LGBT Military History | UK Armed Forces Legacy

The LGBT Military History tag documents historical policies affecting LGBTQ service members, including the former ban on openly gay personnel and subsequent reforms aimed at redress and institutional accountability.

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19 02, 2026

UK Veterans Threaten Legal Action Over Ministry of Defence LGBT Compensation Criteria

By JRL Charts|2026-02-19T15:04:36-08:00February 19th, 2026|Categories: LGBT Politics, LGBT Politics Europe|Tags: Breaking Military News UK, LGBT Military History, LGBT Rights UK, Military Legal Challenge, paul goldberg, UK Armed Forces Policy, UK Ministry of Defence, Veterans Compensation Scheme|

By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Political Correspondent | JRL CHARTS LONDON — (February 19, 2026) — A group of UK veterans who say they were forced out of the armed forces under the former ban on LGBT service members are threatening legal action against the Ministry of Defence (MoD), arguing that the government’s financial recognition scheme unfairly [...]