Sttish Secretary David Munll out as gay, a cisn he scribed as "one of the most important of my life".
Contents:
- HOW STLAND BEME THE WORLD LEAR ON LBIAN, GAY AND BISEXUAL REPRENTATN
- STTISH CONSERVATIV ELECT GAY LEAR
- STTISH SECRETARY DAVID MUNLL OUT AS GAY
- CONSERVATIVE MP DAVID MUNLL OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY
- SNP MSP APOLOGIS FOR 'FAG' MENT ABOUT GAY TORY MP
- GAY MPS: THE PHOTOGRAPH THAT SHOWS WTMSTER'S ATTU TOWARDS LGBT POLICIANS IS CHANGG
- RUTH DAVIDSON GIVEN DUP GAY RIGHTS ASSURANCE
- THE UK’S PARLIAMENT IS STILL THE GAYT THE WORLD AFTER 2019 ELECTN
- 9 CONSERVATIVE POLICIANS WH GAY KIDS
- CONSERVATIVE MP DAVID MUNLL OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY
- DAVID MUNLL, STLAND SECRETARY, OUT AS GAY
- FORMER GAY PORN STAR BIDS TO BEE MSP AT STTISH PARLIAMENT ELECTNPHILIPP TANZER - WHO STARRED SEVERAL ADULT FILMS UNR THE NAME LOGAN MCCREE - IS THE STTISH FAY PARTY'S REGNAL LIST NDIDATE FOR THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS.DAILYRERDBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSNEWSBYCHRIS MCCALLDEPUTY POLIL EDOR10:31, 8 APR 2021BOOKMARKVIO LOADGVIO UNAVAILABLECLICK TO PLAYTAP TO PLAYTHE VIO WILL TO-PLAY SOON8CANCELPLAY NOWGET THE LATT STTISH POLICS NEWS SENT STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOX WH OUR DAILY NEWSLETTERMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 GET THE LATT STTISH POLICS NEWS SENT STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOX WH OUR DAILY NEWSLETTERINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!
- 2 MORE MPS E OUT AS GAY TO TAKE HOE OF COMMONS TOTAL TO 35
HOW STLAND BEME THE WORLD LEAR ON LBIAN, GAY AND BISEXUAL REPRENTATN
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"I get more abe for beg a Tory Stland than I do for beg a gay woman, " says Annie Wells, one of a batch of new MSPs voted at the electn this month that has ma the untry's parliament the most proportnally gay-iendly on step up to a seat Holyrood has brought the total number of openly gay, lbian and bisexual policians to ten, 7% of all MSPs.
You wouldn't be openly gay , " she new MSP for Glasgow also adms that her party's passn for LGBT rights uld be better. "We need to make more of showg that regardls of your genr, or if you’re gay, straight, bisexual, trans, that everyone's wele.
Davidson is one of four openly-gay party lears Stland.
STTISH CONSERVATIV ELECT GAY LEAR
AN SNP MSP has apologised profely for g the word “fag” about a gay Sttish Conservative MP. * gay scottish conservative mp *
An openly gay woman has been elected lear of the Sttish Conservativ after the membership rejected her leadg rival's radil proposals to create a new centre-right Davidson, 32, wily seen as David Cameron's favoure, was chosen to lead the Sttish Conservative and Unnist party by a fortable marg after the most bterly-fought and divisive learship mpaign party history. Image source, PAA Conservative bet mister has e out as gay, a cisn he scribed as "one of the most important of my life".
Mr Munll is MP for Dumishire, Clysdale and is believed to be the first openly-gay Conservative bet mister. "Havg taken one of the most important cisns of my life and rolved to e out as gay 2016, I jt want to get on wh , and now, jt like that, I have said .
"He said he uld not have had more love and support om his fay and iends, addg: "I don't know what the wir reactn will be, but I know 's the right thg for me to do" Munll's announcement brgs the number of openly-gay MPs the Hoe of Commons to 33 - the hight proportn of any parliament the world, acrdg to a study by US amics - and means there are as many on the Tory as the Labour bench (13). 'Really proud'Sttish Conservative lear Ruth Davidson, who is also openly gay, tweeted that she was "really proud of my iend David". "Col Macfarlane, director of Stonewall Stland, said: "Havg high profile people across all areas of society, om polics to sport, is ccial to creatg clive environments and helpg ensure the fair treatment of lbian, gay, bi and trans people at work, at home and their muni.
