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VE Day 80th anniversary

25th anniversary of the lifting of the gay ban and new designers announced for memorial

February 2025

Profoundly moving personal testimonies in BFFBS documentary. Forgotten Battle

By James Wharton

12th January 2025

Twenty-five years since end of gay ban, I'm proud I pushed the accelerator of change

Opinion piece by Craig Jones

12th January 2025

Being gay meant being hated by the highest in the military command

Report by Damian Kerlin

BBC Breakfast mini-documentary by Josh Parry – available on request

December 2024

New financial redress scheme announced

12th December 2024

Veterans kicked out of armed forces under 'gay ban' to get £75m. But can it right the wrongs?

Report by Craig Jones

12th December 2024

Thousands of LGBT veterans ejected from military can receive up to £70k compensation to right 'historic wrongs'

Report by Deborah Haynes

11th December 2024

UK veterans fired over sexuality to get £70,000 in compensation

Report by Dan Sabbagh

11th December 2024

Gay ban veterans to get up to £70k in compensation

By Josh Parry and Vanessa Clarke.

11th December 2024

LGBT Veterans thrown out of armed forces to receive up to £70,000.

Pride 2024

Several first-person LGBT+ veterans (FWP) stories of coming out late in life

Demand for financial and other reparations for LGBT+ veterans following PM apology and Etherton Review continues

14th October 2024

Ex-Navy officer fears no justice for gay veterans

By Rachel Russell & PA Media

14th October 2024

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

14th October 2024

‘Wind change’ within Labour suggests they may not live up to pledges to redress LGBT mistreatment in the forces, a campaigner has said

By David Lynch

14th October 2024

Pressure for financial reparations

David Lynch for Press Association, Independent

25th April 2024

Daily Mirror: Veterans get £350k for monument to honour LGBT forces after Mirror campaign, Mikey Smith, Deputy Political Editor

25th April 2024

Britain's first ever memorial for 'lost legion' of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans armed-forces personnel will be created following review into historical treatment of people sacked or forced out of the military for being gay

Memorial will be created at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire . Thousands of people wrongly kicked out of military because of their sexuality by Matt Strudwick

2024

Non-financial reparations announced eg Etherton pin badges, memorial at NMA, Staffordshire.

25th April 2024

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

25th April 2024

Memorial for ‘lost legion’ of LGBT Armed Forces to be created

Charity awarded £350,000 to create the tribute at National Memorial Arboretum: Telegraph Reporters

25th April 2024

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

Veterans charity Fighting with Pride will lead work on the memorial, after spearheading a campaign on historical mistreatment of LGBT service people.

April 2024

LGBT veterans memorial: ‘We're not a dirty secret’: Josh Parry, LGBT & Identity Producer.

16th February 2024

Craig Jones: “LGBTQ+ veterans have protected the peace and freedoms we value in the UK”

Interview by Agne Reketyte

19th July 2023

Historic moment: PM Rishi Sunak apologises

19th July 2023

Parliament Live TV - Debate about publication of Etherton Review

Ben Wallace & others credit Craig and Caroline with making the case for making right the wrongs of the ban. Follow by national media coverage: Calls for a full parliamentary debate around compensation and other reparation measures for LGBT+ veterans who suffered under the ban.

19th July 2023

Rishi Sunak apologises to LGBT veterans for armed forces ban as report reveals 'horrific' historical treatment

19th July 2023

Rishi Sunak apologises to LGBT veterans for past armed forces gay ban

2023

Etherton Review. Calls for publication of delayed Review

8th July 2023

Announcement of Independent review

Lord Etherton announced as Chair of independent review, after campaign by Craig Jones MBE and Caroline Paige (quoted).

ITV Meridian report on announcement.

Veterans who were banned from the military because of their sexuality have welcomed a review into their treatment but criticised the 22-year delay.

Independent review of treatment of LGBT+ veterans under the ‘gay ban’ is won

November 13, 2022

“This Remembrance Sunday, I will also be thinking of LGBT veterans and those who stood by us”: Craig Jones writes First person op-ed in Metro

31st March 2022

The right to march at Cenotaph

Craig Jones Co-chief Executive FWP wins the invitation for first time for wreath to be laid by LGBT veterans at Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday

14thNovember 2021

For a historic Remembrance Sunday for LGBT+ serving and ex-armed forces people Caroline Paige; Craig Jones; Tremain Cornish; Simon Langley; Jean Macdonald share their experiences of serving under the gay ban.

