January 12th 2000 saw the military ban on lesbian and gay personnel lifted.
For one Royal Navy officer, it was time to end years of living a double life.
Speaking to BFBS Forces News, Lieutenant Commander (Ret’d) Craig Jones, who is the founder of Fighting With Pride – a charity which supports the health and wellbeing of LGBT+ veterans who served prior to the ban being lifted – has described what it was like coming out as gay in the Royal Navy on the same day the ban was lifted.
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