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Commons on Wednday: “The ban on LGBT people servg our ary until the year 2000 was an appallg failure of the Brish state s behd the law of this land.</p><p class="A8Lwr BVYCX">“As today’s report mak clear, that perd many endured the most h<a class="qNUzV q7LZa" data-ttid="next-lk-anchor" href="/news/wal/2023-06-09/the-army-spl-me-and-my-partner-up-but-we-found-eachother-25-years-later"><span class="n6NlI">orrific sexual abe and vlence, homophobic bullyg and harassment,</span></a> all while bravely servg this untry.</p><p class="A8Lwr BVYCX">“Today, on behalf of the Brish state, I apologise.”</p><p class="A8Lwr BVYCX">He add: “I hope all those affected will be able to feel proud parts of the veteran muny that has done so much to keep our untry safe.”</p><p class="A8Lwr BVYCX">Up until 2000 people who were LGBT were not allowed to be a member of the Brish armed forc.</p><p class="A8Lwr BVYCX">Mr Sunak's apology after an pennt review to the service and experience of LGBT veterans who served the armed forc between 1967 and 2000. </p><p class="A8Lwr BVYCX">Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said he regnis a fancial award should go to affected veterans.</p><p class="A8Lwr BVYCX">“A number of (LGBT veterans) found themselv stripped of their medals. Will the now be returned swiftly? And the ban on LGBT veterans wearg their uniform at ceremoni be lifted?” Mr Wallace was asked by Inpennt MP Margaret Ferrier (Rutherglen and Haton Wt).</p><p class="A8Lwr BVYCX">He said: “In answer to both: y.” He also said LGBT veterans who were told they would not qualify for medals “will be able to have their medals om now on”.</p><figure class="A8Lwr m-O"><div class="cp_placeholr"></div><figptn class="Ya3u6 SilLI" data-ttid="ptned-picture-ptn">Lord Etherton rried told the ernment to apologise and offer affected veterans fancial awards.<span class="mjYl8"> Cred: <!-- -->PA</span></figptn></figure><p class="A8Lwr BVYCX">It was rried out by Lord Etherton, former Master of the Rolls and Head of Civil Jtice.</p><p class="A8Lwr BVYCX">Lord Etherton’s report stat: “I remend that the prime mister should liver an apology the UK parliament on behalf of the natn to all those LGBT service personnel who served unr and suffered om the ban (whether or not they were dismissed or discharged).”</p><p class="A8Lwr BVYCX">He advised an “appropriate fancial award” should be ma to veterans affected by the pre-2000 ban on homosexualy the armed forc, an pennt review has said.</p><p class="A8Lwr BVYCX">Lord Etherton’s report remend: “An appropriate fancial award should be ma to affected veterans notwhstandg the expiry of ligatn time lims.</p><p class="A8Lwr BVYCX">“The ernment’s overall exposure should be pped at £50 ln.”</p><asi class="cp_grid n1Jiz" data-ttid="le-tile-list-ntaer"><article data-ttid="tile-unfed" class="_9ngZG cp_grid__em cp_width--one-half V42pZ"><div class="fckaL" data-ttid="tile-image-ntaer"><div class="cp_placeholr"></div></div><div data-ttid="tile-headg-ntaer" class="mhohf"><a class="E2VG5" data-ttid="tile-headg-lk" href="/news/tyne-te/2023-06-02/lgbtq-veterans-mental-health-impacted-by-ary-gay-ban-says-new-rearch"><h2 class="cp_headg FBRAm">LGBTQ+ Veterans' mental health impacted by ary 'gay ban', says new rearch</h2></a></div></article><article data-ttid="tile-unfed" class="_9ngZG cp_grid__em cp_width--one-half V42pZ"><div class="fckaL" data-ttid="tile-image-ntaer"><div class="cp_placeholr"></div></div><div data-ttid="tile-headg-ntaer" class="mhohf"><a class="E2VG5" data-ttid="tile-headg-lk" href="/news/wal/2023-06-09/the-army-spl-me-and-my-partner-up-but-we-found-eachother-25-years-later"><h2 class="cp_headg FBRAm">'The army spl me and my partner up - but we found each other 25 years later'</h2></a></div></article></asi><p class="A8Lwr BVYCX">The apology was weled by former Brish Army Officer Cathere Dixon, who said she had experienced shame and huiatn durg the urse of her ary reer. <span class="LjyUJ"></span> <span class="LjyUJ"></span>Now vice-chair at Stonewall, she said: “Today’s apology and announcements are an important step to achievg jtice for those LGBTQ+ people who served HM Armed Forc and, like me, experienced shame, huiatn and a ed ary reer bee of our sexualy. <span class="LjyUJ"></span> <span class="LjyUJ"></span>“Many were imprisoned, experienced rrective vlence and lived wh the sta of crimal nvictns bee of who they loved and which left some homels and many unable to work. <span class="LjyUJ"></span> <span class="LjyUJ"></span>“I would like to thank<a class="qNUzV q7LZa" data-ttid="next-lk-anchor" href="/news/2022-10-03/dame-kelly-holm-urg-veterans-to-share-how-pre-2000-lgbt-ban-affected-them"><span class="n6NlI"> all who spoke out and ntributed to the pennt review,</span></a> Lord Etherton and Fightg wh Pri for their steadfast rolutn to ensurg jtice is done.”