{"id":1410662,"date":"2022-03-30T14:59:58","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T18:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1410662"},"modified":"2022-03-30T15:00:01","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T19:00:01","slug":"conservative-mp-comes-out-as-transgender-claims-to-have-been-raped-and-blackmailed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conservative-mp-comes-out-as-transgender-claims-to-have-been-raped-and-blackmailed\/","title":{"rendered":"Conservative MP Comes Out as Transgender, Claims to Have Been Raped and Blackmailed"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fconservative-mp-comes-out-as-transgender-claims-to-have-been-raped-and-blackmailed%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1410662&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Conservative Jamie Wallis has become the first Member of Parliament to come out as transgender\u00a0in an extraordinary post on social media in which he also claimed to have been raped and blackmailed. The Tory MP said that the trauma of the events led him to suffer from PTSD which he linked to his decision to flee from a car crash in November.<\/p>\n<p>A little before 3 a.m. Wednesday morning, the 2019-intake Tory MP for Bridgend and Porthcawl said that it was \u201ctime\u201d to come out as transgender.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m trans. Or to be more accurate, I want to be. I\u2019ve been diagnosed with gender dysphoria and I\u2019ve felt this way since I was a very young child. I had no intention of ever sharing this with you. I always imagined I would leave politics well before I ever said this out loud,\u201d Mr Wallis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jamiewallisbridgend.com\/news\/statement-from-jamie-wallis-mp-30th-march-2022\">wrote<\/a> in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The Tory MP said that there was previously a \u201cclose call\u201d for his transgender identity being revealed to the public, claiming to have been blackmailed by someone who \u201couted me to my father and sent photographs to other family members.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wallis said that the man had wanted \u201c\u00a350,000 to keep quiet\u201d but that the \u201csystem worked\u201d and the police were able to apprehend the blackmailer, who he said pleaded guilty and was sentenced to two years and nine months in prison.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cFor a while, it seemed as though I would be able to get on with things and move on. Being an MP and hiding something like this was always going to be tough, but I arrogantly assumed I was up for it. Well, I\u2019m not,\u201d the MP said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sharing this very intimate story would have taken an immense amount of courage. Thank you <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamieWallisMP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JamieWallisMP<\/a> for your bravery, which will undoubtedly support others.<\/p>\n<p>The Conservative Party I lead will always give you, and everyone else, the love and support you need to be yourself. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Y7VjQOMgkO\">https:\/\/t.co\/Y7VjQOMgkO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BorisJohnson\/status\/1509092404061687810?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 30, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Conservative politician said that in September when he \u201chooked up\u201d with a man who he \u201cmet online\u201d, the man raped him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have not been myself since this incident and I don\u2019t think I will ever recover. It is not something you ever forget, and it is not something you ever move on from. Since then things have really taken a tumble. I am not ok.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wallis claimed that because of this incident he suffered from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) which led to him making the decision to flee the scene after crashing his car last year.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI have PTSD and I honestly have no idea what I was doing except I was overcome by an overwhelming sense of fear. I am sorry that it appears I \u2018ran away\u2019 but this isn\u2019t how it happened in the moment,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Tory MP went on to thank the \u201cincredible support\u201d from his colleagues as well as from the Conservative whips, whom he said provided him with \u201ca lot of support\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI have never lived my truth and I\u2019m not sure how. Perhaps it starts with telling everyone,\u201d Wallis said.<\/p>\n<p>The politician has won praise for his \u201cbravery\u201d in becoming the first elected MP in Britain to come out as transgender.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Boris Johnson said: \u201cSharing this very intimate story would have taken an immense amount of courage. Thank you [Jamie Wallis] for your bravery, which will undoubtedly support others.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe Conservative Party I lead will always give you, and everyone else, the love and support you need to be yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Self-described socially liberal Conservative MP Michael Fabricant <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mike_Fabricant\/status\/1509073246137856010\">said<\/a>: \u201cMy colleague, Jamie Wallis, has made a very brave statement this morning. We are all very proud of Jamie and we are all here for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wes Streeting, the shadow health secretary and Labour MP, said: \u201c Sending you love and solidarity from the other side of the Commons. This is hugely courageous of you to share.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, some have been more critical of the post, including the chairman of conservative <em>The Mallard<\/em> publication, Jake Scott, who <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/J_Scott_95\/status\/1509087847235608578\">wrote<\/a>\u00a0that wrapping up discussing fleeing the scene of a car crash inside coming out as transgender \u201csmacks of insulation from criticism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, on top of the controversy surrounding the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mailplus.co.uk\/edition\/news\/crime\/155251\/tory-mp-jamie-wallis-fined-after-car-crash-leaves-locals-without-internet\">car crash<\/a>, the Tory MP has previously faced questions surrounding his businesses, leading to some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walesonline.co.uk\/news\/wales-news\/bridgend-conservative-mps-data-companies-17543043\">800 complaints<\/a> being filed. Wallis has denied any wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<p>The story comes amid a wider debate in Britain about transgender and female issues, with leading politicians such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/03\/24\/actor-laurence-fox-comes-out-as-trans-racial-actress-asks-to-play-winnie-mandela\/\">Chancellor Rishi Sunak<\/a> and Labour Party leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2022\/03\/29\/keir-starmer-cannot-say-woman-not-fit-pm\/\">Sir Keir Starmer<\/a> drawing criticism for struggling to provide a coherent definition of what a woman is.<\/p>\n<p>Taking a stronger line than her boss, deputy Labour leader Angela Raynor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/genitalia-questions-debase-trans-debate-says-angela-rayner-s893nr9f5\">said<\/a> on Tuesday that it is \u201cnot acceptable\u201d to question if a transgender person has a penis.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Follow Kurt Zindulka on Twitter here <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KurtZindulka\">@KurtZindulka<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conservative Jamie Wallis has become the first Member of Parliament to come out as transgender\u00a0in an extraordinary post on social media in which he also claimed to have been raped<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1410662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1410662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1410662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1410662\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1410662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1410662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1410662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}