LGBTQ+ military personnel had to hide their sexuality in order to serve until the law was changed in 2000.
She said officers ransacked her room searching for evidence, before interrogating her for six hours.After she"confessed" to being gay, she was sent to a psychiatrist who, she said,"was only interested in asking questions about what we did in bed".
"There must be compensation because these veterans have suffered decades of hurt, and they suffer financial impoverishment, and that must find its remedy. "But actually, this is a community that seeks to restore its honour. They deserve an apology on behalf of the nation, by the prime minister. They deserve individual apologies by the heads of the armed forces."And they should be given back their berets so when we march at the national Service Of Remembrance past the Cenotaph, like all other veterans, to remember those that we have lost, they are able to do so with great honour.
A report published this week by researchers at Northumbria University highlighted the long-term damage the ban inflicted on veterans. The team surveyed more than 100 LGBTQ+ people who served before 2000, many of whom were dismissed after traumatic military police investigations.• 82% of respondents were subjected to intrusive investigations, 72% felt vilified and"treated like a criminal"• 56% said it had impacted having a place to liveA review by Lord Etherton into the experiences of people who served between 1967 and 2000 has been carried out, and the government is expected to publish the recommendations soon.
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