Officers across the UK may soon be asked to state if they are gay, bisexual or straight on anonymous equal opportunity forms. These surveys, created in part by The Gay Police Association, are meant to benefit gay policemen and women by creating openness within departments and addressing needs specific to GLB officers.

A scheme aimed at asking policemen and women to reveal their sexual orientation may be rolled out across the UK after a successful trial period.

As revealed by Personnel Today last year, officers in several test constabularies, including Lancashire, Bedfordshire and Leicestershire, were asked if they were gay, bisexual or straight, as part of an anonymous equal opportunities form.

The Gay Police Association (GPA), which helped develop the initiative, is now calling for all forces to carry out similar surveys in a bid to create openness and address the needs of gay policemen and women.

It said the results of the trials were promising because some staff felt able to say they were not heterosexual and only a small number of people declined to answer the question.

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