The chief of MI6 has given a public apology for the organisation’s treatment of the LGBTQ+ community from 30 years ago. Taking to Twitter, Richard Moore tweeted a video apology in light of LGBTQ+ History Month. “Marking the 30 year anniversary of lifting the vetting bar to LGBT+ employees in intelligence agencies in 1991, I apologise on behalf of #MI6 for the way LGBT+ colleagues and fellow citizens were treated, and express my regret for everyone whose life was affected #LGBTM21,” he tweeted.
Even though same-sex relationships were decriminalized in 1967 the Secret Intelligence Service held their anti-LGBTQ+ stance until 1991.