</p><p class="A8Lwr BVYCX">Labour lear Sir Keir Starmer said his party was “proud to repeal the ban” on LGBT personnel servg the forc when was office.</p><p class="A8Lwr BVYCX">“Today, we strongly wele this apology om the Prime Mister as a regnn of their historic mistreatment,” he said.</p><div class="qNUzV Z4snd" data-ttid="article-lk"><div class="-VoCt"><a class="WPcEk" data-ttid="next-lk-anchor" href="/news/2022-10-03/dame-kelly-holm-urg-veterans-to-share-how-pre-2000-lgbt-ban-affected-them">Dame Kelly Holm urg veterans to share how pre-2000 LGBT ban affected them</a><i class="cp_in cp_in__chevron cp_in--base uQW1m" aria-hidn="te"><svg xmlns=" width="12" height="20" viewBox="0 0 12 20" fill="none" role="img"> <path fill-le="evenodd" clip-le="evenodd" d="M0.256714 0.331044C0.626173 -0.0794661 1.25846 -0.112744 1.66897 0.256714L11.669 9.25671C11.8797 9.44635 12 9.71651 12 10C12 10.2835 11.8797 10.5537 11.669 10.7433L1.66897 19.7433C1.25846 20.1127 0.626173 20.0795 0.256714 19.669C-0.112744 19.2584 -0.0794661 18.6262 0.331044 18.2567L9.50515 10L0.331044 1.7433C-0.0794661 1.37384 -0.112744 0.741553 0.256714 0.331044Z" fill="#FFF"/> </svg></i></div></div><hr/><p class="A8Lwr BVYCX"><strong class="_1ATDh">Want a quick and expert briefg on the biggt news stori? 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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

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... * lgbt serving in the military *

“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.

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. The apology followed a remendatn om an pennt Mister Rishi SunakThe Prime Mister has apologised for the “horrific” historil treatment of LGBT people who served the ary unr the pre-2000 ban on homosexualy the armed apology was ma after a remendatn om a Government-missned pennt review to the service and experience of LGBT veterans who served the armed forc between 1967 and review, rried out by Lord Etherton, former master of the rolls and head of civil jtice, was published on Wednday and ma 49 remendatns to the Government, cludg makg an “appropriate fancial award” to affected Sunak told the Commons: “The ban on LGBT people servg our ary until the year 2000 was an appallg failure of the Brish state s behd the law of this land.

“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. ”In a wrten statement to Parliament, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said the review received “shockg and emotive” ttimoni – 1, 128 total – and he hop the apology “will be the start of them receivg long overdue acknowledgement” Etherton said the report is a “unique rerd of what, to the morn eye, is an prehensible policy of homophobic bigotry our armed forc” he said: “The armed forc today are a very different environment terms of greater diversy and cln. ”Dcribg the ntributn of statements given by victims of the ban, he said: “Those statements give shockg evince of a culture of homophobia and of bullyg, blackmail and sexual asslts, abive vtigatns to sexual orientatn and sexual preference, disgraceful medil examatns, cludg nversn therapy, peremptory discharg, and appallg nsequenc terms of mental health and wellbeg, homelsns, employment, personal relatnships and fancial hardship.

Soldiers reprentg the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer muny virtually celebrated Pri Month Thursday * lgbt serving in the military *

”He advised an “appropriate fancial award” should be ma to veterans affected by the pre-2000 ban on homosexualy the armed forc, an pennt review has Etherton’s report remend: “An appropriate fancial award should be ma to affected veterans notwhstandg the expiry of ligatn time lims.

* lgbt serving in the military *

REUTERS/Henry NichollsLONDON, July 19 (Rters) - Brish Prime Mister Rishi Sunak apologised on Wednday to LGBT ary veterans who endured sexual abe, vlence, bullyg and harassment while servg the armed forc before a ban on homosexualy was lifted 2000.

Bra lifted the ban only after the European Court of Human Rights rejected an argument that was need to protect morale and fightg power amongst s troops, sayg the policy had vlated human to that, many gay people had sought to hi their sexualy or risk beg discharged om the armed pennt review was lnched last year to exame the ttimoni of LGBT veterans who served between 1967 and 2000 to regnise the impact of the polici.

