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.”
Contents:
- U.S. MILARY ENDS POLICY BANNG OPENLY GAY AMERINS FROM SERVICE
- RISHI SUNAK APOLOGIS TO LGBT VETERANS FOR PAST ARMED FORC GAY BAN
- PM'S APOLOGY FOR PAST GAY BAN WELED BY SHROPSHIRE VETERAN
- ARMY VETERANS SACKED DURG 'GAY BAN' MAND APOLOGY OM RISHI SUNAK
- THE MILARY GAY BAN: WHY DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL DON'T WORK
- US ARY LIFTS BAN ON OPENLY GAY TROOPS
U.S. MILARY ENDS POLICY BANNG OPENLY GAY AMERINS FROM SERVICE
The new data, shared exclively wh CBS News, vers the years om 1980 until the feral urts lifted the ban agast gay and lbian service members 2010. * gay ban army *
Ary agast gay and lbian service members, revealg that more than 29, 000 dividuals kicked out bee of their sexualy were nied honorable have long been timat suggtg about 14, 000 service members were separated om the ary unr "don't ask, don't tell, " the policy that banned gay men and women om servg openly om 1994 to 2011, but the ary has never before shared a tailed breakdown of how many dividuals were nied honorable discharg durg and before "don't ask, don't tell, " when gays and lbians were prohibed om servg at all. The new data, which the nonprof legal servic anizatn Legal Aid At Work obtaed through a Freedom of Informatn Act requt and shared wh CBS News, vers the three s om 1980 until the feral urts lifted the ban agast gay and lbian soldiers, sailors and airmen 2010. Acrdg to the data, 35, 801 dividuals "received a discharge or separatn bee of real or perceived homosexualy, homosexual nduct, sexual perversn, or any other related reason om the perd October 1, 1980 to September 20, 2011.
RISHI SUNAK APOLOGIS TO LGBT VETERANS FOR PAST ARMED FORC GAY BAN
The U.S. policy banng gays and lbians om servg openly the ary has officially end and advocy groups and ernment officials alike have hailed the tone as the begng of a new era for the Amerin armed servic and civil rights. Print Barack Obama said the end of the policy known as, "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" means the untry has taken another "great step" toward fulfillg s foundg ials. * gay ban army *
When CBS News reached out to the Defense Department about the new figur, officials there produced different numbers om s Office of Legal Policy ditg most service members separated on the basis of homosexual nduct om 1970 to 2011 were discharged unr honorable ndns. Ary bee of real or perceived homosexualy, homosexual nduct or other related reasons, om Oct. While some ary laws directly crimalized homosexual activy, other statut were ed as ver charg to dm gay men and women out of the service, meang the numbers may only reveal a actn of the te toll.
Air Force veteran once imprisoned for beg gay still endur the stigma of a felony rerd. Sce 2011, openly gay, lbian and bisexual men and women have been permted to serve the ary. It wasn’t until 1982 that the ary enacted a policy explicly banng gay men and lbians om their ranks.
And the early 1940s, was classified as a mental illns, disqualifyg gay men and lbians om service. Eighteen years later, Congrs repealed the policy, allowg openly gay, lbian and bisexual people to serve the ary. Policy banng gay, lbian, bisexual, and transgenred people om servg openly the ary has been officially repealed and s mise is beg hailed as a tone for civil rights by advocy groups and ernment officials alike.
PM'S APOLOGY FOR PAST GAY BAN WELED BY SHROPSHIRE VETERAN
Most lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr service members are still reluctant to disclose their sexual orientatn or inty. * gay ban army *
"To me this is not jt a victory for the gay and lbian muny of Amerin, or more narrowly, for gay and lbian Amerins who want to serve the U.
Lieberman ma the ments at a prs nference Washgton wh gay and lbian service members who are now able, for the first time history, to reveal their sexual preference whout fear of losg their ary post. The policy prohibed ary personnel om discrimatg agast or harassg gay and lbian service members but also barred openly gay or lbian soldiers om servg.
ARMY VETERANS SACKED DURG 'GAY BAN' MAND APOLOGY OM RISHI SUNAK
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.” * gay ban army *
And the policy led to the dismissal of more than 13, 000 members of the ary who eher revealed their homosexualy or were "outed" by others.
