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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/gay-mp-evans-praised-for-openness.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Nigel Evans's decision to publicly declare his homosexuality has been welcomed" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/min-gay-mp-evans-praised-for-openness.jpg" alt="Nigel Evans's decision to publicly declare his homosexuality has been welcomed"/></a></p>
<p>The decision by a Tory MP to publicly declare his homosexuality has been welcomed by fellow politicians and equality campaigners.</p>
<p>Nigel Evans, a deputy Commons Speaker, is expected to explain his decision to be open about his personal life in the Mail on Sunday, his agent said.</p>
<p>The Ribble Valley MP, who owns a family convenience store in his native Swansea, has never been married and his homosexuality was widely assumed in Westminster.</p>
<p>On Monday he is expected to attend the launch of ParliOut &#8211; the first such support group for gay politicians, their staff and other Parliamentary staff.</p>
<p>Labour former minister Chris Bryant &#8211; a board member of the group and himself gay &#8211; said he was glad Mr Evans had decided to be open.</p>
<p>&#8220;Glad to see Nigel Evans is &#8216;coming out&#8217;. An open secret in parliament for years,&#8221; he wrote on social networking site Twitter.</p>
<p>Liberal Democrat Stephen Gilbert also offered &#8220;congratulations&#8221; and the news was welcomed by gay rights charity Stonewall &#8211; which helped set up ParliOut.</p>
<p>&#8220;We are delighted that people in public life feel able to be open about their sexuality in a way that they just could not be in the past,&#8221; a spokesman said.</p>
<p>It takes the number of openly gay MPs in the Commons to 22 &#8211; more than half of them Tories.</p>
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