List of LGBTQ politicians in Germany

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.

Federal Cabinet PortraitNamePositionTermPartyNotesGuido Westerwelle (1961–2016)Vice-Chancellor of Germany2009–2011Free Democratic PartyMinister for Foreign Affairs2009–2013Barbara Hendricks (born 1952)Federal Minister for the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety2013–2018Social Democratic Party of GermanyMichael Roth (born 1970)Minister of State for Europe at the Federal Foreign Office2013–2021Social Democratic Party of GermanyJens Spahn (born 1980)Federal Minister of Health2018–2021Christian Democratic Union of Germany

Bundestag/Reichstag

Since 1949

Incumbent

PortraitNamePositionTermPartyNotesMichael Roth (born 1970)Minister of State for Europe at the Federal Foreign Office1998–2025Social Democratic Party of GermanyMatthias Miersch (born 1968)Member of the Bundestag2005–presentSocial Democratic Party of GermanyUrsula Schauws (born 1966)Member of the Bundestag2013–presentAlliance 90/The GreensKay Gottschalk (born 1965)Member of the Bundestag2017–presentAlternative for Germanyformer Deputy Leader of the AfDJürgen Lenders (born 1966)Member of the Bundestag2021–2025Free Democratic PartyStefan Kaufmann (born 1969)Member of the Bundestag2009–2021Christian Democratic Union of GermanyFirst openly gay man in the CDU2024–2025Falko Droßmann (born 1973)Member of the Bundestag2021–presentSPDLars Castellucci (born 1974)Member of the Bundestag2013–presentSPDTimon Gremmels (born 1976)Member of the Bundestag2017–2024SPDTessa Ganserer (born 1977)Member of the Bundestag2021–2025GreensAlice Weidel (born 1979)Member of the Bundestag2017–presentAfDfederal party chairwoman of the AfDSven Lehmann (born 1979)Member of the Bundestag2017–presentGreensFederal Government Commissioner for the Acceptance of Sexual and Gender Diversity2022–2025Jens Spahn (born 1980)Member of the Bundestag2002–presentChristian Democratic Union of Germany Johannes Arlt (born 1984)Member of the Bundestag2021–2024SPDAndreas Audretsch (born 1984)Member of the Bundestag2021–presentGreensFalko Mohrs (born 1984)Member of the Bundestag2017–2022SPDWolfgang Stefinger (born 1985)Member of the Bundestag2013–presentCSUKevin Kühnert (born 1989)Member of the Bundestag2021–2025SPDformer Juso federal chairmanKonstantin Kuhle (born 1989)Member of the Bundestag2021–2025FDPSepp Müller (born 1989)Member of the Bundestag2017–presentCDUMarlene Schönberger (born 1990)Member of the Bundestag2021–presentGreensTakis Mehmet Ali (born 1991)Member of the Bundestag2021–2024SPDCarlos Kasper (born 1994)Member of the Bundestag2021–2025SPDNyke Slawik (born 1994)Member of the Bundestag2021–presentGreensRicarda Lang (born 1994)Member of the Bundestag2021–presentGreensfederal party chairwoman of the GreensBruno Hönel (born 1996)Member of the Bundestag2021–presentGreensMax Lucks (born 1997)Member of the Bundestag2021–presentGreensEmilia Fester (born 1998)Member of the Bundestag2021–2025GreensLin Lindner (born 1994)Member of the Bundestag2025–presentDie LinkeLisa Schubert (born 2002)Member of the Bundestag2025–presentDie LinkeFelix Banaszak (born 1989)Member of the Bundestag2021–presentAlliance 90/The GreensTobias Ebenberger (born 1990)Member of the Bundestag2025–presentAlternative for GermanyBundestag.de: Biographyggg.at: Das sind die LGBT-Abgeordneten im Bundestag 2025

