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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. “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.
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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. “It mak me sad bee I thk somethg like 70% of the Amerin public supports gay marriage, ” she said.
Image source, Getty ImagIn the latt sign of risg homophobia different Ain untri, a Kenyan opposn MP is leadg a mpaign for parliament to further crimalise the untry's small LGBTQ muny. Gee Peter Kaluma's move after neighbourg Uganda adopted a tough new anti-gay law, rejectg threats by US Print Joe Bin to impose sanctns and travel rtrictns on "anyone volved ser human rights ab". "We want to prohib everythg to do wh homosexualy, " Mr Kaluma tells me, addg that his bill will be much broar than the legislatn passed by Uganda's parliament and approved by Print Yoweri Meveni May.
The Ugandan law is regard as one of the harsht anti-LGBTQ laws the propos life imprisonment for anyone nvicted of homosexualy, and the ath penalty for so-lled aggravated s, which clu havg gay sex wh someone below the age of 18 or where someone be fected wh a life-long illns such as the other si of the ntent, MPs Ghana earlier this month unanimoly voted favour of amendments to the untry's anti-gay legislatn, phg closer to beg enacted to law. Though ls harsh than Uganda's new law, the Promotn of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Fay Valu Bill propos a three-year prison sentence for anyone who intifi as LGBTQ and a 10-year sentence for anyone who promot homosexualy. "The bill will propose a total ban on what the Wt lls sex-reassignment prcriptns and procr, and prohib all activi that promote homosexualy, terms of...