Têtu, according to Politico’s European edition. The full Têtu interview will be published Wednesday.Beaune, 39, said he wanted to show that being gay was “not an obstacle” to becoming a government minister, similar to a cabinet position in the U.S.
President Emmanuel Macron named him minister for European affairs in July, and his duties include managing France’s economic and political relationships with other European nations, plus promoting human rights around the continent.
He had held several government posts previously.His support for LGBTQ+ rights isn’t self-serving, he told Têtu. “I wouldn’t want people to say I am fighting against ‘LGBT-free’ zones because I am gay,” he said. “It would be insulting to say I am leading that fight for.