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Lgbt Veterans Memorial
//The UK's first memorial for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender armed-forces personnel is to be built at the National Memorial Arboretum.
The government has put £350,000 towards the project, which was one of 49 recommendations of an independent review, external into the historical treatment of people who were sacked or forced out of the military for being gay.
It was illegal to be gay in the British military until 2000.//
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A worthy idea or not? It was certainly a sorry reason to be kicked out of the forces.
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As I say at work when the LGBTQ etc propaganda comes around. I don't see the relevance of what people's private preferences are in the context of their job. Same here why do they need a memorial for this grouping? There are many military memorials and they are for all of them regardless of sexual preference. Why do they need a special one? What next a special memorial for short *** under 5ft 4 in the military?
//The National Memorial Arboretum is the UK's year-round place to remember.......Full of symbolism, the memorials and gardens are there to tell the stories of those remembered. On visiting you will be fascinated by the wide range of memorials on site: some military, some for specific campaigns, some for the emergency services, along with tributes for civilians.//
IMV it's a waste of money. I have never seen a War memorial saying 'To the Greater Glory of those Men Who Laid Down Their Lives' ( Except Homosexuals). The names are inclusive and, in any case,as it was illegal to announce your homosexuality in the armed forces at the time, how would any one know what names to inscribe on the memorial. Just leave things as they are and accept that there were brave LGBT personnel among the thousands of others.
//I have never seen a War memorial saying 'To the Greater Glory of those Men Who Laid Down Their Lives' ( Except Homosexuals).//
I've been pondering the rights and wrongs of this and dithering but that's a very good point, Retro. Additionally, those people must have been aware of the rules when they enlisted so can hardly complain that they were kicked out for breaking the rules.
As she was someone who was 'asked to leave' the Army, I'll ask Mrs JtH what she thinks about this when she gets in from work.
Many such soldiers, sailors and air-people were turned in by spiteful colleagues, or were caught in a net designed to catch someone else, or made the mistake of confiding in untrustworthy friends, or were caught with 'dodgy' literature, or were spotted in a suspicious area.
There was a real culture of paranoia both in the 'brass' (to root it out) and in the ranks (to stay under the radar).
Treatment was dreadful and lives were ruined.
Thank goodness things have changed.
sandyRoe, those people were and are part of those regiments and sections.
'To the Greater Glory of those Men Who Laid Down Their Lives' ( Except Homosexuals).
um, you dont get your name on a memorial if you have been dismissed for whatever charge - - and so the sign DOES mean ...'To the Greater Glory of those Men Who Laid Down Their Lives' ( Except the ones who have been dismissed for theft, spying etc ).
My own view is that the armed forces are there to kill the enemy... not kiss them
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