🕒
Created
Defence Secretary Wes Streeting reports facing an unprecedented volume of online homophobia since his appointment.
Defence Secretary Wes Streeting reported facing an unprecedented volume of online homophobia in the weeks following his appointment. Streeting noted that the level of abuse received online has exceeded the amount he experienced in his entire life, attributing the reaction to a public struggle to accept an openly gay person leading the United Kingdom's armed forces. Streeting stated that his new role provides an opportunity to demonstrate strength and challenge persistent stereotypes found in