Germany appoints their first-ever LGBT commissioner

Sven Lehmann has been appointed as the first MP to hold the role. (Photo: CHRISTOPH SOEDER / POOL / AFP)

Germany has appointed the country’s first-ever commissioner dedicated to LGBT+ affairs.

Sven Lehmann from the German Greens was appointed by the new government on Wednesday to help Germany “become a pioneer country in the fight against discrimination”.

The 42-year-old MP…