Why a national apology and redress for discharged LGBT service members matters
- Written by Noah Riseman, Associate Professor in History, Australian Catholic University
A redress scheme for LGBT service members could be modelled after the process set up for those who had experienced abuse in the ADF.Shutterstock
The Australian Defence Force (ADF) banned lesbian, gay and bisexual personnel from serving openly until November 1992, and there were restrictions on transgender service until September 2010. Even so, we...
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