Air Force who last year ed a psdonym to found an unrground group of some 4, 000 gay, lbian, bisexual, and transgenr service members.
THE MILARY GAY BAN: WHY DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL DON'T WORK
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"No words n scribe how feels to stand up here and be able to say for the first time [that] my name is First Litenant Josh Seeiend and I am a gay first litenant the Uned Stat Air Force, " he said at the Capol Hill prs nference. "It's a huge burn lifted off of my shoulr and the 65, 000 other gay and lbian and bisexual troops out there servg the ary right now.
As of today, our armed forc will no longer lose the extraordary skills and bat experience of so many gay and lbian service members. The Uned Stat now jos the majory of European untri, Atralia, Israel, and many others, allowg open ary service for homosexuals. Image source, Emma RileyImage ptn, Rad operator Emma Riley was discharged om the Navy for beg a lbian the 1990sRishi Sunak has apologised for the historil treatment of LGBT veterans who were sacked or forced out of the ary for beg PM lled the ban an "appallg failure" of the Brish was illegal to be gay the Brish ary until 2000 - wh thoands of veterans thought to be affected.
US ARY LIFTS BAN ON OPENLY GAY TROOPS
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.” * gay ban army *
Addrsg MPs, the prime mister said: "Many endured the most horrific sexual abe and vlence, homophobic bullyg and harassment all while bravely servg this untry. "The LGBT Veterans Inpennt Review, led by Bra's first openly gay judge Lord Etherton, began last year and heard about the experienc of 1, 145 veterans between 1967 to 2000.
Homosexualy was crimalised the UK 1967 but a ban ntued the armed forc. Acrdg to the report, the Mistry of Defence said at the time that jtifitn for the policy clud "matenance of operatnal effectivens and efficiency" - but the report said there had been an "prehensible policy of homophobic bigotry" the armed forc. It heard shockg acunts of homophobia, bullyg, blackmail, sexual asslts, "disgraceful" medil examatns, and nversn mak 49 remendatns to the ernment cludg:Affected veterans to be given an "appropriate fancial reward" pped at £50m overallThe rtoratn of medals that had to be hand back on dismissal or dischargeThe clarifitn of pensn rights The prentatn of a special veterans' badgeThe ernment said would rpond full after summer of the veterans affected watched the PM's public of them, Emma Riley, 51, was a Royal Navy rad operator for three years before she was arrted and discharged for beg a lbian after tellg a lleague her sexualy the early told BBC News she weled the report, and hoped would be put to place "swiftly.
Carol Man, who was dismissed after tellg her boss she was gay 1978, kept her sexualy secret for another 30 years and said she had been "robbed" of her life. "Olympian Dame Kelly Holm, who served the army and me out as gay last year, lled the publitn of the report a "historic moment", while Cathere Dixon, a former army officer who is now vice chair at Stonewall, said was "an important step towards jtice" for those whose ary reers were "ed" bee of their sexualy.
While the LGBT ary muny has seen creased reprentatn the past , stris are still beg ma to improve acceptance, tegratn and health for gay and transgenr service members. * gay ban army *
Many still have a crimal rerd to this also tails how some veterans faced a plete loss of e, while others were emed eligible to claim their pensn bee of their report more than 20 years after four servicemen and women, who were sacked for beg gay, won a se the European Court of Human Rights and overturned the armed forc chary Royal Brish Legn lled on the ernment to accept the report's remendatns chary's director general Charl Byrne weled both the report and Mr Sunak's "landmark apology", sayg many people who had dited their liv to the untry were "forced or felt prsured to leave the armed forc, and this mistreatment stroyed or shortened their reer". Half a after the repeal of don’t ask, don’t tell, most lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr service members still felt reluctant to be open about their sexualy wh their lleagu and cha of mand, acrdg to a study released late study, published by the journal Sexualy Rearch and Social Policy, found that 59 percent of rponnts did not feel fortable beg out at work, eher bee of reer repercsns or bee of the burn of beg a token rponsible for tg their peers.