Crispin Blunt
In August 2010, he announced that he was leaving his wife, in order "to come to terms with his homosexuality".[1][2] Blunt's voting record in Parliament had previously been broadly unsympathetic towards gay rights,[3] though slightly more favourable when compared to the majority of his Conservative colleagues.[4]
Blunt is one of the most prominent Conservative advocates of transgender rights.
In April 2022 Wakefield MP Imran Ahmad Khan was found guilty of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy in 2008. Blunt called the verdict a "dreadful miscarriage of justice" in a statement. Although he subsequently apologised for the comment, the official Conservative Party LGBT+ group suspended him, pending an investigation and a membership vote. He also resigned as chair of a cross-party committee of MPs that campaigns for LGBT+ rights around the world, after several members of it quit in protest at his statement [5].
References
- ↑ http://conservativehome.blogs.com/thetorydiary/2010/08/crispin-blunt-decides-to-come-to-terms-with-his-homosexuality-and-separates-from-his-wife.html Crispin Blunt decides "to come to terms with his homosexuality" and separates from his wife, ConservativeHome, 27 August 2010
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11115182 Conservative minister Crispin Blunt reveals he is gay, BBC News Online, 27 August 2010
- ↑ http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/mp.php?mpid=40496&dmp=826 Crispin Blunt compared to 'Homosexuality - Equal Rights', They Work For You
- ↑ http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/policy.php?id=826&display=comparison Public Whip Policy Comparison
- ↑ Crispin Blunt apologises for defending sex offender MP Imran Ahmad Khan BBC News 12 April 2022 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-61077747
