U.K. May Beat Record for Gay and Lesbian Lawmakers After Vote
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The U.K.’s House of Commons may break its own record for the number of openly lesbian, gay, bisexual or trans-gender lawmakers after the May 7 general election.
There are more “out” candidates in winnable districts than in 2010, according to analysis of incumbent and prospective lawmakers across Britain’s 650 parliamentary constituencies by the LGBT Representation and Rights Research Initiative at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.