{"id":1208776,"date":"2020-01-03T17:19:03","date_gmt":"2020-01-03T09:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/?p=1208776"},"modified":"2020-01-03T17:23:33","modified_gmt":"2020-01-03T09:23:33","slug":"british-politician-comes-out-as-pansexual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/1208776\/british-politician-comes-out-as-pansexual","title":{"rendered":"British politician comes out as pansexual"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Image: Facebook\/@LaylaMoranUK<\/p><\/div>\n

A British member of parliament (MP) has come out as pansexual while also announcing her relationship with a woman.<\/p>\n

Liberal Democrat MP Layla Moran recently opened up about realizing she is pansexual and her relationship to Rosy Cobb, a former press officer from the same political party, Pink黑料社 reported yesterday, Jan. 2.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re in a really committed, loving, supportive relationship,\u201d she told the British news site.<\/p>\n

Moran explained that she made the public announcement because newspapers were inquiring about the relationship, as per The Guardian yesterday.<\/p>\n

The politician previously had relationships with men; Cobb is her first same-sex partner. She told Pink黑料社 that they met at work six months ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt wasn\u2019t really something I had done before or considered before, but sometimes when you meet the right person, it just kind of happens,\u201d she said in the interview.<\/p>\n

Identifying herself as pansexual, she explained, \u201cPansexuality, to me, means it doesn\u2019t matter about the physical attributions of the person you fall in love with, it\u2019s about the person themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n

A definition of pansexuality from Merriam-Webster dictionary describes it as “sexual desire or attraction that is not limited to people of a particular gender identity or sexual orientation.”<\/p>\n

Moran consulted their party\u2019s welfare officer about conflicts of interest at the start of their relationship. They were advised that it would not pose a problem.<\/p>\n

However, when she opened up to others about the relationship, she was questioned on how a same-sex relationship could impact her career. Another issue was that Cobb was suspended from the party for allegedly forging an email.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey definitely would not have said anything like that had she been a man,\u201d Moran said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was the moment where I realized we like to think everything is equal, that no one cares, that it wouldn\u2019t be a detriment. The reason I\u2019m speaking out is because I want to prove it\u2019s not a detriment. It\u2019s a great thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Moran also went public with her sexuality on social media, posting a selfie of her and Cobb on Twitter today, Jan. 3.<\/p>\n

\u201c2020 is a new decade and a new path in my journey. Last year I fell in love with a wonderful woman. Something I\u2019d never even considered before. Now I am just happy #Pansexual #OutAndProud,” she wrote.<\/p>\n

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2020 is a new decade and a new path in my journey. Last year I fell in love with a wonderful woman. Something I\u2019d never even considered before. Now I am just happy #Pansexual<\/a> #OutAndProud<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/jdfz87Hdkx<\/a><\/p>\n

— Layla Moran \ud83d\udd36\ud83d\udd4a\ufe0f (@LaylaMoran) January 2, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n