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I was supported throughout and it was really encouraging. Adam is now part of the Army LGBT Forum and believes it plays a key role in breaking down barriers and providing support. It's a big misconception that people have. I was scared of people actually knowing I was gay so I may have done certain things to make out I was a bit more masculine, manly and rough around the edges than I actually was.

Stephen told the BBC about his experience with being gay in the army in the s. After being kicked out of the army and sent to prison for being gay - a former soldier is one of the first LGBT veterans to be welcomed back to his regiment. Stephen Close was forced to leave the army in for kissing another male soldier in Berlin, Germany. Although it wasn't against the law to be gay in the UK in , you weren't allowed to be gay while serving in the military.

In the months of controversy since President Bill Clinton pledged to end the military's ban against homosexuals, this ill-considered idea has been widely rejected. It is clear that the campaign to allow homosexuals to serve openly in the armed forces is failing. Last week, following an exhaustive study, the Pentagon once again concluded that "homosexuality is incompatible with military service. The same study nevertheless proposes a policy that allows homosexuals to serve if they keep their lifestyle private.

The policy overturned a previous blanket ban that had been in place since the second world war. It was repealed in during the presidency of Barack Obama following numerous complaints of discrimination resulting from the dishonourable discharges of armed service personnel after their sexuality had come to light. You know, infantry stuff. America was at war.