Home Office officials are under fire for using "shockingly degrading" lines of questioning when interviewing gay and lesbian asylum seekers, despite clear guidance that such an approach is unacceptable.

A confidential Home Office document leaked to the Observer reveals how one bisexual asylum seeker was asked a series of lurid questions by a Home Office official, including: "Did you put your penis into x's backside?" and "When x was penetrating you, did you have an erection? Did x ejaculate inside you. Why did you use a condom?"

The document reveals that during five hours of questioning in a UK detention centre, the male asylum seeker was also asked: "What is it about men's backsides that attracts you?" and "What is it about the way men walk that turns you on?"

The questions, typed up by a Home Office employee, and dated last October, have been branded an "interrogation".

The problem is that anyone can turn up and say they are Gay, will be victamised if sent back to thier country - so you need to do some questioning

I suppose if you turn it around and I was asked
"What do you find attractive about Womens XXXXX" I am sure I could wax lyrical about it for some time