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05-17-2016, 10:57 AM
Transgender police ******r raises LGBT rainbow flag for the first time
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A police force in Australia has celebrated its LGBT workplace by raising a rainbow flag in an inaugural ceremony.*
In a moving moment on Tuesday, transgender Constable Mairead Devlin raised the flag outside Queensland police headquarters in Brisbane for the first time in history.
SEE ALSO: The faces of transgender teen America (http://mashable.com/2015/08/31/transgender-teenagers/)
"I felt humbled and proud," Devlin told the Courier Mail. (http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/transgender-queensland-police-******r-raises-rainbow-flag/news-story/5fba568486002742f7656d643702aee1) "I'm very glad to have been given the opportunity to have raised it today.*From the day I came out, [police] management have been very supportive."
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Constable Devlin said he has received great support in the police force.
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A police force in Australia has celebrated its LGBT workplace by raising a rainbow flag in an inaugural ceremony.*
In a moving moment on Tuesday, transgender Constable Mairead Devlin raised the flag outside Queensland police headquarters in Brisbane for the first time in history.
SEE ALSO: The faces of transgender teen America (http://mashable.com/2015/08/31/transgender-teenagers/)
"I felt humbled and proud," Devlin told the Courier Mail. (http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/transgender-queensland-police-******r-raises-rainbow-flag/news-story/5fba568486002742f7656d643702aee1) "I'm very glad to have been given the opportunity to have raised it today.*From the day I came out, [police] management have been very supportive."
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Constable Devlin said he has received great support in the police force.
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