As the UK prepares to mark the 50th anniversary of Pride, a Liverpool MP has called for justice for LGBTQ+ veterans.
Dan Carden has been working alongside the charity Fighting With Pride as their ambassador. In line with his role, the Labour representative for Walton dedicated his speech to LGBTQ+ veterans during a Pride debate in the House of Commons and has made repeated calls on the government to ensure that all those who were affected by the inhumane ban receive reparations.
On Saturday, 2 July, as the LGBTQ+ community begins its march through the country’s capital to mark the anniversary of Pride, a group of veterans will with “quiet dignity, have their moment of inclusion when they join and march with our uniformed Armed Forces.” This act of unison will be the first of its kind, but as an ambassador for the leading LGBT veterans’ charity Mr Carden argued this should have happened before now.
