Wes Streeting says he has faced ‘unbelievable volume’ of homophobia as Defence Secretary

Streeting said some people ‘cannot cope’ with the idea of a gay person leading the UK’s armed forces

Homosexuality was decriminalised in the UK in 1967, but a ban continued in the armed forces until 2000.

Streeting says role is chance to show strength and challenge stereotype that ‘persists in dark corners of internet’ Wes Streeting has described receiving a mass of homophobic abuse since he was made defence secretary last month, while also saying his appointment had been welcomed by some in the Ministry of Defence (MoD