Trauma of Veteran LGBTQ+ Community As Sexual Abuse in Military Revealed

Support and research must be made a priority in tackling the “hidden and under-reported” issue of sexual abuse of LGBTQ+ service personnel in the Armed Forces, a ground breaking new report has concluded. 

The Exit Wounds report has identified the scale of LGBTQ+ survivors in the Armed Forces and the trauma that they faced during their time in service, and continue to face in living their lives outside of the military as a result of Military Sexual Assault (MSA).

Through research with survivors, veterans’ support charity Forward Assist has shone new light on the psychological trauma from experiences at the hands of colleagues in the military – an institution where, prior to 2000, serving members of the LGBT community could be expelled on the basis of their sexuality. Read more here:  https://www.nrtimes.co.uk/trauma-of-lgbtq-sexual-abuse-in-military-revealed-npstory/