Veterans Minister Al Carns announced that a £50m compensation scheme for LGBT veterans will commence in January, following decades of institutional mistreatment in the military.
Lord Etherton's report highlighted a long history of bullying and assaults against LGBT military members, emphasizing that their treatment was a 'complete and utter unacceptable' failure of the state.
The report underscored the existence of an 'incomprehensible policy of homophobic bigotry' in the armed forces, which manifested in severe mistreatment leading to significant personal and professional losses for LGBT personnel.
Former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak labeled the military's gay ban as an 'appalling failure' of the British state, following the revelation of the systemic discrimination against LGBT veterans.
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