The veteran whom I got this from only had this to say about this story: "He's clearly lying. If you're in G Sqn, being gay happens to be a good career move."
The SAS forced me out when they found out that I was gay, soldier says
Michael Evans, Defence Editor
A gay soldier has claimed that he was sacked from the special forces because of his sexuality.
Former Lance Corporal Chris Kenna, 25, who supported the SAS as a communications specialist, alleged that he was given his marching orders when his wife told the Army that he had confessed to being gay...
...Defence sources however were adamant that Corporal Kenna had not been asked to leave the special forces regiment because of his sexuality, a move that would have breached government policy after the decision in January 2000 to lift the ban on homosexuals and lesbians serving in the Armed Forces. This came after a ruling against the Ministry of Defence by the European Court of Human Rights.
Army sources expressed anger at the claims by former Corporal Kenna, saying that he was never a proper member of the SAS, but was “a general duties soldier” in support of the regiment at Hereford. “He wasn’t required to pass the SAS fitness tests and failed the one he did do,” one source said...
Sounds like a bad soldier looking for an excuse to sue. Given how unconventional the Hereford Gun Club is I can't see them caring much about homosexuals.
