Army Chief General Bip Rawat has led out cln of gay soldiers ary, sayg Indian Army is not “wternised”, and was “nservative” .
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I'M A GAY ARMY OFFICER—QUEER TROOPS MT FIGHT BACK
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. 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.
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Army Chief General Bip Rawat has led out cln of gay soldiers ary, sayg Indian Army is not “wternised”, and was “nservative” Delhi: Indian Army Chief General Bip Rawat created a ntroversy Thursday when he said homosexualy will ntue to be nsired an offence the armed forc. This fli the face of last year’s historic Supreme Court judgment that stck down a part of the ntroversial Sectn 377 and crimalised nsensual sex between homosexuals.
Addrsg the army’s annual prs nference, Rawat said that while the Army Act, which erns the force, was not above the law of the land, the Indian Army was not “wternised and mornised”, and was “nservative” when me to matters like adultery or clared that gay sex offenrs would be alt wh unr relevant sectns of the Army Act.