Report by James Besanvalle

13th November 2021

Media ArchiveFighting With Pride’s five year battle for justice for LGBT+ veterans who suffered under the ‘gay ban’

VE Day 80th anniversary

BBC online live coverage

Vito Ward featured

25th anniversary of the lifting of the gay ban and new designers announced for memorial

Profoundly moving personal testimonies in BFFBS documentary. Forgotten Battle

Twenty-five years since end of gay ban, I'm proud I pushed the accelerator of change

Being gay meant being hated by the highest in the military command

BBC Breakfast mini-documentary by Josh Parry – available on request

New financial redress scheme announced

Veterans kicked out of armed forces under 'gay ban' to get £75m. But can it right the wrongs?

Thousands of LGBT veterans ejected from military can receive up to £70k compensation to right 'historic wrongs'

UK veterans fired over sexuality to get £70,000 in compensation

Gay ban veterans to get up to £70k in compensation

LGBT Veterans thrown out of armed forces to receive up to £70,000.

Several first-person LGBT+ veterans (FWP) stories of coming out late in life

Demand for financial and other reparations for LGBT+ veterans following PM apology and Etherton Review continues

Ex-Navy officer fears no justice for gay veterans

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

‘Wind change’ within Labour suggests they may not live up to pledges to redress LGBT mistreatment in the forces, a campaigner has said

Pressure for financial reparations

Daily Mirror: Veterans get £350k for monument to honour LGBT forces after Mirror campaign, Mikey Smith, Deputy Political Editor

Britain's first ever memorial for 'lost legion' of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans armed-forces personnel will be created following review into historical treatment of people sacked or forced out of the military for being gay

Non-financial reparations announced eg Etherton pin badges, memorial at NMA, Staffordshire.

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

Memorial for ‘lost legion’ of LGBT Armed Forces to be created

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

LGBT veterans memorial: ‘We're not a dirty secret’: Josh Parry, LGBT & Identity Producer.

Craig Jones: “LGBTQ+ veterans have protected the peace and freedoms we value in the UK”

Historic moment: PM Rishi Sunak apologises

Parliament Live TV - Debate about publication of Etherton Review

Rishi Sunak apologises to LGBT veterans for armed forces ban as report reveals 'horrific' historical treatment

Rishi Sunak apologises to LGBT veterans for past armed forces gay ban

Etherton Review. Calls for publication of delayed Review

Rishi Sunak 'to be urged to say sorry' to LGBT+ veterans as report reveals witch hunts

‘I was terrified I would be sent to prison for being gay in the armed forces. I had a mental health crisis’

Anticipating publication of review

Campaigners' fury at 'delay' to LGBT veterans report that's 'a shame upon the UK'

Announcement of Independent review

Lord Etherton announced as Chair of independent review, after campaign by Craig Jones MBE and Caroline Paige (quoted).

ITV Meridian report on announcement.

Veterans who were banned from the military because of their sexuality have welcomed a review into their treatment but criticised the 22-year delay.

Chair of the review into the treatment of LGBT veterans announced

First openly gay judge to lead LGBT veterans probe

Chair of the review into the treatment of LGBT veterans announced

Independent review of treatment of LGBT+ veterans under the ‘gay ban’ is won

“This Remembrance Sunday, I will also be thinking of LGBT veterans and those who stood by us”: Craig Jones writes First person op-ed in Metro

30th Anniversary - Memories from the 1980s with Craig Jones

Fighting with Pride: The 'gay ban' in the UK Armed Forces with Craig Jones

Profile of Craig Jones by Simon Hattenstone, Guardian

Fighting With Pride – an honourable future for LGBT+ Veterans

The right to march at Cenotaph

Craig Jones Co-chief Executive FWP wins the invitation for first time for wreath to be laid by LGBT veterans at Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday

For a historic Remembrance Sunday for LGBT+ serving and ex-armed forces people Caroline Paige; Craig Jones; Tremain Cornish; Simon Langley; Jean Macdonald share their experiences of serving under the gay ban.

I news Long Read report by Equalities reporter Jasmine Anderson

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