Former Birth yearNamePartyHome statePositionNote1941Jutta Oesterle-SchwerinGreensformer Member of the Bundestag1947Jörg van EssenFDPNorth Rhine-Westphaliaformer Member of the Bundestag1949Thomas SattelbergerFDPBavariaformer Member of the Bundestag1952Barbara HendricksSPDNorth Rhine-Westphaliaformer Federal Environment Minister, former MP1952Christian SchenkPDS, Greensformer Member of the Bundestagcame out as trans after tenure ended1952Herbert RuscheGreens, PiratesHesseformer Member of the Bundestag1953Karl-Heinz BrunnerSPDBavariaformer Member of the Bundestag1954Reinhold RobbeSPDLower Saxonyformer Member of the Bundestag1956Birgitt BenderGreensBaden-Württembergformer Member of the Bundestag1957Karin BinderLeft Partyformer Member of the Bundestag1957Uwe SchummerCDUNorth Rhine-Westphaliaformer Member of the Bundestag1960Volker BeckGreensNorth Rhine-Westphaliaformer Member of the Bundestag1960Bettina HerlitziusGreensNorth Rhine-Westphaliaformer Member of the Bundestag1961Guido WesterwelleFDPNorth Rhine-Westphaliaformer Foreign Minister, former MP1962Harald PetzoldLeft PartyBrandenburgformer Member of the Bundestag1963Anja HajdukGreensHamburgformer Member of the Bundestag1963Michael HartmannSPDRhineland-Palatinateformer Member of the Bundestag1963Johannes KahrsSPDHamburgformer Member of the Bundestag1964Achim Kessler Left PartyHesseformer Member of the Bundestag1965Bernd FabritiusCSUBavariaformer Member of the Bundestag1966Lutz HeilmannLeft PartySchleswig-Holsteinformer Member of the Bundestag1967Michael KauchFDPNorth Rhine-Westphaliaformer Member of the Bundestag1968Wolfgang WetzelGreensSaxonyformer Member of the Bundestag1969Sebastian EdathySPDLower Saxonyformer Member of the Bundestag1972Gerhard SchickGreensBaden-Württembergformer Member of the Bundestag1973Sabine JüngerLeft PartyMecklenburg-Vorpommernformer Member of the Bundestag1975Matthias HöhnLeft PartySaxony-Anhaltformer Member of the Bundestag1976Doris AchelwilmLeft PartyBremenformer Member of the Bundestag

Before 1949

Birth yearNamePartyHome statePositionNote1854Friedrich Alfred KruppFkPPrussiaformer Member of the Reichstag1887Ernst RöhmNSFP, NSDAPBavariaformer member of the Reich Defense Council, former MPformer leader of the SA1897Edmund HeinesNSDAPBavariaformer Member of the Reichstag

State-level

Since 1949

Incumbent Birth yearNamePartyStatePositionNote1962Farid MüllerGreensHamburgMember of the Bürgerschaft1962Detlev Schulz-HendelGreensLower SaxonyMember of the Landtag1964Frank-Christian HanselAfDBerlinMember of the Abgeordnetenhaus1966Heiner GargFDPSchleswig-HolsteinMember of the LandtagState Chairman of the FDP Schleswig-Holstein, former State Minister1970Carsten SchatzLeft PartyBerlinMember of the Abgeordnetenhaus1971Arndt KlockeGreensNorth Rhine-WestphaliaMember of the Landtag1973Kai KloseGreensHesseMember of the Landtag1973Arne PlatzbeckerSPDHamburgMember of the Bürgerschaft1973Jennifer SchubertGreensThuringiaMember of the Landtag1974Thomas de Jesus FernandesAfDMecklenburg-VorpommernMember of the Landtag1974Klaus LedererLeft PartyBerlinMember of the Abgeordnetenhaus1975Daniel BornSPDBaden-WürttembergMember of the Landtag1975Daniel WesenerGreensBerlinMember of the Abgeordnetenhaus1977Fabian KirschSPDRhineland-PalatinateMember of the Landtag1979Katja Meier GreensSaxonyMember of the Landtag1979Jan RedmannCDUBrandenburgMember of the Landtag1979Sebastian WalterGreensBerlinMember of the Abgeordnetenhaus1980Stefan Evers CDUBerlinMember of the Abgeordnetenhaus1980Werner GrafGreensBerlinMember of the Abgeordnetenhaus1981Sven TritschlerAfDNorth Rhine-WestphaliaMember of the Landtag1981Matthias VoglerAfDBavariaMember of the Landtag1982Josefine Paul GreensNorth Rhine-WestphaliaMember of the Landtag1982Dennis Paustian-DöscherGreensHamburgMember of the Bürgerschaft1983Maximilian BöltlCSUBavariaMember of the Landtag1985René Gögge GreensHamburgMember of the Bürgerschaft1986Marc VallendarAfDBerlinMember of the Abgeordnetenhaus1989Vanessa GronemannGreensHesseMember of the Landtag1990Sascha Haas SPDSaarlandMember of the Landtag1990Moritz KörnerFDPNorth Rhine-WestphaliaMember of the Landtag1991Simon KuchinkeSPDHamburgMember of the Bürgerschaft1992Vasili FrancoGreensBerlinMember of the Abgeordnetenhaus1995Felix MartinGreensHesseMember of the Landtag1996Louis KrügerGreensBerlinMember of the Landtag

