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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- U.S. MILARY ENDS POLICY BANNG OPENLY GAY AMERINS FROM SERVICE
- US ARY LIFTS BAN ON OPENLY GAY TROOPS
- THE MILARY GAY BAN: WHY DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL DON'T WORK
- GAYS THE MILARY
U.S. MILARY ENDS POLICY BANNG OPENLY GAY AMERINS FROM SERVICE
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 military *
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 Eighteen years later, Congrs repealed the policy, allowg openly gay, lbian and bisexual people to serve the ary.
US ARY LIFTS BAN ON OPENLY GAY TROOPS
Twelve years after repeal of the ban on gay and lbian troops servg openly, no one the ary or Veterans Admistratn knows how many vets are still whout the benefs they're owed. * gay ban military *
Bin began his princy wh another wi-rangg civil rights executive orr directg the ernment to implement protectns for lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people the Uned Stat based on the Supreme Court’s cisn Bostock v. Openly gay Amerins were not allowed to serve until 2011, when Mr.
Obama end the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy put place by the Clton admistratn Bin has long embraced a more expansive view of gay and transgenr rights than some his party. Policy banng gay, lbian, bisexual, and transgenred people om servg openly the ary has been officially repealed and s mise is beg hailed as a tone for civil rights by advocy groups and ernment officials alike.
THE MILARY GAY BAN: WHY DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL DON'T WORK
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 military *
"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.
GAYS THE MILARY
Most lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr service members are still reluctant to disclose their sexual orientatn or inty. * gay ban military *
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.
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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.
"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.
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 military *
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. At the time, gay troops weren't allowed the ary.
Barack Obama wel repeal of 18-year 'don't ask, don't tell' policy as gay lobby groups across US celebrate * gay ban military *
But two years to his enlistment, Steffanis got spotted at a gay bar near his base. "They cut my locker open and found some gay magaz, " he says. Not only was agast the ary regulatns, gay sex was still illegal Virgia, and many other stat.
Rishi Sunak has apologised on behalf of the Government for the 'horrific' historic treatment of LGBTQ+ people servg the ary. Servg personnel spected of beg gay, lbian, bisexual or... * gay ban military *
"They threw me the brig, put me on bread and water — was huiatg --for beg gay, " says Steffanis. " As long as they kept secret, gay and lbian troops uld serve.
Rumors sprouted about how he wasn't datg women or had reported on others for g homophobic slurs. In the years sce, the tegratn of gay and lbian troops has been herald as a huge succs wh no effects on un hn or bat reads, acrdg to the Pentagon.
At the time was uncharted terrory, and Alexanr, by then a litenant lonel, sat a room full of senr officers talkg about how to handle gay service members. "I said, you know what, 'I'm a gay service member, ' " he said.