LGBT military community react to Prime Minister's landmark apology
98The long-awaited report into the historic treatment of LGBT people in the Armed Forces prior to the year 2000 has been published, bringing with it an apology on behalf of the country given by the Prime Minister.
It was a landmark moment, decades in the making, and, in the end, it came down to these simple but significant words: "I apologise."
Forces News has spoken to some of those former members of the military who were affected by the ban and also reports on the Members of Parliament themselves who have spoken of their own experiences of serving in the military during those times.
More: https://www.forces.net/lgbtq/after-23-year-wait-lgbt-suffering-military-acknowledged-i-apologise-pm-sunak
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