Former Birth yearNamePartyStatePositionNote1939Helga SchuchardtFDP, SPDHamburg/Lower Saxonyformerly held multiple ministerial positions in both states1948Stephan Holthoff-PförtnerCDUNorth Rhine-Westphaliaformer State Minister for European Affairs, former MP1949Ute PapeSPDHamburgformer Senator, former MP1950Anne KleinGreens, IndependentBerlinformer Senator, former MP1953Klaus WowereitSPDBerlinformer Mayor1955Ole von BeustCDUHamburgformer First Mayor of Hamburg, former MP1954Roger KuschCDUHamburgformer Justice Senator1959Karin WolffCDUHesseformer Minister of Education1960Anja KofbingerGreensBerlinformer Member of the Abgeordnetenhaus1960Peter KurthCDU, IndependentBerlinformer State Minister of Finance, former MPformer candidate for mayor of Cologne1960Lutz JohannsenSPDHamburgformer Member of the Bürgerschaft1960Albert EckertGreens, IndependentBerlinformer Member of the Abgeordnetenhaus1961Sibyll-Anka KlotzGreensBerlinformer Member of the Abgeordnetenhaus1964Dietrich WersichCDUHamburgformer Member of the Bürgerschaft1966Hakan TaşLeft PartyBerlinformer Member of the Abgeordnetenhaus1968Markus KlaerCDUBerlinformer Member of the Abgeordnetenhaus1968Andreas MatthaeSPDBerlinformer Member of the Abgeordnetenhaus1970Alexander TassisAfDBremenformer Member of the Bürgerschaftformer leader of the Alternative Homosexuals1971Dirk BehrendtGreensBerlinformer Member of the Abgeordnetenhaus1972Chris BollenbachCDUNorth Rhine-Westphaliaformer Member of the Landtag1972Gerwald Claus-BrunnerPiratesBerlinformer Member of the Abgeordnetenhaus1973Holger ArppeAfD, IndependentMecklenburg-Vorpommernformer Member of the Landtagformer city councilor in Rostock, was expelled from his party1973Roland Heintze CDUHamburgformer Member of the Bürgerschaft1973Sabine JüngerLeft PartyMecklenburg-Vorpommernformer Member of the Landtag1973Jan StößSPD, IndependentBerlinformer Member of the Abgeordnetenhausformer SPD state chairman1973Marc RatajczakCDUNorth Rhine-Westphaliaformer Member of the Landtag1975Nicola Böcker-GianniniSPDBerlinformer member of Abgeordnetenhaus Berlin1975Matthias HöhnLeft PartySaxonyformer Member of the Landtag1975Sascha SteuerCDUBerlinformer Member of the Abgeordnetenhaus1976David ProfitGreensRhineland-Palatinateformer Member of the Landtag1977Philipp-Sebastian KühnSPDHamburgformer Member of the Bürgerschaft1978Andreas BaumPiratesBerlinformer Member of the Abgeordnetenhaus1978Tom SchreiberSPDBerlinformer Member of the Abgeordnetenhaus1979Patrick SchreiberCDUSaxonyformer Member of the Landtag1982Robert BläsingFDPHamburgformer Member of the Bürgerschaft1984Stefan GruhnerCDUThuringiaformer Member of the Landtag1986Rasmus Andresen GreensSchleswig-Holsteinformer Member of the Landtag1990Elisabeth KulaLeft PartyHesseformer Member of the Landtag

Members of the European Parliament Birth yearNamePartyPositionNote1986Rasmus AndresenGreensMember of the European Parliament for Germany1987Terry ReintkeGreensLeader of the Greens–European Free Alliance in the European Parliament, MEP

Former Birth yearNamePartyPositionNote1954Lissy GrönerGreensformer Member of the European Parliament for Germany1970Holger Krahmer FDPformer Member of the European Parliament for Germany1986Felix Reda Piratesformer Member of the European Parliament for Germanycame out as trans after tenure ended

Municipal-level