Even if one might not agree with her politics Icelanders should be proud to have first elected the world’s first female president and more recently the first openly gay prime minister. In the case of Jóhanna it was never an issue that she was gay. Icelanders were quite surprised that the international media made such a big deal about it. todaisy: On this day (Feb 1), 2009 Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir became the first female prime minister of Iceland and the world’s first openly gay head of government.

Even if one might not agree with her politics Icelanders should be proud to have first elected the world’s first female president and more recently the first openly gay prime minister. In the case of Jóhanna it was never an issue that she was gay. Icelanders were quite surprised that the international media made such a big deal about it.

todaisy:

On this day (Feb 1), 2009 Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir became the first female prime minister of Iceland and the world’s first openly gay head of government.

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