David Mundell, Conservative British MP and Secretary of State for Scotland, came out as gay in an open letter posted on his website Thursday.
英国保守党议员和苏格兰国务卿戴维·芒德尔，周四在个人网站上发布一封公开信，承认自己是同性恋。
The father of three and Scotland's only Tory MP titled his message: "New Year, New Start!", writing that coming out was one of the most important decisions of his life:
这位苏格兰唯一的保守党议员，也是三个孩子的父亲的信件标题为：“新年新开始！”。之后，他将这一生最重要的决定写了出来：
"Having taken one of the most important decisions of my life and resolved to come out publicly as gay in 2016, I just want to get on with it."
"我已经做出了我一生中最重要的决定之一，那就是在2016年公开宣布我的性取向为男性，我想以这样一种身份继续好好生活。"

Mundell's sudden announcement made waves in Britain.
芒德尔突然"出柜"的消息已经在英国掀起了波澜。
Of the 650 members of Britain's House of Commons, 34 are openly lesbian, gay, bisexual or and transgender (LGBT) - about 5.2% of the total.
截至目前，英国下议院的650名议员中已有34位公开宣布为LGBT(女同、男同、双性恋、变性者)，占比约为5.2%。
It may be the most LGBT legislature in the world.
英国议会可能是世界上LGBT最多的立法机构。