Growing Theatre C.I.C
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OUT & OUT
(June 2025)
Out & Out portrays the witch hunts perpetrated on women thrown out of the British Armed Forces for being gay. This cruel and inhumane practice existed from the 1950s to the year 2000 and inflicted severe damage to untold numbers of women. Out & Out tells some of their stories and shines a light on a human rights abomination which must never be forgotten.Their story has not ended yet.
June - 2025
Cast & Crew
Voices
As part of the performances for Out & Out, we reached out to ex-service women who had been affected by the play's themes and asked them to share their voices and opinions on what things were like and how they are now.
We were not able to use the whole of the recordings that we got sent, but they are available to be listened to below.
Stories
The accounts below are based on real stories from a collection of real women; however, the names of these people are fictional.
Fighting With Pride
Fighting With Pride is the only LGBT+ Military Charity. supporting the health and wellbeing of LGBT+ Veterans, service personnel and their families – particularly those most impacted by the ban on LGBT+ personnel serving in the Armed Forces, ultimately lifted on the 12th January 2000. Established in 2020, Fighting With Pride has been instrumental in securing the LGBT+ Veterans Independent Review, chaired by the late Lord Terrence Etherton.