God & Gay’s Save the Queen

The Queen of England is looking for a few good folks to join her squad of elite officers protecting Windsor Castle and Balmoral. And if she has her way, she’d prefer it if those folks came from under-represented populations on her staff, including LGBT folks.

The Metropolitian Police are leading a recruitment drive to add special officers to a unit known as the SO14 ­Royalty Protection Branch. Sounds a little like an American bank or something from the TV show Alias, but it’s actually an elite squad of cops who protect the Royal Family as well as visitors to London’s royal palaces. The recruitment drive came about amidst concerns that the unit was lacking diversity, especially regarding LGBT officers.

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