The post Luke Pollard MP: ‘When it comes to LGBTQ+ veterans, Rishi Sunak finds ‘sorry’ the hardest word to say’ appeared first on GAY TIMES. Go to Source Author: Luke Pollard MP
Read MoreLuke Pollard has called on the UK government to not turn its back on LGBTQ+ asylum seekers fleeing persecution in its new Illegal Migration Bill. The new legislation was announced as a way of tackling small boat crossings in the Channel, which Suella Braverman, the Home Secretary, has acknowledged has a 50% chance of being incompatible with human convention rights. The legislation will allow illegal arrivals to be detained without bail or judicial review for 28 days until they can be removed. Parliament will also determine an annual cap on…
Read MoreRecords of Armed Forces personnel who were dismissed for being gay have been destroyed by the UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD), BBC news reported. It comes after veterans who asked for documents relating to investigations into them by the military police were told they had been deleted in 2010. The department stated the action was taken as it had a legal duty to make sure the details were removed from service records. Jean Macdonald, who was dismissed as a lance corporal in the Women’s Royal Army Corps in 1981 for…
Read MoreThe post Exclusive: Luke Pollard MP says ‘the forces of anti-LGBTQ+ hate are swelling again’ appeared first on GAY TIMES. Go to Source Author: Conor Clark
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