LONDON (AP) — U.K. Prime Mister Rishi Sunak apologized Wednday for the treatment of gay veterans, 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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WHAT THE MILARY GAY BAN CAN TEACH US ABOUT TMP’S ABE OF THE “NATNAL SECURY” RATNALE
DeSantis' mpaign shared a vio that attacked Tmp for his support of LGBTQ rights, promptg wispread backlash. Both ndidat have rolled back protectns for trans and gay people office. * trump gay military *
LGBTQ equaly did not end when homosexualy was crimalized the Uned Stat nearly two s ago or when same-same marriage was clared the law of the land by the Supreme Court nearly six years ago. “In that sense, is a perfect parallel to the failed ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy, also sold as not beg a ban although signed to systemilly ph gay people out of ary service — or at least keep them silent and visible.
To see how easily the natnal secury mantle n be ed to ny an entire populatn their fundamental rights for s, one need only look at the recent history of the fight for lbian, gay and bisexual ary service. As a rult of all this, the ban on openly gay service was repeatedly upheld by feral urts bee, as one judge put , “the ary is entled to ference for s profsnal termatn that [asserted] legimate ncerns would adversely impact our natn’s ary reads. Denyg lbian, gay, and bisexual people the right to serve uniform was vastatg to such people and hampered ary reads.
To show how easily history n repeat self, and to offer a utnary tale hop that, neverthels, won’t, below I have excerpted and adapted brief passag om my book Uniendly Fire: How the Gay Ban Unrm the Milary and Weakens Ameri.