Edmund Hall is a British writer, businessman, and long-standing campaigner for LGBT+ rights in the armed forces. His landmark book We Can’t Even March Straight (first published in 1995) examines how gay and lesbian service personnel were treated when homosexuality was illegal in the Services. Chiselbury has republished the work, bringing Hall’s investigation to a new generation of readers.

We Can’t Even March Straight documents a secretive, systematic regime of discrimination and interrogation that led to dismissals “with disgrace,” stripping service members of medals, pensions, and records—devastating careers and reputations in the name of “good order and military discipline.” Clear, direct, and meticulously sourced, it remains a key text for understanding both military culture and the long campaign for change.