News is reaching us that the Gay, Tory, Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons, Nigel Evans MP has come out to a tabloid newpaper as a Welshman.
We in the media have known for many years that Nigel was really born in Swansea and educated at he Dynevor School and then at University of Wales, Swansea. We have respected his privacy and, in an unwritten agreement not disclosed the fact that he is Welsh.
Nigel has worked on three United States of America presidential elections in New York, Florida, and California which would have given him an opportunity to disguise his Welsh heritage further.
We understand that he told a certain ‘Red Top’ he is fed up with ‘living a lie’. He said (we hear through the grapevine):
“It was hard enough being a Gay Tory, let alone being Welsh”.
We at Welsh Icons would encourage any other gay men who are worried about being Welsh to come out of the closet. It is nearly 2011 and you will find that being Welsh is not much of an issue these days. In fact, we feel that a there a a few former athletes, weathermen and musicians who would have nothing to fear by declaring their Welshness.
We tried to contact the ‘flamboyant’ astrologer Russell Grant who, even though he was born in Hillingdon, has tried to be Welsh all his life for a comment but his assistant told us:
“Russell says, if that’s Welsh Icons, tell them I’m out”.
