A record number of openly gay MPs were elected on June 8.

After the general election, there are now 45 gay MPs in the House of Commons – making up 7% of the total.

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This isn’t just the highest level of LGBT representation ever in the UK, but also the world, according to Pink News.

In contrast, just seven members of US Congress are openly gay.


There are eight new LGBT MPs, whilst two incumbent gay MPs lost their seats.

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However, the Commons still doesn’t reflect the diversity of the UK community. Out of the 45 MPs, 36 are men and nine are women, and all 45 are white. None are transgender.

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The news comes as Theresa May deliberates forming a minority government propped up by the notoriously anti-LGBT DUP.



Apart from being strongly opposed to same sex marriage, Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party is also against women’s reproductive rights, and believes creationism should be taught in schools.

The potential coalition between the Tories and the DUP has sparked major fears across the country for our hard-won civil liberties.