Italy's gay policemen join forces to come out

In a country where masculine values hold sway, gay recruits to Italy's police and armed forces have avoided going public about their sexuality for fear of suffering ostracism and forced transfers.

That is until last week, when a group of openly gay men in uniform announced they were planning to set up an organisation to combat discrimination and that they were plotting a collective coming-out event to show Italy's police chiefs and army generals that they are a force to be reckoned with. The movement immediately found a natural front man in Fabrizio Caiazza, after it emerged the Milan traffic policeman is facing sanctions from superiors after winning a gay beauty contest. Full story...