGBTIQ+ Equality, MP | ||
1980 | Jens Spahn | CDU | North Rhine-Westphalia | Member of the Bundestag | former Federal Minister of Health | |
1984 | Johannes Arlt | SPD | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Member of the Bundestag | ||
1984 | Andreas Audretsch | Greens | Berlin | Member of the Bundestag | ||
1984 | Falko Mohrs | SPD | Lower Saxony | Member of the Bundestag | ||
1985 | Matthias Mieves | SPD | Rhineland-Palatinate | Member of the Bundestag | ||
1985 | Wolfgang Stefinger | CSU | Bavaria | Member of the Bundestag | ||
1986 | Jens Brandenburg | FDP | Baden-Württemberg | Member of the Bundestag | ||
1989 | Kevin Kühnert | SPD | Berlin | Member of the Bundestag | former Juso federal chairman | |
1989 | Konstantin Kuhle | FDP | Lower Saxony | Member of the Bundestag | ||
1989 | Sepp Müller | CDU | Saxony-Anhalt | Member of the Bundestag | ||
1990 | Marlene Schönberger | Greens | Bavaria | Lesbian | Member of the Bundestag | |
1991 | Takis Mehmet Ali | SPD | Baden-Württemberg | Member of the Bundestag | ||
1992 | Jan Plobner | SPD | Bavaria | Member of the Bundestag | ||
1994 | Carlos Kasper | SPD | Saxony | Member of the Bundestag | ||
1994 | Nyke Slawik | Greens | North Rhine-Westphalia | Member of the Bundestag | ||
1994 | Ricarda Lang | Greens | Baden-Württemberg | Bisexual | Member of the Bundestag | federal party chairwoman of the Greens |
1996 | Bruno Hönel | Greens | Schleswig-Holstein | Member of the Bundestag | ||
1997 | Max Lucks | Greens | North Rhine-Westphalia | Member of the Bundestag | ||
1998 | Emilia Fester | Greens | Lower Saxony | Bisexual | Member of the Bundestag |
Birth year | Name | Party | Home state | Position | Note |
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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 |
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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 |
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1962 | Farid Müller | Greens | Hamburg | Member of the Bürgerschaft | |
1962 | Detlev Schulz-Hendel | Greens | Lower Saxony | Member of the Landtag | |
1964 | Frank-Christian Hansel | AfD | Berlin | Member of the Abgeordnetenhaus | |
1966 | Heiner Garg | FDP | Schleswig-Holstein | Member of the Landtag | State Chairman of the FDP Schleswig-Holstein, former State Minister |
1970 | Carsten Schatz | Left Party | Berlin | Member of the Abgeordnetenhaus | |
1971 | Arndt Klocke | Greens | North Rhine-Westphalia | Member of the Landtag | |
1973 | Kai Klose | Greens | Hesse | Member of the Landtag | |
1973 | Arne Platzbecker | SPD | Hamburg | Member of the Bürgerschaft | |
1973 | Jennifer Schubert | Greens | Thuringia | Member of the Landtag | |
1974 | Thomas de Jesus Fernandes | AfD | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Member of the Landtag | |
1974 | Klaus Lederer | Left Party | Berlin | Member of the Abgeordnetenhaus | |
1975 | Daniel Wesener | Greens | Berlin | Member of the Abgeordnetenhaus | |
1977 | Fabian Kirsch | SPD | Rhineland-Palatinate | Member of the Landtag | |
1979 | Katja Meier | Greens | Saxony | Member of the Landtag | |
1979 | Jan Redmann | CDU | Brandenburg | Member of the Landtag | |
1979 | Sebastian Walter | Greens | Berlin | Member of the Abgeordnetenhaus | |
1980 | Stefan Evers | CDU | Berlin | Member of the Abgeordnetenhaus | |
1981 | Sven Tritschler | AfD | North Rhine-Westphalia | Member of the Landtag | |
1981 | Matthias Vogler | AfD | Bavaria | Member of the Landtag | |
1982 | Josefine Paul | Greens | North Rhine-Westphalia | Member of the Landtag | |
1982 | Dennis Paustian-Döscher | Greens | Hamburg | Member of the Bürgerschaft | |
1983 | Maximilian Böltl | CSU | Bavaria | Member of the Landtag | |
1985 | René Gögge | Greens | Hamburg | Member of the Bürgerschaft | |
1986 | Marc Vallendar | AfD | Berlin | Member of the Abgeordnetenhaus | |
1989 | Vanessa Gronemann | Greens | Hesse | Member of the Landtag | |
1990 | Sascha Haas | SPD | Saarland | Member of the Landtag | |
1990 | Moritz Körner | FDP | North Rhine-Westphalia | Member of the Landtag | |
1991 | Simon Kuchinke | SPD | Hamburg | Member of the Bürgerschaft | |
1992 | Vasili Franco | Greens | Berlin | Member of the Abgeordnetenhaus | |
1995 | Felix Martin | Greens | Hesse | Member of the Landtag | |
1996 | Louis Krüger | Greens | Berlin | Member of the Landtag |
Birth year | Name | Party | State | Position | Note |
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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 |
Birth year | Name | Party | Position | Note |
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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 |
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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 |
Birth year | Name | Party | Name of the polity | Level | Position | Note |
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1959 | Richard Arnold | CDU | Schwäbisch Gmünd | Municipality | Mayor | |
1960 | Peter Hinze | SPD | Emmerich am Rhein | Municipality | Mayor | |
1960 | Reinhard Naumann | SPD | Charlottenburg-Willmersdorf | City borough | Borough Mayor | |
1961 | Thomas Niederbühl | Pink List | Munich | Municipality | City Councilor | first openly gay city councilor to be elected from a LGBT political organization in Europe |
1962 | Pit Clausen | SPD | Bielefeld | Municipality | Mayor | |
1964 | Monika Herrmann | Greens | Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg | City borough | Borough Mayor | |
1967 | Michael Ebling | SPD | Mainz | Municipality | Mayor | |
1968 | Helmut Metzner | FDP | ||||
1970 | Torsten Ilg | FWK | Cologne | Municipality | City Councilor | |
1973 | Thomas Kufen | CDU | Essen | Municipality | Mayor | |
1973 | Christian Vorländer | SPD | Munich | |||
1974 | Sven Gerich | SPD | Wiesbaden | Municipality | Mayor | |
1978 | Silvio Witt | Independent | Neubrandenburg | Municipality | Mayor | |
1984 | Michael Adam | SPD | Bodenmais | Municipality | Mayor | former Landrat of Regen |
1986 | Oliver Gortat | FW | Sipplingen | Municipality | Mayor | |
1989 | Felix Heinrichs | SPD | Mönchengladbach | Municipality | Mayor | |
Robert Kühn | SPD | Bad Wiessee | Municipality | |||
Sven Partheil-Böhnke | FDP | Timmendorf | Municipality | Mayor | ||
Neidhard Varnhorn | CDU | Cloppenburg | Municipality | Mayor |
Birth year | Name | Party | Name of the polity | Level | Position | Note |
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1949 | Alexander Miklosy | Pink List | Ludwigsvorstadt-Isarvorstadt | City borough | Borough Mayor | |
1956 | Rolf Ohler | CDU | Wiesbaden | City Councilor | ||
1959 | Richard Arnold | CDU | Schwäbisch Gmünd | Municipality | Mayor | |
1961 | Hermann Brem | Greens | Munich | former chairman of the Young Liberals | ||
1968 | Andreas Matthae | SPD | Berlin-Kreuzberg | City borough | Borough Mayor | |
Michael Gabel | Pro Cologne | Cologne | Municipality | City Councilor |
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