Colonel Grace Sangster-Wall, the British Army's most senior transgender officer, has warned that trans personnel are unlikely to serve in the Armed Forces beyond 2026. Delivering a keynote speech at the LGBTQ+ Defence Awards in London on Tuesday September 23, Colonel Sangster Wall said: "The MOD has 26 years of experience integrating the trans minority into service; into an organisation where its people work, live and fight together." "But in the same way that there was no evidence to justify the ban on LGBT+ volunteers in the 50s and 60s, there is no evidence to justify a regression in the rights, dignity, opportunity and working experience of the current serving trans minority." "The harsh reality is that it's unknown if, and increasingly unlikely that, I and those trans service persons that I support, will be able to serve into and beyond 2026." When contacted for comment by PinkNews, a Ministry of Defence spokesperson said: “We do not recognise the 2026 date and reject it. Defe...