Events tagged with "Armed Forces"
Armed forces ban lifted for lesbians & gay men
In 2000, the Government lifted the ban on lesbian and gay men serving in the Armed Forces after an extended campaign in which Stonewall played a prominent role.In 1991 Stonewall gave evidence to Special Select Committee of the Armed Forces Bill.In 19...
Gays and the Armed Forces
The ban on gay men and lesbians serving in the Armed Forces was not finally lifted until the year 2000. Prior to this the Forces could, and did, dishonourably discharge men and women found to be actively homosexual.This did not apparently deter gay m...
Memories tagged with "Armed Forces"
In the Navy - terminology
"I went in the Navy and I was in the Wrens when I was eighteen in 1953 and I have to say, hand on heart, there were no gay relationships that I was aware of. I joined up because I wanted to get out of Birmingham, I wanted to get away from that depriv...