BBC political reporter Jon Kelly talks to openly gay Members of Parliament in Britain about being out in politics 40 years after the Stonewall Riots in New York.  ”Another legacy has been to allow gay and lesbian politicians into the mainstream – not just demanding equal rights, but as representatives of the wider community,” Kelly writes.

Today, 11 MP’s are openly gay or lesbian, but Nick Herbert (pictured), a conservative MP who is also the Shadow Environment Secretary, told the BBC, “There is still work to be done, and much of it is about increased visibility.  When no-one writes another article about gay people in politics, then we’ll know we’ve got somewhere.”