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BBC News Published image copyrightGetty Images/PA Media In 2000, the law changed to allow members of the LGBT community to serve in the UK armed forces. As part of LGBT history month, the BBC spoke to some of those affected by the change to find out how military culture has evolved. I was trying to understand who I was image copyrightDeborah Penny Warrant Officer Class 2 Deborah Penny was the first transgender soldier to serve in an operational theatre in Camp Bastion, Afghanistan. Growing up she knew there was something different about her. We didn t have computers back in the 70s and 80s - we didn t have mobile phones, she said. ....