Gender-fluid Met officer: I am both a man and a woman

A POLICE constable who uses separate male and female identities while at work has become Britain’s first genderfluid officer.

On some days the officer goes by the name Callum and on others by the female name Abi. The transgender Pc has two warrant cards, one in a male name and one with a female identity.

Gender-fluid is a term which refers to a personal identity that varies over time. The person’s gender can vary at random or in response to different circumstances.

A commitment to gender-fluidity forms part of the Met Police’s diversity initiative encouraging officers to “be themselves” at work.

The officer’s gender-fluid status was announced in an internal message to the Met’s 43,607 police and civilian staff last week, titled: “Bring your whole self to work”.

Callum, who had been a male police officer for 13 years, told the Sun: “The

‘I’m still me. I’m still the same person whether I’m presenting as Callum or Abi. It’s the same dice’

first time I walked into a Met building as Abi, I was hyperventilating so much I almost passed out. I’ve done it a handful of times since and felt so happy that I got to be me at work.

“Abi is a part of me that exists and I want that part to be recognised and validated. But I’m still me. I’m still the same person whether I’m presenting as Callum or Abi. It’s the same dice. You’re just looking at a different number.”

Equality campaigners hailed the decision as a positive step forward. However, one recently retired senior Met officer condemned the decision.

Mick Neville, a former detective chief inspector, said: “Senior officers constantly complain about lack of funding. But there will always be enough to fill a diversity unit to run crazy schemes like this. Little wonder the public lose faith in the police.”

It comes after the Met’s new commissioner, Cressida Dick, said she wanted diversity to be at the heart of her time in office.

Speaking just after she started the role last month, she said she believed “passionately” that forces should represent the community they serve.