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The verage of Simon Hugh's outg as bisexual monstrat the media's nfn of bisexualy acrdg to rearch by gay news provir, , the largt news service for lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenred (lgbt) outsi of North Ameri has found that out of 116 reports of Simon Hugh's sexualy, only ten articl rrectly fed his sexualy as bisexual. 87% of rears believe that the Brish media as a whole do not unrstand what bisexualy is.

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HUGH: I'VE HAD GAY RELATNSHIPS

Lib Dem learship ntenr Simon Hugh explas his cisn to adm havg had gay relatnships. * simon hughes gay *

Liberal Democrat learship ntenr Simon Hugh has explaed why he admted havg gay relatnships. He apologised if he had misled people when he recently nied beg gay - sayg he had not tend to do so.

Mr Hugh recently nied he was gay, sayg he had "often" thought about gettg married but had not been "as succsful as I would have liked". Asked by the Inpennt whether he was gay, he replied: "No, I'm not.

Mr Hugh was elected to Parliament 1983 a bter by-electn battle Bermondsey agast gay Labour ndidate Peter Tatchell. Mr Hugh said he had apologised publicly and privately for any part of the mpaign which had been homophobic.

SIMON HUGH ADMS GAY AFFAIRS

The LibDems were plunged to h turmoil today after learship ntenr Simon Hugh sensatnally admted he's had homosexual relatnships and phoned a gay chat service. 'I hope that do not disqualify me om dog a good job public life,' said the MP for Southwark and Bermondsey * simon hughes gay *

Trevor Kavanagh, associate edor of The Sun, said Mr Hugh had cid to speak about his sexualy after beg nonted wh "pretty ntrovertible" evince that he had phoned a gay chat le. Simon Hugh today admted that he nsired whdrawg om the Liberal Democrat learship race after beg forced by a newspaper to publicly adm that he had had homosexual Hugh, MP for Bermondsey and Southwark, said he was stayg the race wh the hope that others would be enuraged to believe that sexualy was not a bar on standg for an terview wh Sun after the paper nonted him wh evince that he had ed a gay chatle, Mr Hugh said, "I am perfectly willg to say that I have had both homosexual and heterosexual relatnships the past" party print, who had nied he was gay twice the last 10 days, apologised on BBC Rad 5 Live for makg misleadg statements about his Hugh told listeners that had been a "fairly torrid" week for him and the party, given the weekend rignatn of the party's home affairs spokman, Mark Oaten, after admtg he had ed a male if he nsired jog Mr Oaten pullg out of the ntt, he said: "Of urse. " Asked by the Inpennt last week whether he was gay, he said: "The answer is no, as happens.

"Asked aga by the Guardian for an article on Tuday whether he was homosexual, he said: "I'm a sgle guy, which is why I gus 's easy for people to speculate. Earlier this week, Mr Hugh apologised for homophobic elements of the byelectn mpaign, which first shot him to polil fame a shock victory told BBC2's Newsnight that he accepted some elements of his party's mpaign to feat gay rights activist Peter Tatchell had been "unacceptable", although he poted out that Mr Tatchell blamed the media and Labour lleagu more. Rpondg to Mr Hugh' terview the Sun, Mr Tatchell said he "strongly spected" at the time that Mr Hugh was gay.

"The Lib Dems ran a very dirty mpaign which stirred up a lot of homophobia agast me. "Based on rmatn [my mpaign] received we had a very strong spicn that Simon was gay spe the homophobic mpaign agast me.

SIMON HUGH ADMS TO GAY RELATNSHIPS AND APOLOGIS FOR LYG

Simon Hugh, the Liberal Democrat learship ntenr has fally revealed that he is bisexual and that he has had gay relatnships. * simon hughes gay *

"Mr Tatchell said he weled Mr Hugh' belated admissn: "Although is a py Simon was, even recently, nyg beg gay, is great that he has now e out. The LibDems were plunged to h turmoil today after learship ntenr Simon Hugh sensatnally admted to havg had homosexual an terview wh a newspaper, the party print and MP for Southwark and Bermondsey said he had had a number of gay said: "I am perfectly willg to say that I have had both homosexual and heterosexual relatnships the past.

