LGBT VETERANS INDEPENDENT REVIEW - CALL FOR EVIDENCE

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LGBT VETERANS INDEPENDENT REVIEW - CALL FOR EVIDENCE
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Posted on August 25, 2022 at 15:24:27 by Dennis Laverick for RHQ

RHQ/FUSILIERS/1363 25th August 2022

LGBT VETERANS INDEPENDENT REVIEW - CALL FOR EVIDENCE

Background. The LGBT Veterans Independent Review has been set up to examine the impact of the 1967 to 2000 ban on homosexuality in the UK Armed forces. The Review will seek to better understand the experiences of LGBT individuals who served in the Armed Forces from 1967 to 2000 and will provide recommendations to Government on how to address this historic hurt.

Lord Etherton is chairing the independent review into the service and experience of LGBT service personnel between 1967 and 2000. A call for evidence was initiated in early August, seeking the views not just of LGBT veterans who were directly impacted by the ban, but also the testimony of others who were impacted indirectly or played a role in delivering the discriminatory policies.

Action. All Regimental and Corps HQs have been requested to:

� Advertise this call for evidence in our routine communications and websites
� Inform the Review Team of any veteran gathering that might be suitable for the review team to attend in order to allow a more informal discussion of the issues. This can be done through RHQ at: rhq@thefusiliers.org

� The background info and website is here, and the online questionnaire is
Introduction : LGBT Veterans Call for Evidence (smartsurvey.co.uk).

This is also an important opportunity for all of us to make recommendations for improving access to services by LGBT veterans and by extension the whole veteran community.

If you were impacted by the ban, submit your testimony.

Find out more at:

Email: contact@lgbtveterans.independent-review.uk
Linkedin: linkedin.com/company/LGBTVetReview
Facebook: facebook.com/LGBTVetReview
Twitter: @LGBTVetReview

Colonel (Retd) J W Denny MBE
Regimental Secretary
The FUSILIERS
RHQ

Forever England, Forever Friends, Forever Family

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