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Contents:
- GAY, BISEXUAL TROOPS MORE LIKELY TO SUFFER SEXUAL ASSLTS, STUDY SUGGTS
- HOW MANY GAY SOLDIERS ARE THERE?
- ARMY’S FIRST OPENLY GAY GENERAL RETIR AFTER SPIRG OTHERS
- "COMG OUT UNR FIRE": THE STORY OF GAY AND LBIAN SERVICEMEMBERS
- THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE GAY SOLDIERS WHO SERVED THE FIRST WORLD WAR
- A GAY SOLDIER’S STORY OF VIETNAM AND AFTER
- THE REVOLUTNARY WAR HERO WHO WAS OPENLY GAY
GAY, BISEXUAL TROOPS MORE LIKELY TO SUFFER SEXUAL ASSLTS, STUDY SUGGTS
Rand said about 43% of all ary sexual asslts over the prr year were mted agast troops who are gay, lbian and bisexual. * how many gay soldiers are there *
Gay, lbian and bisexual service members may be signifintly more likely to suffer sexual asslts the ary than heterosexual troops, a new Rand Corp.
Rand said about 43% of all ary sexual asslts over the prr year were mted agast troops who are gay, lbian and bisexual, or who otherwise did not dite they are heterosexual, although they make up about 12% of the active-duty force, acrdg to a 2018 Defense Department survey.
HOW MANY GAY SOLDIERS ARE THERE?
Who r? Soldiers are judged off of their ary mers and abily to succsfully acplish their missn, not who they date on weekends. There uld be one gay Soldier, ten gay Soldiers, or two hundred thoand gay Soldiers currently servg and should not change the Army one b. The Uned Stat Army affords gay… * how many gay soldiers are there *
The difference between sexual asslt rat for gay or bisexual men, as opposed to heterosexual men, was even more stark, Rand said. 7% of gay or bisexual men -- ne tim the rate of LGB men -- had been sexually asslted.
ARMY’S FIRST OPENLY GAY GENERAL RETIR AFTER SPIRG OTHERS
WASHINGTON -- Sce Maj. Gen. Tammy Smh, the ary’s hight-rankg openly gay officer, me out 2012, she has tried beg an example of livg... * how many gay soldiers are there *
The data llected the Pentagon's 2018 Workplace and Genr Relatns Survey of Active Duty Members suggts that there may be about 43, 000 gay or bisexual men and about 29, 000 lbian or bisexual women the active-duty ary, out of nearly 1. The 2018 survey found that 4% of servicemen, and 14% of servicewomen, intified as gay, lbian or bisexual. Wh so many gay, lbian or bisexual troops uniform, and such a disproportnate percentage of that populatn experiencg sexual asslts, Rand said the data suggts that "a nsirable actn" of sexual asslts are likely beg mted agast LGB service members.
"COMG OUT UNR FIRE": THE STORY OF GAY AND LBIAN SERVICEMEMBERS
Gay and Lbian soldiers faced extraordary discrimatn durg World War II. Most found new muni of people and thrived spe the opprsn. Disver the film Comg Out Unr Fire that shar their story. * how many gay soldiers are there *
To try to prevent asslts on gay, lbian and bisexual troops, Rand said the ary needs to do more to unrstand where they are occurrg and what is motivatg the attackers. There uld be one gay Soldier, ten gay Soldiers, or two hundred thoand gay Soldiers currently servg and should not change the Army one b.
THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE GAY SOLDIERS WHO SERVED THE FIRST WORLD WAR
The Uned Stat Army affords gay Soldiers protectn unr the Equal Opportuny Program.
Tammy Smh, the ary’s hight-rankg openly gay officer, me out 2012, she has tried beg an example of livg thentilly while also beg a bean of visibily to other Soldiers and their fai.
A GAY SOLDIER’S STORY OF VIETNAM AND AFTER
The policy banned lbians, gay men and bisexuals om servg the ary. It terrified her to e out as gay such a public way, but she felt a rponsibily to do , she said.
THE REVOLUTNARY WAR HERO WHO WAS OPENLY GAY
As difficult as was for her, g out publicly as gay “may not have been as easy for someone who was at a lower rank, ” Smh said an terview last week.
“When I me durg the 80s, thgs were different for women and gay people, and now 2021, the societal l are different aga.