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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Aletha Adu

Gay men working in parliament ‘most vulnerable’ to harassment, says MP

Caroline Nokes
Caroline Nokes said there was still a taboo around homosexuality. Photograph: Sopa Images/LightRocket/Getty Images

Gay men working in parliament are the “most vulnerable” to harassment and abuse but are “absolutely terrified of coming forward” because of the taboo which remains around homosexuality, a senior Conservative MP has said.

Former immigration minister Caroline Nokes said women receive “all the column inches in the press” before “this ‘and also’ [approach] when it comes to the young gay men’.”

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