Service personnel and veterans urged to take part in survey on LGBT Memorial

[Lori Dee]

UK - Service personnel and veterans urged to take part in survey on LGBT Memorial
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BFBS Forces News - James Wharton
7th October 2024 at 4:11pm

A team of veterans working on a memorial for LGBT service personnel is calling on those serving in the military to contribute their ideas to the design of the planned monument.

LGBT veterans secured 49 recommendations from an inquiry, including an apology from the Prime Minister, financial compensation for those impacted by the ban and the building of a memorial in honour of those who have served.

Now, as the design phase of the project approaches, current serving personnel are being encouraged to complete a survey that will help inform what the finished memorial will look like.

The project is being led by Fighting With Pride, a charity supporting those impacted by the ban on LGBT people serving in the UK Armed Forces.

The ban was lifted in January 2000 but before then thousands of LGBT service personnel were removed or forced from service and stripped of any recognition for their service.

The memorial, once designed, will be installed at the National Memorial Arboretum, the UK's location of monuments dedicated to those who have served in the military.

Current serving military personnel and veterans can complete the LGBT Armed Forces Community Memorial survey HERE. The survey closes Thursday 10 October.

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