MI5 named Britain's most gay friendly employer

[CremeBrulee]

"...25 years after homosexual candidates were first allowed to apply."

"The security service, which has a “reverse mentoring” scheme that buddies straight managers with junior gay staff"

"The security service expects staff to be open with their employer about their personal life so they are not susceptible to blackmail"

"In 2008, MI5 hired Stonewall to give advice on how to encourage spies to be more open about their sexuality and how to get more gay people to apply for positions."

/facepalm

Does that mean the straight managers must listen to stories of how their gay employees buggered their latest gay bar pickup?

People stop doing shit like that after they get out of high school. You will see. One day. Maybe.

 

[The Great Goose]

I'm not sure darling.

There's also the situation where say a man is married, but he's secretly bi-sexual and visits male prostitutes. If this man is employed by an organisation like MI5, then he's prime blackmail material from a third party.

Then how do they know MI5 is hiring gay people? Are they double secret gay?

They know because Stonewall has now told everyone how great MI5 is at hiring gay people.

Why would an out-of-the-closet gay man be married to a woman?

The whole idea of being out of the closet is that there's nothing "secret" about it.

Where does it say that all of them are out-of-the-closet?

Did you bother to actually read the article you linked?

The whole point of allowing openly gay spies is to let them to come out of the closet.

There may still be closeted gay men in MI5 - but there are certainly less of them now than there were prior to the ban being lifted.

Are there any women in mi5?

 

[Lucy Hamilton]

Then how do they know MI5 is hiring gay people? Are they double secret gay?

They know because Stonewall has now told everyone how great MI5 is at hiring gay people.

Why would an out-of-the-closet gay man be married to a woman?

The whole idea of being out of the closet is that there's nothing "secret" about it.

Where does it say that all of them are out-of-the-closet?

Did you bother to actually read the article you linked?

The whole point of allowing openly gay spies is to let them to come out of the closet.

There may still be closeted gay men in MI5 - but there are certainly less of them now than there were prior to the ban being lifted.

Are there any women in mi5?

Yes many women.

 

[theDoctorisIn]

Then how do they know MI5 is hiring gay people? Are they double secret gay?

They know because Stonewall has now told everyone how great MI5 is at hiring gay people.

Why would an out-of-the-closet gay man be married to a woman?

The whole idea of being out of the closet is that there's nothing "secret" about it.

Where does it say that all of them are out-of-the-closet?

Did you bother to actually read the article you linked?

The whole point of allowing openly gay spies is to let them to come out of the closet.

There may still be closeted gay men in MI5 - but there are certainly less of them now than there were prior to the ban being lifted.

Are there any women in mi5?

I assume so. I can't possibly think of a reason why there wouldn't be.

 

[The Great Goose]

They know because Stonewall has now told everyone how great MI5 is at hiring gay people.

Why would an out-of-the-closet gay man be married to a woman?

The whole idea of being out of the closet is that there's nothing "secret" about it.

Where does it say that all of them are out-of-the-closet?

Did you bother to actually read the article you linked?

The whole point of allowing openly gay spies is to let them to come out of the closet.

There may still be closeted gay men in MI5 - but there are certainly less of them now than there were prior to the ban being lifted.

Are there any women in mi5?

Yes many women.

 

[reconmark]

Gays are mentally ill.

So it only makes sense they shouldn't be involved in intelligence work. .....

Like Muslims???