Friday, June 09, 2023

LGBT Veterans Want Military Ban Report Immediately

BBC: Campaigners are urging the government to immediately release the findings of a review into the treatment of LGBT veterans who were forced out of their jobs as a result of being gay.

Until 2000 it was illegal to be gay in the British military - with more than 5,000 veterans thought to be affected.

Some have given evidence to a review launched last year but are concerned the report has not been published yet.

The government said it would consider the recommendations "in due course".

One veteran told BBC News she wants the government to apologise because gay officers' lives "were robbed" by the ban. » | Lauren Moss, LGBT correspondent & Josh Parry, LGBT producer, BBC News | Friday, June 9, 2023