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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/labour-mp-threatened-to-out-evans.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-labour-mp-threatened-to-out-evans.jpg" alt="Nigel Evans's decision to publicly declare his homosexuality has been welcomed"/></a></p>
<p>Tory Nigel Evans has said he hoped his decision to publicly admit he is gay will help others be open after revealing a Labour MP had threatened to &#8220;out&#8221; him.</p>
<p>Mr Evans, a deputy speaker in the Commons, declared his homosexuality on the eve of the launch of a new help group for politicians and Westminster staff.</p>
<p>The MP for Ribble Valley, whose sexual orientation was an open secret to many in Parliament, would not name the MP concerned but said he wanted to help end such &#8220;nastiness&#8221;.</p>
<p>&#8220;The MP was saying to anyone who would listen, &#8216;Why is it that Nigel Evans leads a life whereby he is gay to some people and not others?&#8217;,&#8221; he told the Mail on Sunday.</p>
<p>&#8220;I could not afford it to be used as leverage against me. I couldn&#8217;t take the risk. I don&#8217;t want any other MP to face that kind of nastiness again.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I am sure there are other gay MPs who would like to be open about their sexuality but are fearful of the consequences. I hope this new group will help them to do so.&#8221;</p>
<p>Mr Evans, who becomes the 22nd openly gay MP in the Commons, is a vice-president of the ParliOut initiative which will be launched on Sunday by Commons Speaker John Bercow.</p>
<p>The first support group for gay politicians, their staff and other parliamentary workers, it was set up with the help of gay rights charity Stonewall.</p>
<p>He told the Mail on Sunday that the spur to his decision finally to come out was a fellow Tory MP asking if he should include his name on a list of the most powerful gay politicians.</p>
<p>&#8220;I thought, this is just daft. I am not going to live a lie any more,&#8221; he said.</p>
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