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Title
This queer angel

Author
Elaine Chambers

format
Paperback / softback

Publisher
Unbound Digital

Language
English

UK Publication Date
20190307

Description

A revealing memoir, laying open the cruel truth behind the longstanding ban on LGBT+ personnel serving openly in H.M. Forces.

Discover the human cost of being deemed a criminal in the institutions protecting fellow citizens' hard-won freedoms.

The first book covering recent military history, written from a lesbian perspective.

'The inside story of the long, heroic battle to overturn homophobia in the British Armed Forces. Inspiring!' - Peter Tatchell

'A richly textured and deeply human tour de force. Chambers is a deft storyteller who movingly chronicles her battle to live authentically. Unputdownable.' - Dr Emma Vickers, Senior Lecturer in History, Liverpool John Moores University

Elaine joined the Army in 1982, aged 21, as a student nurse. After qualifying as a staff nurse, she obtained a commission, becoming a junior sister in the rank of lieutenant. Her ordeal began in 1987, after rumours about her sexuality reached the military police. After being forced to resign, she met Robert Ely, who had been discharged from the Parachute Regiment after nearly 20 years' service, and they founded Rank Outsiders, a campaign and support group, in 1991.

Since leaving the Army, Elaine initially struggled to find work that could rival the prospects and camaraderie of her Army career - she has had nearly 20 different jobs, mostly in nursing but also including stints at Eurostar, as a security guard at the Tower of London and briefly as a tree climbing instructor. She is now working as a medical administrator for a GP practice, following a momentous decision to take her name off the nursing register after her parents suffered serious ill health. She lives in the Isle of Wight.

Type
BOOK

Keyword Index
Lesbians - Great Britain - Social conditions.|Lesbians - Legal status, laws, etc. - Great Britain.|Great Britain - Armed Forces - Gays.

Country of Publication
England

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