Ireland’s health minister has become the first member of a government in Dublin to openly say that he is gay.

Tipped as a possible future prime minister, Leo Varadkar told Miriam O’Callaghan on RTÉ Radio 1 on Sunday morning: “I am a gay man. It’s not a secret.”

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/18/leo-varadkar-ireland-first-openly-gay-minister

lets hope he still gets to become leader of his party ... or at least stays tipped as being the one ... and here's hoping more ministers of different countries feel safe enough to come out & go into the cabinet