BMA urges government to lift cap on compensation for LGBT veterans

The BMA’s armed forces committee has called on the UK government to reconsider enforcing a cap on the amount paid in reparations to people who were affected by the armed forces ban on LGBT staff.From 1967 to 2000 an official policy effectively banned from the armed forces anyone who was gay, lesbian, transgender, transitioning because of gender dysphoria, or perceived to be such.In May 2023 a review of the ban,1 conducted by Terence Etherton, was published. Among his recommendations Etherton said that an appropriate financial award should be made to veterans affected by the ban and that its total should be capped at £50m. In December2 the government accepted this recommendation and opened the process for applying for these restorative measures at the start of 2024.3In a letter to the defence minister Andrew Murrison sent on 14 February,4 Sandy Wood, interim chair of the BMA’s armed forces committee, said it…
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