Gay police officer, hotline mom win British honor
A gay police officer in London has been awarded the MBE - which is something about Queen Elizabeth, a lovely medal and the New Year - for helping modernize police attitudes toward diversity. Inspector Paul Cahill, 32, says the situation has dramatically improved in the past five years. When he joined the police in the 1990s he said it was "virtually not acceptable to be gay." Now each London division has an officer to liaise with the gay community and the Gay Police Association, of which he is chairman, has 1,000 members. BBC
Also honored was Edinburgh, Scotland's Anne Patrizio, who works with a hotline for parents of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender children. "This award is very exciting," she said. "... When my son came out about 15 years ago I rang the helpline and it was the best thing I could have done. It is not because I was anti-gay, it is that when your child comes out you don’t know how to help them." Scotsman.com
British MBE honors
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