"As today’s report mak clear, that perd many endured the most horrific sexual abe and vlence, homophobic bullyg and harassment while bravely servg this untry, " he said. "The report said a public ll for evince had led to more than 1, 120 rpons beg submted, cludg about 300 om veterans who were dismissed or discharged bee of LGBT same-sex sexual acts and homosexual orientatn. Unr Bin, ary personnel also have been given accs to medil treatments for genr Tuday if he supports allowg gay and transgenr people to serve openly the ary, DeSantis said: "We said we're not gog to do the transgenr or the genr iology...

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the 46th Print of the Uned Stat, Joe Bin <a href=">signed an executive orr</a> overturng former Print Tmp’s ban on openly transgenr Amerins servg the ary. “All Amerins who are qualified to serve the Armed Forc of the Uned Stat should be able to serve,” <a href="> read</a>, gog on to argue that an “clive ary strengthens our natnal secury.”</p><p>Bin’s executive orr, one of <a href=">a flurry he signed durg his admistratn’s first week</a>, marked the fulfillment of one of his <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">foremost policy proposals</a> regardg the advancement of LGBTQ+ equaly Ameri. More specifilly, the orr unteracted a <a href=">2017 directive by the Tmp admistratn</a> banng openly trans folks om the armed servic — self a reversal of the Obama admistratn’s 2016 orr that paved the way for trans Amerins to serve the ary whout hidg their genr inty.</p><div><div class="ConsumerMarketgUnThemedWrapper-iUTMTf jssHut nsumer-marketg-un nsumer-marketg-un--article-mid-ntent" role="prentatn" aria-hidn="te"><div class="nsumer-marketg-un__slot nsumer-marketg-un__slot--article-mid-ntent nsumer-marketg-un__slot---ntent"></div><div class="journey-un"></div></div></div><p>Public rpons to the Bin orr were swift and celebratory, wh a broad swath of <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">trans servicemembers</a>, <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">veterans</a>, <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">advot</a>, <a href=">rights anizatns</a>, and <a href=">media outlets</a> (<a href=">cludg this publitn</a>) hailg the executive orr as a victory the procs of realizg trans equaly. Statements by anizatns om GLAAD to the Human Rights Campaign spoke glowgly of the role <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">“brave trans patrts”</a> have played throughout history <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">“fendg our untry”</a> as part of the <a href=">“greatt ary the world</a>.” The Natnal Center for Transgenr Equaly <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">poted out</a> the importance of trans ary cln light of the ary’s role employg trans Amerins; by some timat, Ameri’s armed forc is the <a href=">largt employer of trans folks</a> the untry.</p><div class="Contaer-bkChBi byNLHx"></div><p>Yet spe wispread praise of Bin’s actn as a home n the fight for LGBTQ+ equaly, crics on the left cried the orr and s receptn for failg to acknowledge the vastatn wrought by U.S. imperialism — both abroad and for those employed by the armed forc at home. Though there’s no qutng the ban was rooted transphobia, some qutned whether s reversal would actually improve trans liv.</p><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ ad ad---ntent"><div class="ad__slot ad__slot---ntent" data-no-id="dkdd8w"></div></div><p>Those crics clu trans veteran Aaron Myracle, who has long sought to unter the ia that trans service members — prospective, current, and former — all support the efforts. “If what we really re about is strengtheng trans people, ary enlistment is not the way to go about that,” he <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">said</a> May 2014, when the Whe Hoe <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">announced</a> would nduct a review of the policy that forced Myracle to live stealth durg each of his eight years of service. “I n’t endorse anyone jog the ary, knowg what I know, and havg seen what I’ve seen – the way sexual asslt is vered up and hidn, and victims are re-victimized by the system, and disenanchised, and oftentim punished to such a gree that they forfe all of their benefs.”