Harding, a soldier fresh out of recruit school, had been sent to Quebec for french-language training. She says the military even put her alone in a multi-person living quarter out of fear she'd "convert" others. Letting go of painCanada ended its ban on LGBT personnel in the military in 1992, and Harding was offered her job back in 1993. Harding left military service again in 2001 because of post-traumatic stress disorder, which she compared to having her military career "ripped away" for a second time. Harding went on to serve in Rwanda during her second stint in the military after Canada ended the ban on LGBT military personnel.

Source: CBC News November 29, 2017 16:41 UTC