To coincide with LGBT History Month, Veterans minister Johnny Mercer has announced that former veterans will be invited to apply to the Ministry of Defence (MoD) if their honours were stripped away due to their sexuality. “Gutted some of our people did not enjoy their time in the military as much as I did, and suffered serious injustice simply for being gay,” he said in a tweet. “[The Office for Veterans’ Affairs] is resetting the UK’s relationship with her veterans, which includes this historic wrong.” Mercer said he’s “determined to address the scars of our past” and issued an apology to the queer soldiers who were affected by the archaic regiment.