“When I was 23 I had a raid. I hadn't long got promoted to a corporal and I was fearful of what that might mean if they found out about me. That led me to 30-odd years of trauma and fear. I then got to know other people and veterans [who] had been through situations where it was very traumatic for their life. I didn't get the brunt of any of the really bad, vile, humiliation that some did.”
“When I came out as gay after three decades, the thought of it was worse than doing it.”
“I first realised I was gay in 1988, when a fellow female soldier kissed me. However, a fear of being prosecuted forced me to stay silent.”
Her 'fruitful career' has led her to feel 'survivor's guilt.'”
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