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I'M A GAY ARMY OFFICER—QUEER TROOPS MT FIGHT BACK
The RCAMC classified gay men as “psychopathic personali, ” along wh “chronic lquents, chronic alholics, and dg addicts. The medil rps also nsired gay men to lack “tthfulns, cency, rponsibily, and nsiratn. The ary also ed the Naval Disciple Act and the Army and Air Force Act to target gay men already servg the forc.
At the time, homosexual offenc did not apply to. When a soldier’s guilt was asssed, the “gree” of their homosexualy was taken to nsiratn. For example, a distctn was ma between a “te homosexual, ” a man who exclively slept wh other men, vers someone who only looked for an “outlet”.
Dependg on the un, gay men were sometim accepted que openly. Categorizg gay men as “psychopathic” helped lay the groundwork for their purge the postwar perd.