After beg oted om the U.S. ary for beg gay, she beme an early fighter for gay rights and a proment figure the nascent L.G.B.T.Q. rights movement.
Contents:
- I'M A GAY ARMY OFFICER—QUEER TROOPS MT FIGHT BACK
- U.S. MILARY ENDS POLICY BANNG OPENLY GAY AMERINS FROM SERVICE
- LEADG ADVOCY GROUP FOR GAY RIGHTS THE US MILARY SHUTTG DOWN
- GAYS THE MILARY/LGBT LAW
- GAY RIGHTS
I'M A GAY ARMY OFFICER—QUEER TROOPS MT FIGHT BACK
While the LGBT ary muny has seen creased reprentatn the past , stris are still beg ma to improve acceptance, tegratn and health for gay and transgenr service members. * us military gay rights *
Today, gay and transgenr ary service members enjoy far more rights than they did even five years ago—but the fight ntu to crease visibily and acceptance for this group the armed forc.
U.S. MILARY ENDS POLICY BANNG OPENLY GAY AMERINS FROM SERVICE
The U.S. policy banng gays and lbians om servg openly the ary has officially end and advocy groups and ernment officials alike have hailed the tone as the begng of a new era for the Amerin armed servic and civil rights. Print Barack Obama said the end of the policy known as, "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" means the untry has taken another "great step" toward fulfillg s foundg ials. * us military gay rights *
1988: The rults of a jot report nducted by the DoD and the Defense Personnel Secury Rearch Edutn Center rerce the fdgs of a 1957 report claimg that gay and lbian dividuals enlisted the armed forc pose no signifint risk to secury (which had prevly been the ratnale for barrg gay dividuals om enlistg the ary). 1993: Print Bill Clton signs the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, barrg openly gay and lbian Amerin cizens om ary service—while prohibg harassment of all “closeted” ary service members.
LEADG ADVOCY GROUP FOR GAY RIGHTS THE US MILARY SHUTTG DOWN
The gay rights movement the Uned Stat began the 1920s and saw huge progrs the 2000s, wh laws prohibg homosexual activy stck down and a Supreme Court lg legalizg same-sex marriage. * us military gay rights *
I was one of few soldiers who joed the service before graduatg high school, but the admistratn at the time, which I believe was homophobic, chose to act as if I never existed bee of my queer hate that I experienced growg up on Long Island was my first enunter wh how others would treat me as a queer soldier. Enacted 1993, the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy was a promise reached after Print Clton was unable to keep his promise to pletely lift an existg ary ban on gay, lbian, and bisexual dividuals servg the armed forc.
GAYS THE MILARY/LGBT LAW
Unsurprisgly, a study of the effects of the repeal on ary reads found that had no negative effects: had not triggered mass rignatns or loss morale, and also hadn’t ed a spike anti-gay vlence.
Although stris have been ma to advance the rights of gay, lbian, and bisexual ary service members, there was a s-long ban on transgenr service members servg openly startg the 1960s. Policy banng gay, lbian, bisexual, and transgenred people om servg openly the ary has been officially repealed and s mise is beg hailed as a tone for civil rights by advocy groups and ernment officials alike.
GAY RIGHTS
Lieberman ma the ments at a prs nference Washgton wh gay and lbian service members who are now able, for the first time history, to reveal their sexual preference whout fear of losg their ary post. "No words n scribe how feels to stand up here and be able to say for the first time [that] my name is First Litenant Josh Seeiend and I am a gay first litenant the Uned Stat Air Force, " he said at the Capol Hill prs nference.
The Palm Center was stmental rearchg and publicizg the service of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr ary personnel unr "Don't Ask, Don't Tell, " a Defense Department policy stuted 1994 by the Clton admistratn that sought to protect LGBTQ service members om prosecutn and harassment but also prohibed them om enlistg or disclosg their sexual orientatn if they already were the ary. The center exposed that the Defense Department ployed gay troops to bat, only to fire them on return, and unvered data on the firgs of nearly two dozen Arabic lguists for their sexualy the early 2000s -- a perd when the ary servic were short of need terpreters.