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
- SUNAK APOLOGIZ FOR HISTORIC TREATMENT OF UK GAY VETERANS
RISHI SUNAK APOLOGIS TO LGBT VETERANS FOR PAST ARMED FORC GAY BAN
When Alex me out as gay, the 15-year-old's parents issued a stark ultimatum: unrgo nversn therapy or clear out of the fay home the northern English cy of Wakefield. * lgbt news in uk *
After takg a few sends, she said: ‘Durg that time [Kelly was the army om 1998-1997] there was a wch hunt, where they were purposely gog to barracks and tryg to fd people who were nsired, possibly, to be gay. Prime Mister Rishi Sunak apologised on behalf of the ernment (Picture: AP)It was illegal to be gay the Brish ary until 2000, and Sunak lled this fact an ‘appallg failure’ and apologised on behalf of the ernment.
Kelly has fought for the apology (Picture: Jeremy O’Donnell/Shutterstock)Some even served time behd bars due to the ary crimal offence of beg homosexual.
Kelly Holm was an Army sergeant (Picture: PA)‘As today’s report mak clear, that perd many endured the most horrific sexual abe and vlence, homophobic bullyg and harassment, all while bravely servg this untry, ’ said Sunak. “As today’s report mak clear, that perd many endured the most horrific sexual abe and vlence, homophobic bullyg and harassment, all while bravely servg this untry, ” Sunak told MP.
SUNAK APOLOGIZ FOR HISTORIC TREATMENT OF UK GAY VETERANS
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Promisg the ernment would implement the “vast majory” of Etherton’s remendatns, Wallace said he would fully update the Commons a formal bate about the issue after the about pensatn, Wallace said he hoped to fd “an elegant solutn that match the need and the requirements of those dividuals”, promisg to set this out after Kelly Holm, who served the army and me out as gay last year, was among mpaigners who weled the apology. Starmer said one of his nstuents, Ken Wright, a former RAF service member who was “forced to leave the job he loved simply bee he was gay”, was the public gallery to hear the apology.