One MP tweeted that he was diagnosed with gender dysphoria, was a victim of rape and extortion, and fled a car accident.
Conservative Jamie Wallis said he was trans, “or to be more precise, I want to be”.
The Bridgend MP said he was blackmailed by a man who sent pictures to his family in April 2020 and raped by a man last September.
“Things have slipped since then. I’m not fine,” he wrote.
Mr Wallis was arrested on suspicion last year while unfit after a car struck a lamppost on Church Road in Llanblethian, Vale of Glamorgan.
“When I had an accident with my car on November 28th, I fled the scene. I did it because I was scared,” he wrote.
He said he has post-traumatic stress disorder.
“I honestly have no idea what I was doing other than an overwhelming sense of dread coming over me. I’m sorry that I seemed to have ‘run away’ but that’s not what happened at the moment.”
- The deputy was arrested on suspicion of driving an unfit vehicle
- “I help save other trans people from death”
- “When a transgender person is hurt, we all feel it”
In the Twitter statement, he said he “has been diagnosed with gender dysphoria and has felt like this since I was a very young child.
“I had no intention of ever sharing this with you. I always imagined that I would leave politics long before I ever said so out loud.”
“It was close in April 2020 when someone blackmailed me, outed me to my father and sent photos to other family members.
“He wanted £50,000 to keep silent. The police were so supportive, so understanding and on this occasion the system worked.”
Mr Wallis said the man pleaded guilty and was sentenced to two years and nine months in prison.
He said: “For a while it seemed like I would be able to move on and move on with things. Being an MP and hiding something like that was always difficult, but I arrogantly assumed I was ready.
“Well, I’m not.”
Mr Wallis said in September he had “connected” with someone he met online.
“When I decided to say ‘no’ because he wouldn’t wear a condom, he decided to rape me. I haven’t been myself since that incident and I don’t think I’ll ever recover from it, never forget it, and it’s not something you ever get away from.”
Mr Wallis praised his party’s whips, who he said were “trying their best to support and help MPs who are having a hard time.
“Well, they certainly earned their keep from me.”
He said a dinner with Tory MPs on Tuesday night reminded him “of the incredible support you can work with”.
“I was reminded of the importance of being yourself. I’ve never lived my truth and I’m not sure how. Maybe it starts with telling everyone.”
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