Great Britain Continues to Shine
It never ceases to amaze just how far the U.S. is in the closet, and with each new news-piece (as printed here today) we seem to dive farther in there.
Her Majesty's Armed Forces will be holding its third Joint Service LGBT Conference in November hosted by the Royal Air Force. The two-day event will focus on diversity training, presentations and workshops, and will be a social networking opportunity for personnel and their partners.
The Royal Navy and Air Force are both members of the Stonewall Diversity Champions programme and the Ministry of Defence, as a whole, strives to promote all of the armed services as "good employers for minority groups."
Since the country removed it's ban on LGB service members in 2000, they have since continued to affect social and policy change.
Things you may have missed:
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The examples that Great Britain continues to show are an overwhelming affirmation that we are able to look past our own prejudices and value persons for their actions and conduct. Now if we could only get our leaders to see things that way...
-Jason Knight
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09-11-07
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