Germany’s Environment Minister Barbara Hendricks Comes Out

<p>Germany's new Environment minister Barbara Hendricks came out in the first of 2014's high profile Coming Outs.</p> <p>by Newsdesk | 2nd January</p><p></p><p> </p><p><img src="http://www.thegayuk.com/communities/8/004/009/928/388/images/4603768786.png" width="460" height="276" alt="Germany" title="Germany"/></p> <p></p><p>The Environment minister came out via a newspaper interview where she said that she would be spending New Year’s Eve with her life partner. </p><p></p><p>Up until the revelation Hendrick's sexuality had been an 'open secret' reports website queer.de. Hendricks has long been a supporter of LGBT rights but up until now has never spoken publicly about her sexuality.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p> </p>