Role models of greatness.

Here you will discover the back stories of kings, titans of industry, stellar athletes, giants of the entertainment field, scientists, politicians, artists and heroes – all of them gay or bisexual men. If their lives can serve as role models to young men who have been bullied or taught to think less of themselves for their sexual orientation, all the better. The sexual orientation of those featured here did not stand in the way of their achievements.

Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Gabriel Attal

Photo by Antoine Lamielle, 2017

Born in 1989, openly gay Attal (age 35) is a French politician who served as Prime Minister of France from January to September, 2024. As a member of the Renaissance party, he rapidly rose up the political ranks following his election to the National Assembly in 2017. He became the Junior Minister to the Minister of National Education and Youth in 2018, which made him the youngest person to serve in the French government; the Spokesperson of the government in 2020; the Minister of Public Action and Accounts in 2022; and the Minister of National Education and Youth in 2023.

On January 9, 2024, amid a government crisis, he was appointed by French president Emmanuel Macron to replace Elisabeth Borne as prime minister. At the age of 34, he became the youngest person and the first openly gay person to serve as French prime minister. He was outed by a former school associate in 2018. At the time, he was in a relationship with Stéphane Séjourné (b. 1985), Macron's former political advisor during his 2017 presidential election campaign. Attal and Séjourné were domestic partners (civil union) from 2015-2022.

 

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