Click on the rear ments below and have your also admted to phong Man Talk, a gay chat Hugh, 54, strsed that his admissn would not affect his bid for the Lib Dem learship. "Today, however, I have accepted publicly that I have had homosexual relatnships the past as well as heterosexual on.

"The statement ntradicts ments Mr Hugh ma over recent days nyg he was gay, sayg he "often" thought about gettg married but had not been "as succsful as I would have liked" by the Inpennt last week whether he was gay, he said: "The answer is no, as happens.

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The Liberal Democrats learship mpaign lurched further towards disaster today as Simon Hugh, the darlg of the party activists, admted that he had hidn a gay an terview wh The" name="scriptn * simon hughes gay *

Earlier this week, Mr Hugh apologised for homophobic elements of the by-electn mpaign which first shot him to polil fame a shock victory told BBC2's Newsnight that he accepted some elements of his party's mpaign to feat gay rights activist Peter Tatchell had been "unacceptable", although he poted out that Mr Tatchell blamed the media and Labour lleagu more. "Not a word now, but I am happy to have a word later, " he also refed to answer qutns about why he had prevly nied beg homosexual.

Simon Hugh, the Liberal Democrat learship ntenr has fally revealed that he is bisexual and that he has had gay relatnships the past. In the past weeks, he publicly stated that he was not gay.

HUGH: I'VE HAD GAY RELATNSHIPS

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In an terview published this morng the Sun, Mr Hugh admted that he has had, “both homosexual and heterosexual relatnships the past. ” In the terview he admted g a gay telephone chat service. Mr Hugh won the Bermondsey by-electn 1983 agast the gay rights mpaigner Peter Tatchell, then reprentg the Labour party what should have been a safe seat.

HUGH ADMS GAY RELATNSHIPSLIBERAL DEMOCRAT LEARSHIP NTENR SIMON HUGH ADMTED TO HAVG HAD HOMOSEXUAL RELATNSHIPS. LIBERAL DEMOCRAT LEARSHIP NTENR SIMON HUGH ADMTED TO HAVG HAD HOMOSEXUAL RELATNSHIPS.MENBOOKMARKSHARENEWSBYMANCHTER EVENG NEWS15:09, 26 JAN 2006UPDATED13:03, 12 JAN 2013BOOKMARKSIGN UP FOR OUR DAILY NEWSLETTER TO GET THE DAY'S BIGGT STORI SENT DIRECT TO YOUR BOXMORE 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 SIGN UP FOR OUR DAILY NEWSLETTER TO GET THE DAY'S BIGGT STORI SENT DIRECT TO YOUR BOXINVALID 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!

“The Liberals fought a very dirty mpaign durg the Bermondsey by-electn, ” Peter Tatchell told “Some of their male nvassers went around the nstuency wearg lapel stickers emblazoned wh the words ‘I’ve been kissed by Peter Tatchell’, a blatant bid to w the homophobic vote.

Therefore, is likely that Mr Hugh will claim that he did not lie when he told the Inpennt that he was not gay. The Liberal Democrats learship mpaign lurched further towards disaster today as Simon Hugh, the darlg of the party activists, admted that he had hidn a gay an terview wh The Sun newspaper, the Lib Dem Print - who recently clared that he had no “skeletons” his closet - nfsed to a number of homosexual relatnships. Mr Hugh, who until today has repeatedly nied beg gay, also admted to phong Man Talk, a gay chatle.

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He told The Sun: “I am perfectly willg to say that I have had both homosexual and heterosexual relatnships the past. Grant Denkson LeicterWhy do Philip Hensher unrplay the fact that spe great roads the stggle for equaly, like racism and sexism, homophobia is alive and well (Out and proud?, January 27)?

The verage of Simon Hugh’s outg as bisexual monstrat the media’s nfn of bisexualy acrdg to rearch by gay news provir,, the largt news service for lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenred (lgbt) outsi of North Ameri has found that out of 116 reports of Simon Hugh’s sexualy, only ten articl rrectly fed his sexualy as bisexual.

However, the Sun led wh the headle, “A SECOND LIMP-DEM CONFESSES…I’m gay too.

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