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Outed veterans share harrowing stories of Armed Forces’ gay ban as memorial marks overdue ‘homecoming’: ‘Turns out I did count’

Decades after being outed and dismissed for their sexuality, RAF veteran Graeme Grady and Navy Wren Sharon Pickering are finally honoured at the UK’s first LGBTQ+ military memorial, cementing their fight for equality

King Charles lays flowers at An Opened Letter memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum

News UK

King Charles attends UK’s first LGBTQ+ Armed Forces memorial honouring gay ban survivors

The bronze sculpture, titled An Opened Letter, commemorates sailors, soldiers, and aviators affected by the historic ban

Culture Sexuality

‘LGBTQ veterans dismissed from the British Armed Forces deserved better – it’s time their voices were heard’

As the government announces a review into the treatment of LGBTQ service personnel pre-2000, Minister for Defence People and Veterans Leo Docherty writes exclusively for Attitude.

News World

Outed veterans share harrowing stories of Armed Forces’ gay ban as memorial marks overdue ‘homecoming’: ‘Turns out I did count’

King Charles attends UK’s first LGBTQ+ Armed Forces memorial honouring gay ban survivors

‘LGBTQ veterans dismissed from the British Armed Forces deserved better – it’s time their voices were heard’

Gay SAS soldier claims he suffered anti-gay discrimination