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With the reorganization, decided by Kyriakos Mitsotakis, for the first time, an openly homosexual man participates in a government in Greece.
This is Nikolas Giatromanolakis, 44, who was promoted from Secretary General of Contemporary Culture of the Ministry of Culture and Sports to Deputy Minister in charge of Contemporary Culture.
Nikolas Giatromanolakis
FACEBOOK / @NICHOLASYATROMANOLAKIS
Nikolas Giatromanolakis was born in 1975 in Athens. He is the son of author and scholar George Giatromanolakis and scholar Rena Lekanidou, holds a BA in Political Science and International Relations from Panteion University and a Master’s in Public Policy (MPP) from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at the University of Harvard.
He has been Director of Communication at the Cultural Center of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, has worked at Microsoft, V + O Communication, S&B Industrial Minerals, Alpha TV, as well as at ELIAMEP and Harvard University.
He was a founding member and member of the Political Planning in Potami and leader of the pre-election campaign in the European elections of 2014. In the parliamentary elections of January 2015, he was second in crosses in A ‘Athens. He left Potami in 2016, when Kyriakos Mitsotakis was elected president of ND.
Nikolas Giatromanolakis
FACEBOOK / @NICHOLASYATROMANOLAKIS
A permanent resident of Exarcheia and an animal lover (he has a dog named Brasida and a cat named Patrick), Mr. Giatromanolakis does not hide his love preferences and relationship, as he is also an activist for the rights of LGBT people. In a previous post on Facebook, he even mentioned:
“Several years ago, in my first job in Greece after the United States, I accidentally learned that there was an internal debate about whether I could take on crisis management, not because of inexperience or skills, but because I was obviously (keep this word) gay So they didn’t give me the project.
A few years later, I shared with people who are in politics my desire to be actively involved and asked for their opinion and advice. They told me it would be great but obviously I should just look at background roles. “Can you imagine going into cafes talking to people?” they had wondered aloud and kept saying “Here is Greece.”
Obviously he had internalized it. Every time I met a man on a business date, I wondered if he understood that I was gay and if that would affect the outcome of things. Will I get the job? Will you trust me? Will you take me seriously?
However, I insisted. And time has passed. And some things began to change. And little by little I found people in my path who began to speak to me in a different way.
So here is Greece. And we are in 2020. And the country has a woman President of the Republic who puts the rainbow flag on her page and speaks on the World Day against Homophobia, Ampphobia and Transphobia. And the country has the first openly gay Secretary General and other visible (hang on to that word) openly gay people in the government at large.
Visibility is important. I have said it and will say it again. Both for LGBT people and for other groups or units. And there is nothing they cannot do or because they are LGBTQI, or because they are “obviously” LGBTQI, they will fare worse than someone else.
No person should feel compelled to hide in order to make their dreams come true and be anxious if they are becoming gay or straight. And no person, especially a child, should be bullied for what they are. And trust me, bullying comes in many forms.
We have a road ahead. But the beginning is already done. “
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