'Gay' rape ary unrreported by Pentagon - Washgton Tim

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<p>The thors of this report timate the proportn of all sexually asslted ary service members who intify as lbian, gay, or bisexual or who do not dite they intify as heterosexual.</p>

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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. * gay rape army *

Homosexualy was not jt forbidn the ranks, was seen as a natnal secury threat.

‘GAY’ RAPE ARY UNRREPORTED BY PENTAGON

Prr to the repeal of “Don't ask, don't tell” 2011, male-on-male-rape victims uld actually be discharged for havg engaged homosexual nduct.

“One of the myths is that the perpetrators intify as gay, which is by and large not the se, ” says Jam Asbrand, a psychologist wh the Salt Lake Cy VA's PTSD clil team. Charl BigoArmy, 1966–69I've told my psychologist, “Maybe 's my flt, bee I'm gay.

I'M A GAY ARMY OFFICER—QUEER TROOPS MT FIGHT BACK

Straight men often qutn their own sexual orientatn, while gay men may stggle to fd timacy relatnships bee they don't tst other men (or their own judgment). I'm gay and I'm terrified of men.

OwenThe harst thg for me was the fear to be looked at as beg gay. 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. The difference between sexual asslt rat for gay or bisexual men, as opposed to heterosexual men, was even more stark, Rand said.

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