# @pinknews on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DPBdPa5jQgx
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/34946135-pinknews-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-09-25T11:00:49.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** PinkNews (@pinknews) — https://gondola.cc/pinknews

## Caption

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. Defence is proud of all our LGBT+ military and civilian personnel and the significant contributions they make to ensure our security, support our national interests, and safeguard our prosperity."

“It is a priority for us to ensure Defence is an inclusive environment for everyone. We can only meet security challenges when all our people know their skills are recognised, their individuality respected, and they can achieve their full potential."

“We will be guided by the revised EHRC Code of Practice when it becomes available.”

#LGBTQNews #TransNews #BritishArmy #TransRights #UKNews

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