MI6 apologizes for discrimination against the LGBT + collective

The chief of the British spies has lamented the "lost talent" by a retrograde rule

GAYLES.TV.-The dome of the foreign intelligence service of United Kingdom, MI6, has publicly apologized for the historical discrimination against the collective LGTB +, who did not lift the veto to join the spy agency until 1991. The current head of MI6, Richard Moore, has taken advantage of the thirtieth anniversary of the end of this veto to apologize on behalf of the entire institution to a community that continued to be frowned upon within the Financial more than two decades after United Kingdom homosexual relations will be decriminalized.

United Kingdom decriminalized homosexual acts between men in 1967But their spy agencies refused to hire gay, lesbian and transgender officers until 1991 because they believed they would be susceptible to blackmail. «Until 1991, be openly LGTBI + in the MI6 It meant losing your job or that you couldn't even join«, Has regretted Moore.

"Others who joined in the post-1991 period did not feel welcome”He recalled. Moore has been committed to the collective by stating that “twe still have a lot to do to become a fully inclusive employer and my goal for the MI6 is to make it a workplace where you can always bring your true self".

Marking the 30 year anniversary of lifting the vetting bar to LGBT + employees in intelligence agencies in 1991, I apologize on behalf of # MI6 for the way LGBT + colleagues and fellow citizens were treated, and express my regret for everyone whose life was affected # LGBTHM21 pic.twitter.com/bLsnNeY8RJ

- Richard Moore (@ ChiefMI6) February 19, 2021

Lost talent

He has also regretted the «talent»Lost by this doctrine. «It was wrong, unfair and discriminatory«, He said, to immediately apologize to those who may have been affected, and promise that, under his command, the MI6 will continue to make improvements to become a safe work environment for employees LGTB+. «El MI6 it is open to people of all backgrounds, races, ages, genders, sexual orientations, and ways of thinking. Diversity makes us more effective and even stronger", it is finished Moore.

Despite these discriminatory rules, some of the most famous figures in British intelligence history were homosexuals, such as Guy burgess, an officer of the MI6 and diplomat, who was also a Soviet spy and fled to Moscow in 1951. Or the most popular: Alan Turing, a brilliant mathematician who is now considered the father of modern computing. Turin broke the German naval code Enigma for British spies during the Second World War. He was gay, he fell from grace. He was found guilty of gross indecency. He lost his security clearance and was no longer allowed to work. He was forced to receive hormonal injections and in 1954 he committed suicide at the age of 41 by eating an apple mixed with cyanide.