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Coming out of the Blue : British police officers talk about their lives in "The Job" as lesbians, gays, and bisexuals / Marc E. Burke
Bib ID 2854517
Format BookBook
Author
Burke, Marc E
 
Description London ; New York, NY : Cassell, 1993. 
x, 259 p. ; 23 cm. 
ISBN 0304327166 (hardback)  030432714X (paperback) 
Series

The Cassell lesbian and gay studies

Summary

Much has been written about homosexuality and the police; Coming Out of the Blue tackles the delicate and contentious issues around homosexuality in the police. Through interviews with lesbian, gay and bisexual officers, this ground-breaking study provides rare insights into two of society's most controversial and most interesting communities.

Officers from various forces, departments and ranks of the British police, many of them members of the new Lesbian and Gay Police Association (LAGPA), speak out for the first time on topics such as coming out, equal opportunities, cruising, cottaging and queerbashing. This rare material poses difficult questions such as: Which community, if any, has the loyalty of these officers? How does living a double life affect personal and professional relationships? Is the situation worse for women? This book is written in the hope that both the police and the lesbian and gay community might learn something of the problems they each face and give recognition to those lesbian, gay and bisexual officers who, belonging to the two communities, are often comprehended by neither and persecuted by both.

Full contents
  • Foreword / Alison Halford
  • 1. Sketches
  • 2. Selection and Training
  • 3. Cruising, Cottaging and Queerbashing
  • 4. Lovers
  • 5. Heterosexual Homosexuals
  • 6. Pubbing and Clubbing
  • 7. Two Communities, Double Lives
  • 8. Coming Out
  • 9. Prejudice and Discrimination
 
Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-256) and index.

Subjects Gay police officers - Great Britain.

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