Crisp Blunt spoke movgly about beg gay the armed forc, as MPs discsed the landmark Etherton Report to the historil treatment of gay people the ary
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- I'M A GAY ARMY OFFICER—QUEER TROOPS MT FIGHT BACK
- GAY TORY MP FIGHTS BACK TEARS OVER 'DAMAGE' HE SUFFERED HIDG HIS SEXUALY THE ARMY
I'M A GAY ARMY OFFICER—QUEER TROOPS MT FIGHT BACK
But as a gay man, I have been fightg my whole life to enjoy the very privileg I am entled to as both a beholr and protector of them.
I was one of few soldiers who joed the service before graduatg high school, but the admistratn at the time, which I believe was homophobic, chose to act as if I never existed bee of my queer hate that I experienced growg up on Long Island was my first enunter wh how others would treat me as a queer soldier. Crisp Blunt spoke movgly about beg gay the armed forc, as MPs discsed the landmark Etherton Report to the historil treatment of gay people the aryVio LoadgVio UnavailableCrisp Blunt fights back tears as he reunts time army as a gay manA Tory MP fought back tears today as he talked about the “damage” he suffered by hidg his sexualy while servg the Army. Former mister Crisp Blunt, 63, repeatedly psed as he spoke a parliamentary bate about a report to the treatment of gay people the armed forc.
Rishi Sunak formally apologised earlier to thoands of troops kicked out of the armed forc for beg gay. While homosexualy was crimalised 1967, anyone who was gay the UK ary before 2000 faced beg booted out or had to hi their secret.
GAY TORY MP FIGHTS BACK TEARS OVER 'DAMAGE' HE SUFFERED HIDG HIS SEXUALY THE ARMY
The former mister was speakg as Defence Secretary Ben Wallace ma a statement about the treatment of gay people the armed forc.