U.K. Prime Mister Rishi Sunak has apologized for the treatment of gay veterans by sayg that a prev ban on LGBTQ+ people servg the U.K. ary was “an appallg failure of the Brish state.”
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RISHI SUNAK APOLOGIS TO LGBT VETERANS FOR PAST ARMED FORC GAY BAN
Lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr people Sat Vcent and the Grenad face bias-motivated vlence and discrimatn their daily life. The thori should repeal the untry’s lonial-era laws that crimalize nsensual same-sex nduct and pass prehensive civil legislatn prohibg discrimatn based on sexual orientatn and genr inty. * bullying about lgbt *
”He advised an “appropriate fancial award” should be ma to veterans affected by the pre-2000 ban on homosexualy the armed forc, an pennt review has Etherton’s report remend: “An appropriate fancial award should be ma to affected veterans notwhstandg the expiry of ligatn time lims.
“The crimalizatn of gay sex giv tac state sanctn to the discrimatn and vlence that LGBT people experience their daily liv and pels many to look abroad to live eely and fulfill their dreams, ” said Cristian González Cabrera, LGBT rights rearcher at Human Rights Watch. (The above fn was taken om the LGBT Foundatn)Like all forms of bullyg, homophobic bullyg n be through name llg, spreadg mours, onle bullyg, physil, sexual or emotnal abe and n clu:Makg ments about a person’s genr or sexualy that liberately mak them feel unfortableCallg a person nam or teasg themHtg, kickg, punchg or physilly hurtg themInappropriate sexual ments or gturRefg to work or operate wh someone bee of their real or perceived sexual orientatnMakg nasty ments about a person onleMockg or imatg someone’s voice, mannerisms etc. Rearch by Stonewall shows that:55% of LGBTQ+ stunts report havg experienced homophobic, biphobic or transphobic (HBT) bullyg9 out of 10 sendary school teachers say that pupils their schools have been subject to homophobic bullyg.
* bullying about lgbt *
Only half of LGBTQ+ pupils report that their schools say homophobic bullyg is wrong and even fewer fah schools, at you’re beg bullied this way you need to tell someone; your parents, another fay member/tsted adult or a teacher. It is very important to al wh rogatory terms ed to scribe LGBTQ+ people, but sual ments said passg, such as scribg a negative suatn as ‘gay’, n also be very is credibly wispread – 90% of young people have, at least once, ed the word ‘gay’ a negative ntext. In schools where stunts equently hear homophobic language, 68% of gay pupils are bullied, as opposed to 37% schools where homophobic language is rarely or never children and young people may not realise how offensive this kd of talk n be.