NATO spouse photo includes a male leader's husband for the first time

Christina Careaga
Updated

If we can take our eyes off of Trump's horrifying shove for one second, we can see that something really amazing happened at the NATO conference yesterday.

While their significant others attended a gathering as part of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization conference in Brussels, Belgium, the wives and partners of several NATO leaders gathered for a dinner and group photo opp. For the first time, the group was joined by a man - husband of Luxembourg's first openly gay Prime Minister Bettel, Gautheir Destenay. 

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The inclusive moment marked a huge moment for LGBTQ representation.

(Front row, L-R) First Lady of France Brigitte Macron, First Lady of Turkey Emine Gulbaran Erdogan, First Lady of the US Melania Trump, Queen Mathilde of Belgium, NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg's partner Ingrid Schulerud, Partner of Bulgaria's President Desislava Radeva, Belgian Prime Minister Michel's partner Amelie Derbaudrenghien, (back row, L-R) First Gentleman of Luxembourg Gauthier Destenay, Slovenia's Prime Minister's partner Mojca Stropnik and First Lady of Iceland Thora Margret Baldvinsdottir.

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After entering into a civil partnership in 2010, Destenay and Prime Minister Xavier Bettel got married in 2015 following the country's same-sex marriage approval.

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Geert Vanden Wijngaert/AP/REX/Shutterstock (6731135a) Luxembourg's Prime Minister Xavier Bettel, right, walks out of the town hall with his partner Gauthier Destenay after their marriage in Luxembourg, on . The marriage comes one year after the parliament approved legislation to turn Luxembourg into an increasing number of countries allowing for same-sex marriages. Bettel and Destenay have been civil partners since 2010 Luxembourg Premier Marriage, Luxembourg

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Thursday, he proudly took his place beside First Lady of France Brigitte Macron, First Lady of Turkey Emine Gulbaran Erdogan, First Lady of the U.S. Melania Trump, Queen Mathilde of Belgium, NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg's partner Ingrid Schulerud, the partner of Bulgaria's President, Desislava Radeva and the partner of Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel, Amelie Derbaudrenghien. Husband of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Joachim Sauer, was not present for the dinner.

Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission. Mandatory Credit: Photo by AP/REX/Shutterstock (8841362y) From left, France's Brigitte Trogneux, Turkey's Emine Erdogan, Luxembourg's Gauthier Destenay, US Melania Trump, Slovenia's Mojca Stropnik, Queen Mathilde of Belgium, Iceland's Thora Margret Baldvinsdottir, Norway's Ingrid Schulerud - Stoltenberg, Bulgaria's Desislava Radeva and Belgium's Amelie Derbaudrenghien pose for a group photo during the spouse and partner program at the Royal Castle of Laeken in Brussels on Trump First Lady, Brussels, Belgium - 25 May 2017

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Of course, people recognized the exciting moment for the LGBTQ community.

Bettel is currently the world’s only gay leader since Iceland’s former Prime Minister Johanna Sigurðardóttir and Belgium’s Elio Di Rupo finished their mandates in 2013 and 2015 respectively.

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