Recent Posts Tagged With 'military'

• 'Sorry' - MoD

  Posted on Wednesday June 27th, 2007 at 18:26 in military

  The Ministry of Defence has apologised to all servicemen and servicewomen who suffered persecution and discrimination before the ban on homosexuality was lifted seven years ago. Until 2000, men and women of the Armed Forces were dismissed if it was d...

• RAF uniforms banned from London Pride

  Posted on Tuesday June 26th, 2007 at 07:32 in military, gay pride

  The Royal Air Force has announced that personnel who wear uniform to march in the Pride parade in London will face disciplinary action.A letter from Air Chief Marshal Sir Glenn Torpy, the Chief of the Air Staff [pictured below], to station commanders...

• US military pondered lovers not fighters

  Posted on Monday June 11th, 2007 at 13:44 in military

  The US military investigated building a "gay bomb", which would make enemy soldiers "sexually irresistible" to each other, government papers say.Other weapons that never saw the light of day include one to make soldiers obvious by their bad breath.Th...