</p></div></div></div><div class="GridItem-buujkM fVLMby grid--em grid-layout__asi"><div class="StickyBoxWrapper-jfYB kNleGZ sticky-box"><div class="StickyBoxPrimary-dzWDWL cdhYoN sticky-box__primary"><div class="Contaer-bkChBi byNLHx"></div><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ ad ad--rail"><div class="ad__slot ad__slot--rail" data-no-id="0dq3kr"></div></div><div class="ConsumerMarketgUnThemedWrapper-iUTMTf jssHut nsumer-marketg-un nsumer-marketg-un--display-rail" role="prentatn" aria-hidn="te"><div class="nsumer-marketg-un__slot nsumer-marketg-un__slot--display-rail"></div><div class="journey-un"></div></div></div><div class="StickyBoxPlaceholr-grPmrg dxAvXx"></div></div></div></div><div data-ttid="RowWrapper" class="RowWrapper-UmqTg HEhan full-bleed-ad row-mid-ntent-ad"><div class="StickyMidContentAdWrapper-fSBzwl drzyIa ad-stickymidntent"><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ ad ad--mid-ntent should-hold-space"><div class="ad__slot ad__slot--mid-ntent" data-no-id="8jn8zq"></div></div></div></div><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK kHBDeH grid grid-margs grid-ems-2 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hfxa bjczjj grid-layout--adrail narrow wi-adrail"><div class="GridItem-buujkM stRKV grid--em grid-layout__ntent"><div class="BodyWrapper-kufPGa bectqB body body__ntaer article__body" data-journey-hook="client-ntent" data-ttid="BodyWrapper"><div class="body__ner-ntaer"><p>Another cric is the activist, legal scholar, and Sylvia Rivera Law Project founr Dean Spa. Through lol anizg, amic publishg, and mpaigns like the <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Queer Trans War Ban</a>, Spa has spent the better part of two s fightg popular lls to expand accs to participatn the Uned Stat ary to LGBTQ+ people. If anyone n help add a necsary dissentg voice to the broar nversatn surroundg trans ary cln, ’s him.</p><div data-attr-viewport-monor="le-recirc" class="le-recirc-wrapper le-recirc-observer-target-1 viewport-monor-anchor"></div><p>Below, <em>them.</em> spoke wh Spa to learn more about the ma unterarguments to advotg trans ary cln and the history behd the criqu.</p><p><strong>What are the ma pillars of the argument agast promotg trans cln the ary?</strong></p><p>Trans cln advocy often functns as pro-ary propaganda. Consir how the fight for same-sex marriage recuperated the stutn of marriage, which femists had been workg to legimize for years, argug that marriage is an stutn of vlence and opprsn, not love. Marriage has historilly ma women and children to men’s property and is still the method by which the ernment <a href=">rewards and punish</a> people for anizg their sexual and timate fay liv particular ways. Same-sex marriage advocy reamed marriage <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">as a se of digny and love</a>, refashng the nversatn such that if you weren’t for same sex upl gettg married then you were homophobic.</p><p>Trans ary cln advocy siarly ends up beg advocy for a btal and opprsive stutn. Specifilly, propagat two ma li about the armed forc: that “protectg our untry” is this patrtic, dignified job spreadg mocracy around the world, and that is a wonrful job opportuny for trans people. In fact, the U.S. ary is a btally vlent force foced on expandg and stag Amerin empire for the benef of a small ele, and people the ary are treated terribly while they are there and after they leave.</p><asi aria-hidn="te" class="PullQuoteEmbedWrapper-sc-EoVjf fQbAzo"><div class="PullQuoteDerativeBorr-sc-iUyOLj fAzNVP"></div><div class="PullQuoteEmbedContent-sc-kTcfhx eoUd"><p>"If we wanted to ask, where are trans people ncentrated and e that to gui what we work on, we would be workg on supportg trans people the sex tras and other unrground dtri, and trans people prisons, jails, tentn centers, and psychiatric facili."</p></div></asi><p><strong>I want to dig a ltle eper to the two pots. Can you elaborate on the dangers of advotg for trans ary cln as pertas to s implicly pro-war msage?</strong></p><p>First, when ary cln advocy sts the U.S. ary as a se of genr cln and liberatn, ignor well-documented facts about U.S. arism and sexual and genr vlence. The U.S. ary has <a href=">more bas</a> than <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">any other ary the world.</a> Where there are U.S. ary bas, there is tense <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">sexual and genr-based vlence</a>. This clus sexual vlence towards women livg near ary bas, towards sex workers of all genrs, towards women si the U.S. ary, and harassment and sexual vlence towards people perceived as weak or as gay or as trans. This is jt a normal part of what U.S. arism is. It's separable om the culture. Rape as a tactic of U.S. arism is as old as U.S. arism self, gog all the way back to the <a href=">systemic rape</a> of Indigeno people to <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">lonize</a> and settle North Ameri.</p></div></div></div><div class="GridItem-buujkM fVLMby grid--em grid-layout__asi"><div class="StickyBoxWrapper-jfYB jxBcTH sticky-box"><div class="StickyBoxPrimary-dzWDWL cdhYoN sticky-box__primary"><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ ad ad--rail"><div class="ad__slot ad__slot--rail" data-no-id="4ob7v"></div></div><div class="ConsumerMarketgUnThemedWrapper-iUTMTf jssHut nsumer-marketg-un nsumer-marketg-un--display-rail" role="prentatn" aria-hidn="te"><div class="nsumer-marketg-un__slot nsumer-marketg-un__slot--display-rail"></div><div class="journey-un"></div></div><div data-attr-viewport-monor="" class="RecircMostPopularWrapper-bRuGTi jkTTgR recirc-most-popular-wrapper 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Those who are already subject to vlence face even worse ndns when everyone is livg wh <a href=">food and hog shortag</a>, creased strs, and the prence of more weapons.