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King Charles lays flowers at national memorial to LGBT armed forces veterans

Monument honours those whose careers were cut short by the ‘gay ban’ in place from 1967 to 2000

The Guardian - UK

King to attend dedication of UK’s first memorial for LGBT armed forces personnel

The memorial depicts a crumpled letter made of bronze, formed of words from evidence of people impacted by the military’s former ‘gay ban’.

Evening Standard

King Charles to lay flowers at UK’s first memorial for LGBT veterans

The King will meet LGBT veterans including those impacted by the discrimination, and also serving personnel

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Financial redress for LGBT veterans must be sped up, MPs to urge ministers

A group of MPs will call for the redress scheme for veterans who suffered under the so-called ‘gay ban” to be rolled out as quickly as possible.

Evening Standard

LGBT veterans ‘furious’ at slow pace of compensation

Campaigners said ministers must pull out all the stops for those who served their country ‘yet were appallingly treated for simply being gay’.

Evening Standard

Memorial for LGBT veterans to be built at National Memorial Arboretum

The memorial will take the form of a crumpled letter made of bronze, made up of words from evidence of personnel who were impacted by the ‘gay ban’.

The Independent UK

Healey: Veterans who suffered under ‘gay ban’ to receive redress in new year

He told the Commons the historic wrongs faced by LGBT+ service personnel is a ‘moral stain on our nation’, as veterans watched on tearfully.

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£75m redress scheme to be launched for veterans who suffered under ‘gay ban’

Defence Secretary John Healey described the historic wrongs faced by LGBT+ service personnel as a ‘moral stain on our nation’.

Evening Standard

Calls for adequate compensation for veterans who suffered under ‘gay ban’

The letter published on Wednesday argues that the cap on compensation could lead to ‘inadequate and unacceptably low’ payments.

The Independent UK

UK’s first ever memorial to LGBT armed forces personnel to be built

Fighting With Pride charity will lead work for memorial at National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire

The Guardian - UK

‘It means a huge amount’: Dame Kelly Holmes among campaigners welcoming LGBT military treatment apology

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak apologised for the ‘horrific’ historical treatment LGBT people who served in the military had faced prior to the year 2000

Evening Standard

Dame Kelly Holmes among campaigners welcoming LGBT military treatment apology

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak apologised for the ‘horrific’ historical treatment LGBT people who served in the military had faced prior to the year 2000.

The Independent UK

Call for King to apologise for historical LGBT ban in armed forces

Service personnel were forced to leave the armed forces if identified as gay before the ban was lifted in 2000.

The Independent UK

Dame Kelly Holmes urges LGBT veterans whose lives were ruined under ban to give evidence

Dame Kelly Holmes came out as gay in June in The Sunday Mirror and now she has issued a 'call to action' for all persecuted LGBT military veterans who were left humiliated, stripped of honours, discharged or jailed

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MP Dan Carden calls for justice for LGBTQ+ veterans during pride debate

The Labour MP said until the government take action, the situation will remain "a national disgrace"

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