Senior barrister told BPTC student ‘I don’t trust fags like you’, shocking new LGBT+ research reveals
Homophobia appears to be worse at the bar than it is across other workplaces
Katie King
Katie King is a reporter at Legal Cheek. She recently graduated from the University of Bristol Law School, and spent the summer working in a specialist family law firm in South London.
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