![]() Don't' ask, don't' tell DADT is the common term for the policy restricting the United States military from efforts to discover or reveal closeted gay, lesbian, and bisexual service members or applicants, while barring those that are openly gay, lesbian, or bisexual from military service. |
![]() The LGBT Military Index is an index created by the Hague Centre for Strategic Studies that uses 19 indicative policies and best practices to rank over 100 countries on the inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender service members in the armed forces. |
![]() 4 After the war, President Harry Truman ended racial segregation in the military in 1948; yet he and his successor, Dwight D. Eisenhower, simultaneously toughened restrictions on gays in the military. Service members who admitted to being gay or who were convicted of homosexual behavior were dishonorably discharged and stripped of their pensions. |
![]() As long as gay soldiers kept their mouths shut, the burden of proof fell on those making the accusations. Mike, a former chief warrant officer turned military housing director, alternated between agreeing with Abe and interjecting stories about his experiences: Yep, and he only called me a faggot once. |
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![]() Share on Twitter. Meanwhile, rates of HIV infection in the military are unlikely to increase if currently serving gay men are able to disclose their sexual orientationeven if the number of gay military members increasesbecause of improved HIV screening policies and the small fraction of gay personnel. |
![]() 1988: The results of a joint report conducted by the DoD and the Defense Personnel Security Research in Education Center reinforce the findings of a 1957 report claiming that gay and lesbian individuals enlisted in the armed forces pose no significant risk to security which had previously been the rationale for barring gay individuals from enlisting in the military. |
![]() Sign up for the Early Bird Brief a daily roundup of military and defense news stories from around the globe. Thanks for signing up. By giving us your email, you are opting in to the Early Bird Brief. Despite the orders from above, many veterans publicly opposed the 2011 repeal of the ban on gay, lesbian and bisexual service members. |
![]() I Was Kicked Out of the Military for Being Gay. I Was Kicked Out of the Military for Being Gay. Now, almost a decade after the repeal of Dont Ask, Dont Tell, the fight for equality continues for trans service members. |
![]() A" non-partisan, non-profit, legal services, watchdog and policy organization dedicated to bringing about full LGBT equality to America's' military and ending all forms of discrimination and harassment of military personnel on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity." Nonconforming Sexual Orientations and Military Suitability: Annotated Select Bibliography. Annotated select bibliography relating to the issue of gay people in the armed forces from Stanford University. |