This author has yet to write their bio.Meanwhile lets just say that we are proud Scot Anderson contributed a whooping 62 entries.
This is the first blog I’ve shared about me. As usual I wasn’t going to take part, but then I felt inspired by others on our national team to do so. Bizarrely I actually feel quite nervous doing this. Starting Out: From a very young age I knew I was different, I preferred the company […]
At school I knew I wasn’t like the others; I didn’t want a boyfriend, I loved playing sports and climbing trees, I was awesome on a bucking bronco! My mother getting me to wear a dress always resulted in an argument and me sulking for the day – it didn’t stop me riding the bucking […]
I joined the Police Service of Northern Ireland in 2010, and at the same time joined the Gay Police Association NI, (GPA). I went to few meetings, and in 2014 took a spot on the committee, mainly because no one else would. I never felt like the association was out to drive change or that […]
If you had told me 27 years ago when I joined the police that one day I would be writing about being gay, I would have recoiled in horror. I was always a tomboy, one of my earliest memories is playing football with my best friend, me in my beloved Manchester City kit and Brian […]
I am in the final few months of my full time role as General Secretary of the Scottish LGBTI Police Association, a full time role within Police Scotland. I have been a police officer for just over 15 years, starting my policing career in West Yorkshire Police and very much in the closet. It was […]
On Wednesday 11th January 2022 the National LGBT+ Police Network held an NCG (National Coordination Group) meeting with the addition of an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM). The EGM being required due to National LGBT+ Police Network Co-Chair Clint Blackburn providing his intention to stand down effective from the December 2021 NCG meeting. During the EGM, […]
PC Ashley Toner-Maxwell – Police Scotland As a child I absolutely loved sports. I grew up skateboarding and playing football with the boys. So it was a real shame I missed out on so much PE in high school. While the boys played rugby or football outdoors, I spent some PE lessons alone in the […]
My Coming Out Story… “In coming out, I want to be the person I was born. I want to be able to enjoy my successes without having the issue hanging over me. I want to be able to find somebody to share my life with” This is an extract from my coming out letter. It […]
Working together to improve policing services and workplaces On Thursday 16 September, several hundred colleagues from police and related organisations across England and Wales joined the online National LGBT+ Police Conference 2021, this year hosted by Avon and Somerset Police. Bringing together police officers, police staff and partner organisations, the conference aimed to equip […]
June is Pride month So what exactly is Pride Month? You may have noticed a lot of businesses and public sector bodies have added rainbow emblems to their logos and social media profiles for the month of June and wondered why. Here, Constable Paul Bloomer of the Police Service of Northern Ireland LGBT+ Network explains […]
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