MI5 named Britain’s best gay-friendly employer

Thames House, the headquarters of the British Security Service (MI5) is seen in London, Britain October 22, 2015. - Reuters

LONDON (AFP) - Britain’s MI5 spy agency was on Tuesday named the country’s best employer for promoting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender diversity.

The domestic counter-intelligence and security agency came top of the annual Workplace Equality Index conducted by Stonewall, an LGBT rights charity.