</p><p>Fally, ary cln advocy is silent about how the U.S. ary is arguably the biggt <a href=">source of vlence</a> the world and <a href=">largt polluter</a> the world. Incln mpaigners hi this when they say, “let the people serve this proud stutn keepg safe and spreadg mocracy around the globe.” It tak our liberatn fight and to pat the ary as a se of eedom for . This is an outrageo pro-ary and pro-war msage that we n’t support if we re about people and the pla.</p><div data-attr-viewport-monor="le-recirc" class="le-recirc-wrapper le-recirc-observer-target-2 viewport-monor-anchor"></div><p><strong>A lot of the advocy surroundg trans cln the ary not the armed forc’ beg a massive employer of the trans muny. Acrdg to</strong> <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><strong>some timat</strong></a><strong>, Tmp’s ban uld have led to roughly 13,700 trans folks beg forced to choose between holdg their job and transng. How would an anti-cln polics addrs this pot?</strong></p><p>It’s not enough to say, “How wonrful: this executive orr will create jobs for trans people.” We need to keep payg attentn to what ’s really like to be a part of the U.S. ary, and whether accs to beg a soldier is actually gog to crease the well-beg of trans people. Should folks be enomilly erced to one of the most dangero and vlent jobs possible?</p><p>Sexual asslt the ary ntu to <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">crease</a>, and is wily unrreported. <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">38% of women</a> the ary experience sexual asslt and <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">55% (of those who e VA healthre) reported experiencg sexual harassment</a>. In 2018, over 76% of people sexually asslted the ary did not report . Why? Bee the culture of the ary normaliz harassment and asslt, renrg reportg dangero. A third of survivors who report are <a href=">discharged</a> after dog so. Those who report receive stigmatizg discharg, wh <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">24% discharged ls than “honorably.”</a> When people are discharged the ways (and sometim even when they are not) they are often <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">exclud</a> om VA servic, even though they have served and may be need of medil, mental health and other re. <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">40% of women homels veterans</a> are survivors of sexual vlence the ary, and veterans who have experienced sexual vlence the ary are over twice as likely to experience homelsns.</p></div></div></div><div class="GridItem-buujkM fVLMby grid--em grid-layout__asi"><div 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Between <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">11 and 20%</a> return home wh PTSD. <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">17 veterans per day</a> die by suici the U.S. More veterans die by suici every two days than were killed actn 2019. It is uhil to portray the ary as a wonrful job opportuny for trans people given the reali.</p><p>I also want to addrs the talkg pot that the ary is the largt employer of trans people. This is immensely misleadg. If we wanted to ask, where are trans people ncentrated and e that to gui what we work on, we would be workg on supportg trans people the sex tras and other unrground dtri, and trans people prisons, jails, tentn centers, and psychiatric facili. A 2011 <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">report</a> by the Natnal Center for Transgenr Equaly and the Natnal Gay and Lbian Task Force found that 16% of transgenr Amerins had been sent to jail or prison. At that rate, if there are at least <a href=">1.4 ln trans adults</a> the Uned Stat, then we n safely argue there are nearly 10 tim as many trans people who have been impacted by the Amerin rceral system than are currently servg the ary. The way to support trans people’s wellbeg, therefore, is to foc on crimalizg trans liv. That means supportg trans prisoners, stoppg prison expansn, fundg the police, crimalizg sex work, and dg e, and poverty, and providg hog, food, and health re to all trans people. This is the advocy we should foc on, not a heartbreakg rolutn that bee of our muni’ speratn we should seek the “chance” to be enomilly erced to beg nnon fodr for U.S. empire.