Latest Local News and From Around the World

Pinknews.co.uk

Queer soldiers unfairly dismissed for their sexuality win compensation from German government

https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/11/25/germany-compensate-gay-military-personnel-for-discrimination/

CBC.CA

Canadian government and former federal employees reach settlement in ‘gay purge’

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-gay-purge-settlement-1.4630114

The Guardian UK

The military’s rainbow revolution – from dishonourable discharge to model employer

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/jun/10/rainbow-revolution-military-lgbt-personnel

The Guardian Australia

‘Injustice was official’: call for national apology to gay former military personnel

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/sep/26/injustice-was-official-call-for-national-apology-to-gay-former-military-personnel

‘I was absolutely shattered’: the woman driven out of Australia’s defence force

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/sep/27/i-was-absolutely-shattered-the-woman-driven-out-of-australias-defence-force

The Indepenant.co.uk

Campaigners call on government to compensate all LGBT+ military personnel it sacked unfairly

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/lgbt-military-uk-royal-navy-british-army-dismissed-compensation-mod-a9258486.html

The Globe and Mail.com

How Michelle Douglas broke down the Canadian military’s LGBT walls

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/interrogation-dismissal-and-now-an-apology-to-michelle-douglas/article36700166/

Forces.net

British Military Marks 20 Years since Lifting Of Ban On Gay Personnel

https://www.forces.net/news/british-military-marks-20-years-lifting-ban-gay-personnel