piqué and piqué inside today is all
about the diversity within the unit
today we showcase 15 different countries
sampling their food talking about their
journey within the military which is try
service we need to talk a little bit
about themselves and identifying what
sort of culture change they have gone
through within the service had Anthony a
go-go and he was our speaker which was
fantastic
I had fun a dancer I had a bad child I
was never gonna win but I had fun for
the two or three weeks I was there I'd
like to find it was nice to kind of step
outside a man on the dance style my
message is just no keep doing what you
guys are doing you've certainly got them
I've said any other most admiration for
you guys and I know the rest of country
have as well so yeah just keep doing
your thing so I'm one of the unit's
diversity and inclusion advisors and
actually we have to show a cross-section
of society and by having lots of
different people from different
backgrounds explaining where they've
come from it makes us stronger as a team
to know where everybody's come from the
challenges people have had by the
previous to joining the military or in
the military and it in the long run
makes us a stronger working team
together I think also it's not just
necessarily about diversity in the
international sense there's a lot of
diversity for LGBT or people's
lifestyles so it's celebrating all types
of diversity no matter what it is
good morning and together with Lance
Corporal Dan toll-free it gives me great
pleasure to represent England today a
joint Hospital Group South unit
International Day aim personally I don't
see myself as been any different to the
other people I work with in the armed
force there's nothing as a reflection on
the modern armed forces of today it
doesn't matter what kind of sexual
orientation you are you are accepted for
who you are and the job that you do and
but I know that was different for when
my husband first joined the armed forces
and when the ban on being LGBT q was
actually in effect and he had to hide it
when he first joined off and he said
even when the ban was lifted it was
scary a scary place to come out in the
Armed Forces I joined in 2009 and
because people are like your family in
the Armed Forces you can't keep it
hidden for long and I found out for my
basic training there was no option but
to tell people and Torchwood I've had
absolutely no problems at all and
actually I think it just makes people
trust you more because they know who you
are
you know they know everything about me
and I haven't got a hide up there
anybody that I'm not thank you guys
today was amazing
on behalf of me and HG so thank you
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you