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On this day, January 12, 2000, Britain lifted its ban on LGBT people serving in the military.
Hat tip, Google News
'My partner hid and secretly waved off my ship': LGBT veteran monument revealed
BBC/KRISTIAN JOHNSON
Lt Cdr Duncan Lustig-Prean was forced to leave the Royal Navy in 1994
Ashitha Nagesh
@ashnagesh
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12 January 2025, 00:04 GMT
Intrusive interrogations, the shame of dishonourable discharge, criminal convictions that impacted their lives for years.
This is what many LGBT people who served their country were subjected to.
That is, until 12 January 2000 - exactly 25 years ago today - when a long-standing ban on LGBT people serving in the military was lifted.
Now, a quarter of a century later, the final design for a monument being erected in these veterans' honour has been revealed.
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BBC/KRISTIAN JOHNSON
Lt Cdr Duncan Lustig-Prean was forced to leave the Royal Navy in 1994
Ashitha Nagesh
@ashnagesh
—————
12 January 2025, 00:04 GMT
Intrusive interrogations, the shame of dishonourable discharge, criminal convictions that impacted their lives for years.
This is what many LGBT people who served their country were subjected to.
That is, until 12 January 2000 - exactly 25 years ago today - when a long-standing ban on LGBT people serving in the military was lifted.
Now, a quarter of a century later, the final design for a monument being erected in these veterans' honour has been revealed.
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