A former sergeant with the NSW Police has told the ABC about their experience of homophobia while serving, including hearing 'extremely homophobic' remarks during Sydney WorldPride 2023.
"I had a police station in the backyard, in our cubby house, so my parents always knew I was going to be a police officer," he said.
"He said he was disgusted in me … so I realised at that point I can't continue the conversation, I've got no support," he said.Peter has recently left the NSW Police Force and spoke to ABC News because he wants to help change the toxic culture that he claims forced him out of the job the loved. In the decade after Peter was outed at work, while the NSW Police continued to march in the annual Mardi Gras parade in public support of the LGBTQI+ community, he claims he was subjected to constant bullying because of his sexuality.
"The community changed, not the police, but the community changed and there was a lot more legislation that made it illegal to say things like they were saying.In more recent years, Peter said the bullying and discrimination continued and officers continued openly using hateful and derogatory language to describe members of the LGBTQ+ community.
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