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Contents:
- I'M A GAY ARMY OFFICER—QUEER TROOPS MT FIGHT BACK
- IN SOUTH KOREA, GAY SOLDIERS CAN SERVE. BUT THEY MIGHT BE PROSECUTED.
- "COMG OUT UNR FIRE": THE STORY OF GAY AND LBIAN SERVICEMEMBERS
- THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE GAY SOLDIERS WHO SERVED THE FIRST WORLD WAR
I'M A GAY ARMY OFFICER—QUEER TROOPS MT FIGHT BACK
Army Chief General Bip Rawat has led out cln of gay soldiers ary, sayg Indian Army is not “wternised”, and was “nservative” . * gay army punishment *
Ary, and harassment and sexual vlence towards people perceived as weak or as gay or as trans. A 2011 report by the Natnal Center for Transgenr Equaly and the Natnal Gay and Lbian Task Force found that 16% of transgenr Amerins had been sent to jail or prison.
IN SOUTH KOREA, GAY SOLDIERS CAN SERVE. BUT THEY MIGHT BE PROSECUTED.
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"COMG OUT UNR FIRE": THE STORY OF GAY AND LBIAN SERVICEMEMBERS
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THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE GAY SOLDIERS WHO SERVED THE FIRST WORLD WAR
* gay army punishment *
But as a gay man, I have been fightg my whole life to enjoy the very privileg I am entled to as both a beholr and protector of them.