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* '''[[Leo Varadkar]]''' became the new [[Taoiseach]] (Prime Minister) of [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] and leader of the [[Fine Gael]] party, after winning 51 of the 73 votes in the parliamentary party. He was the first openly gay Taoiseach, as well as the youngest and the first of half-Indian descent. He is fourth openly LGBT [[head of government]] in Europe.<ref>{{cite web|last=Healy |first=Claire |url=https://www.thesun.ie/news/1082271/leo-varadkar-set-to-become-irelands-youngest-ever-and-first-gay-taoiseach-after-beating-simon-coveney-to-be-crowned-fine-gael-leader/ |title=Leo Varadkar set to become Ireland's youngest ever and first gay Taoiseach - after beating Simon Coveney to be crowned Fine Gael leader |publisher=Thesun.ie |date=2017 |accessdate=2017-06-03}}</ref>
* [[Paul Feinman]] became the '''first openly gay judge on the [[New York Court of Appeals]].'''<ref>{{cite web|author=Published 3:54 p.m. ET June 21, 2017 |url=http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/politics/albany/2017/06/21/new-yorks-top-court-gets-first-openly-gay-judge/103079984/ |title=Paul Feinman becomes first gay judge on New York's top court |publisher=Democratandchronicle.com |date= |accessdate=2017-06-22}}</ref>
* [[Alex Hai]] came out as a transgender man, thus becoming '''the first openly transgender person to be a gondolier in Venice.'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.west-info.eu/dont-call-me-alexandra-word-of-the-first-transgender-gondolier/ |title=Don’t call me Alexandra, word of the first transgender gondolier - WEST |publisher=West-info.eu |date=2007-10-19 |accessdate=2017-06-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Tom Kington |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/alexandra-hai-venice-s-first-female-gondolier-to-have-a-sex-change-qhz7k9tqb |title=Venice’s first female gondolier, to have a sex change | World | The Times & The Sunday Times |publisher=Thetimes.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2017-06-23}}</ref>
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