STTISH SECRETARY DAVID MUNLL OUT AS GAY
Levels of LGBT+ reprentatn the UK parliament - wh more gay Conservative MPs than out Labour MPs followg the general electn. * gay scottish conservative mp *
"Role mols like David Munll also spire young lbian, gay, bi and trans people by lettg them know they are not alone and that they too n feel proud of their inty. “Havg taken one of the most important cisns of my life and rolved to e out publilly as gay 2016, I jt want to get on wh , and now, jt like that, I have said , ” he said a statement posted on his webse. ”Mr Munll is the Secretary of State for Stland and is the first Conservative bet mister to e out as MP jos 32 other openly gay or lbian MPs Parliament, makg up about 5 per cent of the 650 elected at the 2015 general first MP to e out office was Labour MP Chris Smh, who was elected 1984.
The first MP to be openly gay before he was elected was Stephen Twigg, who was elected news was weled by Downg Street. AN SNP MSP has apologised profely for g the word “fag” about a gay Sttish Conservative MP.
The word means a younger pupil who rri out chor for an olr one at a private boardg school, but is also a homophobic term of abe. Other Twter ers qutned whether Mr Dornan had been homophobic.
CONSERVATIVE MP DAVID MUNLL OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY
Katie Frank, Mr Thomson’s head of office, tweeted: “Usg homophobic ments is not okay.
SNP MSP APOLOGIS FOR 'FAG' MENT ABOUT GAY TORY MP
“Sayg you have gay iends and fay do not exce g this language.
GAY MPS: THE PHOTOGRAPH THAT SHOWS WTMSTER'S ATTU TOWARDS LGBT POLICIANS IS CHANGG
Usg homophobic ments is not okay.
Sayg you have gay iends and fay do not exce g this language ? The @theSNP mt nmn this behavur now. Too many iends and fay are gay for me to even nsir g a rogatory term for .
RUTH DAVIDSON GIVEN DUP GAY RIGHTS ASSURANCE
Sign up for the View om Wtmster email for expert analysis straight to your boxGet our ee View om Wtmster emailOne of the most remarkable, yet pleasg, statistics that fascated polil number-cnchers at last year’s electn was that the Hoe of Commons end up wh 32 lbian, gay and bisexual MPs. LGBT History Month is celebrated Febary – and this photograph of 28 MPs and peers is a b of history self, as is the largt number of publicly out parliamentarians pictured together at one time, om a parliament wh more gay members than any the Barll, who prevly worked for the then First Mister of Stland, Alex Salmond, said: “I only me out to myself and to my fay durg the electn. Lord Chris Smh is the picture – he was the first openly gay MP the 1980s and also the first to be appoted to the bet when he beme Culture Secretary 1997.
THE UK’S PARLIAMENT IS STILL THE GAYT THE WORLD AFTER 2019 ELECTN
10 Ia Stewart The Milton Keyn South MP is a former puty chairman of LGBTory, and won plds for a speech durg the last parliament on how he was bullied at school for beg gay. The pneers of LGBT rights 2015Show all 611 Chris Smh, Baron Smh of Fsbury As pla Chris Smh the 1980s, he ma history by beg the first openly gay man the Commons.
13 Stuart Andrew Parliamentary private secretary to the Transport Secretary, Patrick McLoughl, he told the Commons three years ago of how he was once “beaten unnsc” a homophobic attack. 16 Brian Paddick, Baron Paddick of Brixton The two-time Liberal Democrat ndidate for London mayor was prevly famo for beg the untry’s most senr openly gay police officer. 19 Waheed Alli, Baron Alli of Norbury The 51-year-old is an openly gay Mlim who ma his fortune the media dtry before beg a peer 1998.
21 Mart Docherty Somethg of an extrovert, the SNP MP for Wt Dunbartonshire arrived at this photoshoot askg, loudly, “Where are the gays? 23 David Munll The Secretary of State for Stland beme the first ever openly gay Conservative bet mister last month, a cisn he said was “one of the most important” of his life. 26 Stewart McDonald The Glasgow South SNP MP, a member of the Commons Transport Select Commtee, clared his party to be the “gayt group Wtmster” last year, wh 12 per cent out.
9 CONSERVATIVE POLICIANS WH GAY KIDS
The Sttish Conservative lear, who is gay, plans to marry her partner the near DUP oppos same-sex marriage, wh Northern Ireland the only part of the UK where is not legal. Ms Davidson said she had been given an assurance that gay rights would not be erod return for DUP told the BBC's Reportg Stland programme that she had spoken about the issue wh Thera May on Friday Davidson said: "I was fairly straightforward wh her and I told her that there were a number of thgs that unt to me more than party. Levels of gay, bi and lbian reprentatn the UK parliament have remaed stable at the electn after a Tory surge.
