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One of the ADF’s most controversial figures recently won an appeal over his dismissal for making homophobic, transphobic and Islamophobic comments, and will be reinstated.

Australia’s most senior lesbian defence officer, Tracey “Warrior Doc” Smart, has just been awarded an even higher ranking. A first for the LGBTI community.

Harold Hillman was a closeted gay man that served on former US President Bill Clinton’s commission to determine whether to lift the ban on openly-gay citizens serving in his country’s defence forces. While the commission failed to repeal the ban at the time, he reflects on the profound impact it had on him.