Adrian Hanstock QPM is the first out gay man to lead a UK police force, servg as temporary chief nstable of Brish Transport Police.
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- FIRST OPENLY GAY MAN TO LEAD A UK POLICE FORCE DON’T WANT TO BE AN ‘HISTORIC MOMENT’
- SERGEANT HARRY DALEY: ‘HONOUR MET’S FIRST GAY POLICEMAN WH BLUE PLAQUE,’ SAY MPAIGNERS
- AS A GAY OFFICER I SAW HOW HOMOPHOBIC THE POLICE ARE
FIRST OPENLY GAY MAN TO LEAD A UK POLICE FORCE DON’T WANT TO BE AN ‘HISTORIC MOMENT’
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Adrian Hanstock, QPM has been named the first out gay man to lead a UK police force, servg as temporary chief nstable of Brish Transport Police. “Are you gay?
SERGEANT HARRY DALEY: ‘HONOUR MET’S FIRST GAY POLICEMAN WH BLUE PLAQUE,’ SAY MPAIGNERS
U_K_ Prime Mister Rishi Sunak has apologized for the treatment of gay veterans by sayg that a prev ban on LGBTQ+ people servg the U_K_ ary was “an appallg failure of the Brish state.”. * gay police uk *
Unsurprisgly, views on homosexualy and attus towards gay men particular were hostile and spic.
The thought of a gay man beg a police officer was nsired an herent risk to the very tegry of policg self.
AS A GAY OFFICER I SAW HOW HOMOPHOBIC THE POLICE ARE
As was mon practice wh the ary and most public bodi at that time, “posive vettg” was ed as a means to intify and prevent gay people jog or progrsg those anisatns.
Homosexualy remaed an absolute bar to jog the police service and vettg checks beme more and more tsive as people rose senry.