RAF Policy In the Past Was To 'Cure' Lesbian Recruits

Airwomen: Officers were warned about hockey players

Revealed: How RAF Tried To 'Cure' Lesbian Recruits... And Ordered Officers To Be On Lookout For Women Who Enjoyed Cricket -- The Daily Mail

Secret files have revealed how the RAF forced suspected lesbians to have medical treatment to ‘cure’ their ‘perversion’.

Newly-declassified documents show commanders were told to be alert to airwomen who played cricket or hockey, or spent a lot of time writing letters or telephoning to female comrades – seen as possible signs of attraction to other women.

Officers in the Women’s Royal Air Force (WRAF) were also discouraged from recruiting females with ‘masculine characteristics’.

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My Comment: Times have have certainly changed since then.