(Bloomberg) -- Gay Brish soldiers were subjected to electric shock treatment an effort to “cure” them of their homosexualy, acrdg to a damng vtigatn to historic homophobia the UK armed Read om BloombergWorld’s Most Valuable Chipmaker Nvidia Unveils More AI Products After $184 Billn RallyManch Gets Mounta Valley Pipele Deal Into Debt BillTrars Ready to Embrace Riskier Assets After Debt-Cap DealBin, McCarthy Fe Debt Deal Bid to Avert US Def
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- UK ARMY OFFICERS FORCED ELECTRIC SHOCK TREATMENT ON GAY SOLDIERS
- BRISH SOLDIERS SACKED FOR BEG GAY N GET THEIR MEDALS BACK
- UK ARMY OFFICERS FORCED ELECTRIC SHOCK TREATMENT ON GAY SOLDIERS
- I WAS GAY THE BRISH ARMY WHEN WAS ILLEGAL. IT DROVE ME TO DRK AND AN ATTEMPT ON MY OWN LIFE
UK ARMY OFFICERS FORCED ELECTRIC SHOCK TREATMENT ON GAY SOLDIERS
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 army uk *
Prime Mister Rishi Sunak apologized Wednday for the treatment of gay veterans, sayg that a prev ban on LGBTQ+ people servg the U.
BRISH SOLDIERS SACKED FOR BEG GAY N GET THEIR MEDALS BACK
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 army uk *
”The apology me after an pennt review published Wednday timated that hundreds, if not thoands, of veterans were dismissed or suffered unr an official ban on homosexualy the U. “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 Parliament. It documented the effects of what lled “an prehensible policy of homophobic bigotry our armed forc.
Veterans' ttimoni “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, ” the report said. Olympic gold medallist Kelly Holm, who had served the Brish army and who me out as gay last year, said meant “a huge amount” to hear the ernment apology.
“From a personal pot of view, the ban affected me terms of who I was and what I uldn’t be for 34 years, " Holm ban on homosexualy was abandoned 2000, when the European Court of Human Rights led favor of four service personnel who were vtigated and then discharged bee of their sexualy.
UK ARMY OFFICERS FORCED ELECTRIC SHOCK TREATMENT ON GAY SOLDIERS
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 army uk *
REUTERS/Henry Nicholls Acquire Licensg RightsLONDON, 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.
I WAS GAY THE BRISH ARMY WHEN WAS ILLEGAL. IT DROVE ME TO DRK AND AN ATTEMPT ON MY OWN LIFE
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 army uk *
"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.
Homosexualy was crimalised 1967 England and Wal, and throughout the entire Uned Kgdom the early 1980s. Prime Mister Rishi Sunak apologized Wednday for the treatment of gay veterans, sayg that a prev ban on LGBTQ+ people servg the U.
The apology me after an pennt review published Wednday timated that hundreds, if not thoands, of veterans were dismissed or suffered unr an official ban on homosexualy the U.
Gay Brish soldiers were subjected to electric shock treatment an effort to “cure” them of their homosexualy, acrdg to a damng vtigatn to historic homophobia the UK armed forc. * gay army uk *
“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 Parliament. Veterans’ ttimoni “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, ” the report said.
The ban on homosexualy was abandoned 2000, when the European Court of Human Rights led favor of four service personnel who were vtigated and then discharged bee of their sexualy. “From a personal pot of view, the ban affected me terms of who I was and what I uldn’t be for 34 years, ” Holm ban on homosexualy was abandoned 2000, when the European Court of Human Rights led favor of four service personnel who were vtigated and then discharged bee of their sexualy. Report to historil homophobia UK ary tails abeBra banned gay people om servg ary until 2000May 27, 2023 at 3:00 AM EDTFollow at @BloombergUK and on Facebook, and wrap up your day wh The Readout Brish soldiers were subjected to electric shock treatment an effort to “cure” them of their homosexualy, acrdg to a damng vtigatn to historic homophobia the UK armed NextUK Army Officers Forced Electric Shock Treatment on Gay Soldiers.
The ary ban, which was lifted 2000, meant that gay people were dishonourably discharged and sometim, stripped of medals. * gay army uk *
Thoands of Brish ary personnel who were dismissed on grounds of homosexualy will be able to have their service medals rtored if they had been taken away when they were kicked out of the armed rights mpaigners weled the move as the “first step on a journey” but said that issu such as endurg crimal rerds, lost pensn rights and still blemished service rerds now need to be alt wh by the Mistry of law, gay men and lbian women were banned om servg the Brish ary until 2000.
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Those found guilty of beg homosexual sometim went on to a serve a prison term, typilly several months Mercer, the veterans mister, said the announcement “addrs a historic jtice”.
Photograph: Yui Mok/PAThe last serviceman to be sent to prison for beg homosexual was David Bonney, who was found guilty at a urt martial Cornwall 1993. Bonney had joed the RAF aged 17 1987 and said he had “learned and accepted I was gay” when he served durg the first Gulf said he was subject to a two-year vtigatn after a py of Gay Tim had been found his room. That clud, he said, “buggg my room, havg people follow me, placg officers outsi the lol gay bars to spy on people gog , g the lol police statns to take my iends to, to terview them and altogether create terror and fear among my iends and associat” urt martial sentenced him to six months prison, of which he served four cludg one month of solary nfement, and left him wh a crimal rerd – although followg an appeal his discharge was changed to honourable.