</p><asi aria-hidn="te" class="PullQuoteEmbedWrapper-sc-EoVjf fQbAzo"><div class="PullQuoteDerativeBorr-sc-iUyOLj fAzNVP"></div><div class="PullQuoteEmbedContent-sc-kTcfhx eoUd"><p>"Trans cln the ary, like marriage equaly, do nothg to redistribute wealth, stop police vlence, hog and health re cris plagug queer and trans muni."</p></div></asi><p><strong>You’ve</strong> <a href="><strong>spoken before</strong></a> <strong>about the circumstanc regardg where the anizg around trans ary cln got s start. Can you take through the origs of the mpaigns, and what they say about which issu make to mastream attentn?</strong></p><p>In 2013, there was a sudn explosn of media verage about the ia of trans ary service, virtually all of portrayg <a href=">proud trans soldiers</a> who loved the ary. I had already spent many years trans movements where people were primarily talkg about homelsns of trans people, about healthre privatn, and about police vlence. In all those years, so many public meetgs and anizatns workg on trans issu, ary service was never the mand the muny was liftg up. Yet 2013 this kd of advocy was sudnly so visible. The driver behd this was not muny nsens, but the power of one billnaire: Col. Jennifer Przer, heir to the Hyatt Hotel fortune, <a href=">me out</a> as trans and gave likely the largt <a href=">grant</a> ever given for trans advocy to the Palm Center to work for trans ary cln. This was tratg for those of workg the long fights agast trans poverty and crimalizatn — to see how the power of one nservative philanthropist uld create the illn that trans muni were sayg that this was our number one issue.</p></div></div></div><div class="GridItem-buujkM fVLMby grid--em grid-layout__asi"><div class="StickyBoxWrapper-jfYB jxBcTH sticky-box"><div class="StickyBoxPrimary-dzWDWL cdhYoN sticky-box__primary"><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ ad ad--rail"><div class="ad__slot ad__slot--rail" data-no-id="aplsyo"></div></div><div class="ConsumerMarketgUnThemedWrapper-iUTMTf jssHut nsumer-marketg-un nsumer-marketg-un--display-rail" role="prentatn" aria-hidn="te"><div class="nsumer-marketg-un__slot nsumer-marketg-un__slot--display-rail"></div><div class="journey-un"></div></div><div data-attr-viewport-monor="" class="RecircMostPopularWrapper-bRuGTi jkTTgR recirc-most-popular-wrapper viewport-monor-anchor"><div class="RecircMostPopularConter-jiViNn ktrplG 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What to Expect Based on Your Sign</div></div></div></a><div class="SummaryItemByleWrapper-boCfbi hYsZi summary-em__byle-date-in"><div class="SummaryItemBaseByle-fFbXkY dHMSJg summary-em__byle"><div class="summary-em__byle__ntent"><div data-ttid="BylWrapper" class="BylWrapper-KIudk irTIfE byl"><p class="ByleWrapper-jWHrLH ecFEgL byle byl__byle" data-ttid="ByleWrapper" emProp="thor" emType="><span emProp="name" class="ByleNamWrapper-jbHncj fuDQVo"><span data-ttid="ByleName" class="ByleName-kwmrLn cYaBaU byle__name">Jennifer Culp </span></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></li><li><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ RecircMostPopularSummaryItem-jQxxiw gmWMTZ ad ad--asi"><div class="ad__slot ad__slot--asi" data-no-id="qg54l3"></div></div></li></ul><div class="RecircMostPopularFooter-enPjgs laPXdt"></div></div></div></div><div class="StickyBoxPlaceholr-grPmrg dxAvXx"></div></div></div></div><div data-ttid="RowWrapper" class="RowWrapper-UmqTg HEhan full-bleed-ad row-mid-ntent-ad"><div class="StickyMidContentAdWrapper-fSBzwl drzyIa ad-stickymidntent"><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ ad ad--mid-ntent should-hold-space"><div class="ad__slot ad__slot--mid-ntent" data-no-id="1xt3zn"></div></div></div></div><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK kHBDeH grid grid-margs grid-ems-2 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hfxa bjczjj grid-layout--adrail narrow wi-adrail"><div class="GridItem-buujkM stRKV grid--em grid-layout__ntent"><div class="BodyWrapper-kufPGa bectqB body body__ntaer article__body" data-journey-hook="client-ntent" data-ttid="BodyWrapper"><div class="body__ner-ntaer"><p>This procs rells the histori of how gay and lbian advocy nservatized the s after the ‘60s and ‘70s, when <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wealthy whe donors</a> built up anizatns that, rather than advotg agast police vlence and war, created agendas that sought <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">hate crim legislatn</a> (which giv more punishg power to prosecutors but <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">do not rce vlence</a>), marriage (which primarily benefs people wh rourc and stat they n share through marriage), and ary cln. Eventually, that nservative agenda beme the most visible gay and lbian polics the U.S.