Summary
I saw the Padre, which looking back was a big mistake.
Alison served for 5 years as a Senior Aircraftswoman before deciding to leave due to the pressure of serving during the gay ban.
Christian and gay in the Military
Christian and gay in the Military
- Alison Lintern-Gittens
- Interview by: Jess Boydon-Juckes
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If you’re wearing a uniform, it’s to defend everyones rights.
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It prompted the need to offer mental or physical assistance to a lot of veterans who were trawling back very traumatic memories.
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We’ve never been able to unite and discuss what we went through, ever.
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What was completely ignored was the fact that if we were allowed to be gay, we couldn't be blackmailed for it.
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You can't be what you can't see
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Lord Etherton actually gave the pin to me so I was able to thank him for his work.
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They put a lot of time and effort into training them and then put an equal amount of time and money into identifying them as homosexual and kicking them out.
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Being able to march in a pride in your uniform is something that I couldn’t even have dreamed of.
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My record had been exemplary, I’d just been promoted, won various award, but whom I had fallen in love with had an impact.
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I admitted I was gay. They could have sent me to prison.
Carl Austin-Behan