Good news if you're gay and were kicked out because of it (UK).
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Good news if you're gay and were kicked out because of it (UK).
If you lost any medals because of it, you are about to get them reinstated.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan...shire-51203327
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan...shire-51203327
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"They cut it [the medal] off my chest with a big pair of scissors."
Disgraceful way to treat a serviceman or servicewoman. It makes me feel ashamed for my country and the forces that I served in. I'm just a normal guy, not LGBT in any way but to think we were doing this sort of thing to our service personnel as late as 1993....... I don't know what to say.
Disgraceful way to treat a serviceman or servicewoman. It makes me feel ashamed for my country and the forces that I served in. I'm just a normal guy, not LGBT in any way but to think we were doing this sort of thing to our service personnel as late as 1993....... I don't know what to say.
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Its a weird world we live in that something such as a colleague who was LGBT brought out the worst in people.
I hope that they are treated with parity and all rights they lost are reinstated such as lost pension, lost pay and honourable discharges all around.
I hope that they are treated with parity and all rights they lost are reinstated such as lost pension, lost pay and honourable discharges all around.
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I fully understand what you meant and it could cause offence, but people view the world through their own eyes. What you and I see as normal can be very different, neither opinion is wrong per se, just different based on context.
There was no malice meant in the comment, lets not descend into a melee of playground back and forth.
"They cut it [the medal] off my chest with a big pair of scissors."
Disgraceful way to treat a serviceman or servicewoman. It makes me feel ashamed for my country and the forces that I served in. I'm just a normal guy, not LGBT in any way but to think we were doing this sort of thing to our service personnel as late as 1993....... I don't know what to say.
Disgraceful way to treat a serviceman or servicewoman. It makes me feel ashamed for my country and the forces that I served in. I'm just a normal guy, not LGBT in any way but to think we were doing this sort of thing to our service personnel as late as 1993....... I don't know what to say.
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I am aware that people are more enlightened these days, but they joined up at the time knowing the rules and they chose to ignore them.
I do recall a case where someone straight had their career put on hold because a gay colleague had made a pass at him and he did not report it (someone else did report him and he told the SIB about everyone he'd tried it on with). The investigations went on for some time before he could go back to his normal life. It wasn't all one sided.
I do recall a case where someone straight had their career put on hold because a gay colleague had made a pass at him and he did not report it (someone else did report him and he told the SIB about everyone he'd tried it on with). The investigations went on for some time before he could go back to his normal life. It wasn't all one sided.
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Wasn't the thinking at the time you could be a security risk if discovered by the other side and blackmailed? The fact that if the RAF knew it would negate that problem was lost on them.
Not that way inclined myself but I thought it was totally wrong to discriminate that way....
BUT it did have the odd advantage I know of one guy who was straighter than a beam of laser light who announced he was gay so he could take advantage of leaving the RAF without paying to buy himself out.
Not that way inclined myself but I thought it was totally wrong to discriminate that way....
BUT it did have the odd advantage I know of one guy who was straighter than a beam of laser light who announced he was gay so he could take advantage of leaving the RAF without paying to buy himself out.
Wasn't the thinking at the time you could be a security risk if discovered by the other side and blackmailed
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing
The US Military has evolved its attitudes on this from considering it a Mortal Sin (Dishonorable Discharge with possible Prison Time) to allowing open behavior that does not run afoul of the "fraternization regulation).
We have had some rather serious security failures by LGBT persons but none due to blackmail that have made the newspapers.
We have had some rather serious security failures by LGBT persons but none due to blackmail that have made the newspapers.
To be short sighted or to be over 6 feet tall or to be left handed is not normal. But in each case, it IS ordinary.
To be gay is about as common as being left handed; not "normal" but definitely ordinary.
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I am left handed and really couldn’t care less about someone’s sexual orientation - but get concerned about the constant bending over backwards to be seen to be open and welcoming to LGBTQ+ individuals. It has gone too far.
The UK Armed Forces are about the use of violence to change behaviour - not attending Pride events and splashing it all over Soldier/RAF/Navy News.
The UK Armed Forces are about the use of violence to change behaviour - not attending Pride events and splashing it all over Soldier/RAF/Navy News.
What happened to individuals, who whilst undergoing additional vetting, told their vetting officer they were gay? Was this one of the occasions when the “catholic confessional” clause was broken and the vetting officer reported, in clear, the reasons or did they just fail their vetting, with no reason given, and the individual was posted to less sensitive duties?
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To be short sighted or to be over 6 feet tall or to be left handed is not normal.
What happened to individuals, who whilst undergoing additional vetting, told their vetting officer they were gay? Was this one of the occasions when the “catholic confessional” clause was broken and the vetting officer reported, in clear, the reasons or did they just fail their vetting, with no reason given, and the individual was posted to less sensitive duties?
To be short sighted or to be over 6 feet tall or to be left handed is not normal.
As someone who is over 6ft tall & short-sighted I resent that accusation!!
As someone who is over 6ft tall & short-sighted I resent that accusation!!
As someone who is over 6ft tall, short-sighted AND left-handed, I really resent that accusation!!
Amused by the posters feeling the need to spell out the fact they they themselves aren't gay. I guess old prejudices die hard.