</p><div data-attr-viewport-monor="le-recirc" class="le-recirc-wrapper le-recirc-observer-target-3 viewport-monor-anchor"></div><p>Of urse, there are some trans people who really want to serve the ary, jt as there are some gay people who feel safe wh ps or feel eed by marriage. What I’m ncerned by is how money manipulat the field of advocy and mak seem like somethg is a ma fight that will help a populatn of targeted people, when fact only appears central bee is backed by people who are vted prervg the most harmful stutns our society.</p><asi aria-hidn="te" class="PullQuoteEmbedWrapper-sc-EoVjf fQbAzo"><div class="PullQuoteDerativeBorr-sc-iUyOLj fAzNVP"></div><div class="PullQuoteEmbedContent-sc-kTcfhx eoUd"><p>“When to trans advocy, we want to ask what reforms will save trans people’s liv. The answers are clear: accs to hog, e, food, childre, health re. Milary cln advocy do not make the list.”</p></div></asi><p><strong>Everyone readg this is hopefully faiar wh the swath of systemic issu plagug the trans muny — om crimalizatn, to homelsns, to health re discrimatn, to the epimic of transphobic vlence ntug to take the liv of our Black and brown trans siblgs. And yet, on day five of his princy, Bin placed his foc on allowg trans folks to the ary. What do you thk explas the new admistratn’s urgency where trans ary participatn is ncerned?</strong></p><p>It's pkwashg. “Pkwashg” is the word we e when stutns, anizatns, polil parti, and, ed, policians strive to appear progrsive (and often to ver up their actual harmful activi), so they do somethg to associate their stiutn wh the queer and trans liberatn stggle. The goal isn’t queer and trans well-beg, but rather good PR. It’s a brandg move. An example is when a cy <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">pats some of s police rs</a> wh rabow flags for Pri, or when they hire a uple gay ps or a <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">trans p</a>. Nothg chang for queer and trans people, but the police get to borrow the good liberatn feelgs off our movements for PR. Now we’re seeg Bin follow Obama’s footsteps of makg a few token nods to gay and trans issu whout disptg the larger mments to the <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">fossil fuel dtry</a>, <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">U.S. ary imperialism</a>, and <a href=">servg the terts</a> of the rich. Remember that Obama, his send term, me out favor of gay marriage, which distracted om his <a href=">failure to close Guantanamo Bay</a>, his <a href=">failure to addrs the climate crisis</a>, and his role <a href=">portg more people than any prr print</a>. Trans cln the ary, like marriage equaly, do nothg to redistribute wealth, stop police vlence, hog and health re cris plagug queer and trans muni. 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Do that square wh how you see the nversatn regardg trans ary cln?</strong></p><p>I do not nsir pro-ary advocy pragmatic. I nsir reforms pragmatic when those reforms will have the most posive material impact on the people sufferg harm. What's pragmatic is to asss reforms and say, "Well, what will we get out of this? Whose life will be ma better? Will this reform legimize or expand a system that is harmg our name?" The are the kds of qutns that prison and police abolnists are always askg. Our movements say “stop police vlence” and the ernment turns around and offers reforms like hirg ps wh certa inti, trag ps, banng certa chokeholds, creatg meangls oversight boards, all of which has proven effective. What is effective and pragmatic is whatever rc ntact wh the police, which is <a href=">why people are tryg to fund police</a>, to get rid of them so their vlence n end. Siarly, when to trans advocy, we want to ask what reforms will save trans people’s liv. The answers are clear: accs to hog, e, food, childre, health re. Milary cln advocy do not make the list. 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summary-em--layout-proportns-50-50 summary-em--si-by-si-align-center summary-em--si-by-si-image-right-mobile-false summary-em--standard SummaryCollectnGridSummaryItem-WColm eIFuYX" role="button" tabx="0"><div class="SummaryItemAssetContaer-gwhFFH VOyg summary-em__asset-ntaer"><a class="SummaryItemImageLk-dshqxb cPpCwE summary-em__image-lk summary-em-trackg__image-lk" href="/story/over-80-percent-of-lgbtq-service-members-report-sexual-harassment--ary" aria-hidn="te" tabx="-1" data-ponent-type="recirc-river" data-recirc-id="em-image-2" data-recirc-pattern="summary-em" target="_self"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB rponsive-asset SummaryItemRponsiveAsset-hjGIGg bDvSkO summary-em__image"><div data-tt="aspect-rat-ntaer" class="AspectRatContaer-bJHpJz hlQxkn"><div class="aspect-rat--overlay-ntaer"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa SummaryItemRponsiveAsset-hjGIGg bDvSkO summary-em__image rponsive-image"><noscript><source media="(max-width: 767px)" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w" siz="100vw"/><source media="(m-width: 768px)" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w" siz="100vw"/><img