“From having a photograph of a fake boyfriend in my room because that felt like a way to fit in to being the senior army representative at Pride in London in uniform with medals, I’ve had the privilege of seeing real change in the army.”
Brigadier Clare Phillips CBE (she/ her) joined the army in 1995, four years before the military LGBTQIA ban was lifted. Under the Army Act 1955, it was an offence to be gay and serve in