The Sttish Natnal Party now has the hight proportn of gay, bi and lbian reprentatn of any party parliament, at 21 per cent, while 5. This is a far cry om the Tory party that unr Margaret Thatcher troduced sectn 28 banng uncils om “tentnally” promotg homosexualy – and unr Ia Dunn Smh tried to force s MPs to vote agast proposals allowg gay and unmarried upl to current lear don’t have a spotls rerd eher when to supportg gay rights.
While Thera May is mend by her lleagu for her work as home secretary, passg the same-sex marriage act 2013, her votg rerd over the years has clud opposg rcg the age of nsent for gay people, the repeal of sectn 28, and civil partnership.
CONSERVATIVE MP DAVID MUNLL OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY
Even Nicky Man – the former tn mister who is nowadays wily regard as a liberal light a provcial party – is not unsthed all this: she voted agast gay marriage.
However, jt as both May and Man have sce personally apologised for their votg rerd on the issu, the Conservative party as a whole has had to rethk s approach to gay rights. First, the 80s there were three ma schools of thought when me to opposn to gay rights.
There was the most obv form of bigotry; there were those who opposed on relig grounds; and then there was a so-lled tellectual argument that saw gay culture as somethg disorrly and hedonistic, which should not be enuraged. For many tradnal Tori the liftyle they associated wh homosexualy was patible wh a life based on fay valu and monogamy.
DAVID MUNLL, STLAND SECRETARY, OUT AS GAY
So I don’t support gay marriage spe beg a Conservative. I support gay marriage bee I’m a Conservative.
”'We're really, really happy': Ruth Davidson announc pregnancy – vioA natural salman, he also gave them an offer – he would regnise marriage the tax system so long as gay people uld get married too. Many parents stggle wh the revelatn that their child is gay, partially bee of misguid tradnal views or bee ’s tough to see your kid face prejudice. Nobody seemgly has a tougher time acceptg their gay children than nservative policians.
Policians wh nservative views have often put their opns about gay marriage and other gay rights out the open. Many of the gay children of the policians have bee polil activists themselv, fightg agast the hate their parents have nservative policians have gay children?
FORMER GAY PORN STAR BIDS TO BEE MSP AT STTISH PARLIAMENT ELECTNPHILIPP TANZER - WHO STARRED SEVERAL ADULT FILMS UNR THE NAME LOGAN MCCREE - IS THE STTISH FAY PARTY'S REGNAL LIST NDIDATE FOR THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS.DAILYRERDBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSNEWSBYCHRIS MCCALLDEPUTY POLIL EDOR10:31, 8 APR 2021BOOKMARKVIO LOADGVIO UNAVAILABLECLICK TO PLAYTAP TO PLAYTHE VIO WILL TO-PLAY SOON8CANCELPLAY NOWGET THE LATT STTISH POLICS NEWS SENT STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOX WH OUR DAILY NEWSLETTERMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 GET THE LATT STTISH POLICS NEWS SENT STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOX WH OUR DAILY NEWSLETTERINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!
Oh Senator Rob Portman had been a long time opponent of gay marriage. However, once his son Will Portman me out as gay, the Senator changed his posn. Unfortunately, the revelatn wasn't enough for him to fight for gay marriage, simply not to oppose any longer.
He has long sce nmned homosexualy, spe havg a lbian dghter, Maya Jean Marcel-Key. Birthplace: USA, New York, Long IslandNatnaly: Uned Stat of AmeriRepublin Arizona Senator Matt Salmon had long sce held his nservative views, cludg anti-gay legislatn that would ban same sex marriage and gay adoptn rights. Salmon, his son, me out as gay 2010, wh plans to make the Republin party more progrsive.
" His grandson Ty Ross me out as gay, but that didn't change Goldwater's opns a b. However, Bono still voted for the Defense of Marriage Act, which stripped rights om gay people. ”Cameron, who patted Munll on the back after prime mister’s qutns, weled the statement by Munll, who is be the first openly gay Conservative bet mister.
2 MORE MPS E OUT AS GAY TO TAKE HOE OF COMMONS TOTAL TO 35
”Chris Smh, the former Labour MP, beme the first openly gay bet mister when he was appoted by Tony Blair as culture secretary 1997.