alt="Over 80 Percent of LGBTQ+ Service Members Report Sexual Harassment Milary" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src="></noscript></picture></div></div></span></a></div><div class="SummaryItemContent-eiDYMl clSLtF summary-em__ntent"><div class="RubricWrapper-dKmCNX gPBNpL bric SummaryItemRubric-dguGKN lapGFj summary-em__bric"><span class="RubricName-fVtemz cLxcNi">News</span></div><a class="SummaryItemHedLk-civM dVrbhU summary-em-trackg__hed-lk summary-em__hed-lk summary-em__hed-lk--unrle-disable" data-ponent-type="recirc-river" data-recirc-id="em-hed-2" data-recirc-pattern="summary-em" href="/story/over-80-percent-of-lgbtq-service-members-report-sexual-harassment--ary" target="_self"><div data-ttid="ClampWrapper" class="ClampWrapper-kZxfkB hTTNGO clamp SummaryItemHedBase-hiFYpQ kBFaWv summary-em__hed"><div class="ClampContent-hilPkr jVhSBH"><div class="SummaryItemHedTag-TWblf gxaOcP" data-ttid="SummaryItemHed">Over 80 Percent of LGBTQ+ Service Members Report Sexual Harassment Milary</div></div></div></a><div class="SummaryItemByleWrapper-boCfbi hYsZi summary-em__byle-date-in"><div class="SummaryItemBaseByle-fFbXkY dHMSJg summary-em__byle"><div class="summary-em__byle__ntent"><div data-ttid="BylWrapper" class="BylWrapper-KIudk irTIfE byl"><p class="ByleWrapper-jWHrLH ecFEgL byle byl__byle" data-ttid="ByleWrapper" emProp="thor" emType="><span emProp="name" class="ByleNamWrapper-jbHncj fuDQVo"><span data-ttid="ByleName" class="ByleName-kwmrLn cYaBaU byle__name"><span class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BylePreamble-iJolpQ iUEiRd bCbgyH gnILss byle__preamble">By </span>Ni Lang</span></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="SummaryItemWrapper-iwvBff fKazuH summary-em summary-em--has-le summary-em--article summary-em--no-in summary-em--text-align-left summary-em--layout-placement-text-below 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Abolishg the Police Will" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src="></noscript></picture></div></div></span></a></div><div class="SummaryItemContent-eiDYMl clSLtF summary-em__ntent"><div class="RubricWrapper-dKmCNX gPBNpL bric SummaryItemRubric-dguGKN lapGFj summary-em__bric"><span class="RubricName-fVtemz cLxcNi">Polics</span></div><a class="SummaryItemHedLk-civM dVrbhU summary-em-trackg__hed-lk summary-em__hed-lk summary-em__hed-lk--unrle-disable" data-ponent-type="recirc-river" data-recirc-id="em-hed-3" data-recirc-pattern="summary-em" href="/story/reforms-wont-save--abolishg-the-police-will" target="_self"><div data-ttid="ClampWrapper" class="ClampWrapper-kZxfkB hTTNGO clamp SummaryItemHedBase-hiFYpQ kBFaWv summary-em__hed"><div class="ClampContent-hilPkr jVhSBH"><div class="SummaryItemHedTag-TWblf gxaOcP" data-ttid="SummaryItemHed">Reforms Won’t Save Us. Abolishg the Police Will</div></div></div></a><div class="SummaryItemByleWrapper-boCfbi hYsZi summary-em__byle-date-in"><div class="SummaryItemBaseByle-fFbXkY dHMSJg summary-em__byle"><div class="summary-em__byle__ntent"><div data-ttid="BylWrapper" class="BylWrapper-KIudk irTIfE byl"><p class="ByleWrapper-jWHrLH ecFEgL byle byl__byle" data-ttid="ByleWrapper" emProp="thor" emType="><span emProp="name" class="ByleNamWrapper-jbHncj fuDQVo"><span data-ttid="ByleName" class="ByleName-kwmrLn cYaBaU byle__name"><span class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BylePreamble-iJolpQ iUEiRd bCbgyH gnILss byle__preamble">By </span>Nnennaya Amuchie</span>, <span data-ttid="ByleName" class="ByleName-kwmrLn cYaBaU byle__name">Mon Mohapatra</span>, and <span data-ttid="ByleName" class="ByleName-kwmrLn cYaBaU byle__name">Leila Raven</span></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ SummaryCollectnGridSummaryItem-WColm eIFuYX ad ad--read-more"><div class="ad__slot 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href="/story/navy-will-allow-trans-litenant-to-serve-spe-tmps-ary-ban" target="_self"><div data-ttid="ClampWrapper" class="ClampWrapper-kZxfkB hTTNGO clamp SummaryItemHedBase-hiFYpQ kBFaWv summary-em__hed"><div class="ClampContent-hilPkr jVhSBH"><div class="SummaryItemHedTag-TWblf gxaOcP" data-ttid="SummaryItemHed">Navy Will Allow Trans Litenant to Serve Dpe Tmp’s Milary Ban</div></div></div></a><div class="SummaryItemByleWrapper-boCfbi hYsZi summary-em__byle-date-in"><div class="SummaryItemBaseByle-fFbXkY dHMSJg summary-em__byle"><div class="summary-em__byle__ntent"><div data-ttid="BylWrapper" class="BylWrapper-KIudk irTIfE byl"><p class="ByleWrapper-jWHrLH ecFEgL byle byl__byle" data-ttid="ByleWrapper" emProp="thor" emType="><span emProp="name" class="ByleNamWrapper-jbHncj fuDQVo"><span data-ttid="ByleName" class="ByleName-kwmrLn cYaBaU byle__name"><span class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BylePreamble-iJolpQ iUEiRd bCbgyH gnILss byle__preamble">By </span>Matt 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