In dramatic style, Stonewall has named the Army as its 400th Diversity Champion. It must be remembered that it has only been a few years since the RAF went to Strasbourg to defend an outright ban on gay service personnel.
Stonewall quote General Sir Richard Dannatt, Chief of the General Staff, as saying:
I am delighted that the Army has become a member of Stonewall’s workplace programme. One of the Army’s six Core Values is ‘Respect for Others’ and it is therefore our absolute duty to treat our fellow soldiers as we would wish to be treated ourselves. Discrimination against those in the Army who are lesbian, gay and bisexual does not give them a chance to contribute or to play a full part in the teams that are vital for our success on operations. Respecting others is therefore part of the trust that has to exist between soldiers and the Nation’s values of tolerance, decency and quality must be reflected in the Army. We look forward to working with Stonewall.
We’ve come a long way from when it was thought gay soldiers ought to have separate showers and dormitories.
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