Well, I really was devastated to be fired by the Canadian Armed Forces. I was a top performer when I was there, but it didn't matter.
In the 1980s, the policy said, if you're LGBT, you can stay, but no promotions, no pay raise, no training and no postings. It was a pretty devastating policy to operate under.
I was fired anyway, and that's when I launched my lawsuit. It had the effect of giving me a bit of justice back in 1992, but we all know that justice for one person is not really justice at all. We know that thousands of others who experienced this purge didn't get justice when the policy ended because of my lawsuit. It took until much later, 2018, until members of the class action could get some justice in that class action lawsuit.