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- 'I WAS DISMISSED OM THE NAVY FOR BEG GAY'
- ROYAL NAVY HAS E A LONG WAY SCE DAYS OF THE GAY BISERTHIS SUMMER, ROYAL MAR AND SAILORS FLEW THE FLAG FOR THE LGBT+ MUNY AT PRI EVENTS - BUT THE NOT SO DISTANT PAST, ONLY BOATS ULD BE OPENLY GAY...PLYMOUTHHERALDSHARECOMMENTSNEWSBYMAX CHANNONOVERNIGHT EDOR (LIVE NETWORK)16:17, 30 AUG 2019UPDATED07:11, 31 AUG 2019THE ROYAL NAVY FLYG THE FLAG FOR THE LGBT+ MUNY AT MANCHTER PRIGET THE STORI THAT MATTER TO OUR MUNY STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOX WH OUR DAILY NEWSLETTERMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 GET THE STORI THAT MATTER TO OUR MUNY STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOX WH OUR DAILY NEWSLETTERINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!
- BRISH SOLDIERS SACKED FOR BEG GAY N GET THEIR MEDALS BACK
- NAVY CHIEFS ORRED SECRET PURGE OF GAY SAILORS
- BRISH SOLDIERS SACKED FOR BEG GAY N GET THEIR MEDALS BACK
'I WAS DISMISSED OM THE NAVY FOR BEG GAY'
The ban on gay people servg the ary meant the litenant manr spent a fearg imprisonment. As soon as was lifted he sisted on speakg out – whatever the st * homosexuality royal navy *
When to celebratg powerful gay women, envisn Sam Ksey Briggs. As a woman, you n empathise and unrstand other women; as a gay person you n empathise and unrstand gay people etc.
Of urse the Defence Indtry we work around the globe and most certaly as a woman and beg gay may make certa rol untenable, purely om a legal perspective that particular untri may not accept who you are.
As a gay woman, applyg for a job Sdi Arabia is clearly not a wise optn for me, so I will look for alternativ that offer me other siar opportuni. The report examed the effect the historic policy prohibg homosexualy the UK Armed Forc has had on LGBT+ veterans and personnel who served between 1967 and 2000.
ROYAL NAVY HAS E A LONG WAY SCE DAYS OF THE GAY BISERTHIS SUMMER, ROYAL MAR AND SAILORS FLEW THE FLAG FOR THE LGBT+ MUNY AT PRI EVENTS - BUT THE NOT SO DISTANT PAST, ONLY BOATS ULD BE OPENLY GAY...PLYMOUTHHERALDSHARECOMMENTSNEWSBYMAX CHANNONOVERNIGHT EDOR (LIVE NETWORK)16:17, 30 AUG 2019UPDATED07:11, 31 AUG 2019THE ROYAL NAVY FLYG THE FLAG FOR THE LGBT+ MUNY AT MANCHTER PRIGET THE STORI THAT MATTER TO OUR MUNY STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOX WH OUR DAILY NEWSLETTERMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 GET THE STORI THAT MATTER TO OUR MUNY STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOX WH OUR DAILY NEWSLETTERINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!
The ary ban, which was lifted 2000, meant that gay people were dishonourably discharged and sometim, stripped of medals. * homosexuality royal navy *
Image source, Chris Fergon A review to the impact of a ban on LGBT people servg the ary is to be rried out, more than 20 years after the law was former Royal Navy medic who was dismissed om the ary for beg gay 1982 told BBC Rad's Good Morng Stland that the experience left him suicidal. He said up until 1995, "we had gay men prison for beg gay".
I only joed at 19, when I didn't know what beg gay was.
"I was jt disverg who I was, realisg I was gay. "To this day, he n't be sure how the navy found out he was gay.
BRISH SOLDIERS SACKED FOR BEG GAY N GET THEIR MEDALS BACK
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He sists he was very discreet, and only a few other sailors who were also gay knew he was too.
It was illegal to be gay the UK ary until 2000, when the law was changed after four servicemen and women, who had been sacked over their sexual orientatn, won a se the European Court of Human to the change LGBT people servg were imprisoned if their sexualy or genr inty was disvered by the change the ary's handlg of homosexualy me 33 years after homosexual acts were crimalised between two nsentg adults over the age of 21 most Jon, of the chary Fightg Wh Pri, said he weled the review. It was towards the end of his terview for a place at the prtig Brannia Royal Naval College that Craig Jon was asked if he had ever had ntact wh homosexuals.
No, he said, he had never knowgly met a homosexual his life. Then, for good measure, “I said somethg like: ‘If I saw anybody who was gay, I’d walk the oppose directn.
NAVY CHIEFS ORRED SECRET PURGE OF GAY SAILORS
The Royal Navy and Royal Mar have been named as one of the UK’s top employers for their mment to lbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgenr staff. * homosexuality royal navy *
Back 1987, there was a ban on gay, bisexual and trans people jog Bra’s armed, then 20, was tellg the naval officers what they wanted to hear.
“I thought: ‘Fuck, I bought that bee I fancy him, and therefore I’m gay.
BRISH SOLDIERS SACKED FOR BEG GAY N GET THEIR MEDALS BACK
Over the past 21 years, sce the ban on gay personnel was repealed, he has mpaigned vociferoly for gay rights the armed forc - damagg his own advancement the week, the home secretary, Pri Patel, announced that all nvictns for nsensual homosexual activy will be wiped om the rerds. “It was the first time I had any notn that I was part of anythg bigger – a gay muny – and was stctive to protect them.
“That night, I walked to my first gay bar and sat next to the man who would bee my hband and partner of the past 27 years. “When we met 1995, if we’d been ught, I’d have been arrted and sent to prison for six months for the crimal offence of homosexualy.
It was a toxic environment and people were actively enuraged to report those who might be gay.