<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svend_Robinson" id="mw9w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Svend Robinson">Svend Robinson</a> becomes the first member of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_Canada" id="mw-A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="House of Commons of Canada">House of Commons of Canada</a> to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coming_out" id="mw-Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Coming out">come out as gay</a>.<sup about="#mwt164" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-29"}}' id="cite_ref-29" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./February_29#cite_note-29" id="mw-g" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 29;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw-w">[29]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-29"><cite about="#mwt161" class="citation news cs1" id="CITEREFZeidler2018">Zeidler, Maryse (February 25, 2018). <a class="external text" href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/svend-robinson-gay-mp-1.4548089" id="mwBtI" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"30 years after Canada's first MP came out, LGBT politicians still face challenges"</a>. <i id="mwBtM">CBC.ca</i><span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwBtQ">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwBtU">September 5,</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt161" class="Z3988" id="mwBtY" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=CBC.ca&amp;rft.atitle=30+years+after+Canada%27s+first+MP+came+out%2C+LGBT+politicians+still+face+challenges&amp;rft.date=2018-02-25&amp;rft.aulast=Zeidler&amp;rft.aufirst=Maryse&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbc.ca%2Fnews%2Fcanada%2Fbritish-columbia%2Fsvend-robinson-gay-mp-1.4548089&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFebruary+29"></span></span>