New ‘out gay muslim’ MP was ‘incorrectly’ listed by an excited Tory party

New ‘out gay muslim’ MP was ‘incorrectly’ listed by an excited Tory party

A matter of days after Imran Ahmad Khan, a newly elected MP for the conservative party was ‘outed’ on news outlets following a press release from Conservatives LGBT+. The MP himself, has however a contradictory statement and the conservatives publicly apologised on his behalf.

Conservatives LGBT+ have now said that the new MP was “incorrectly” named as the UK’s first openly gay elected Muslim. The conservative website yesterday stated that an “application was made in his [the new MP] name to the LGBT+ Conservatives Candidates’ Fund”, but Mr Khan informed the organisation that the application had been made in error. Conservatives LGBT+ now state that “We are incorrect to describe him as an ‘out’ LGBT candidate.”

The statement went on to explain how Mr Khan “fully endorses” the group’s aims of protecting the LGBT community, “but is not an out LGBT MP”. It added: “We apologise unreservedly for the incorrect reference to him as such.”

Mr Khan yesterday tweeted: “I have seen recent inaccurate press reports saying I am openly gay. Here’s a release from lgbt Conservatives correcting the record.”

He said he would not comment further on the matter.

Mr Khan became the first Conservative MP in almost 90 years to take the seat of Wakefield away from Labour, who had held the seat since 1932.

Multiple news outlets have now deleted their articles celebrating the out gay conservative qualities of Mr.Khan