A study of five U.S. alli who end bans on gays openly servg their ari showed that the wi-sle disptns feared by opponents had never materialized, says historian and study thor Nathaniel Frank. He discs his fdgs and what they suggt for efforts to end the Pentagon's "don't ask, don't tell" policy.
Contents:
- HOW GAY SOLDIERS SERVE OPENLY AROUND THE WORLD
- "COMG OUT UNR FIRE": THE STORY OF GAY AND LBIAN SERVICEMEMBERS
- I THOUGHT I COULD SERVE AS AN OPENLY GAY MAN THE ARMY. THEN CAME THE DEATH THREATS.
HOW GAY SOLDIERS SERVE OPENLY AROUND THE WORLD
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The Indian Army is among the least gay-iendly the world, while the Brish Army is the send most gay-iendly, while the Brish Army was the send most gay-iendly.
Countri like the Uned Stat, the Uned Kgdom, and the Philipp accept openly gay soldiers. New Zealand’s ary, which happened to be the most gay-iendly the world, sred a top 100.
India ranked below untri like Liberia (38), Sierra Leone (47), Congo (49), Rwanda (52), and Nepal (55) when to toleratg homosexualy their armed forc. Homosexualy was a crime Rsia before 1993, was nsired a mental illns.
"COMG OUT UNR FIRE": THE STORY OF GAY AND LBIAN SERVICEMEMBERS
But on July 1, 2003, gay and lbian people were allowed to enlist the Rsian army.
In 1993, the Israeli ary allowed GAY men and lbian women to enlist. There is absolutely no discrimatn between gay and lbian soldiers the Israeli army. Israel has also given addnal rights to gay soldiers.
The French army is equipped wh more than one fighter jet and weapons, but along wh this, also recs gay men and lbian women s army. 30 released s long-awaed study on "don't ask, don't tell, " which showed ltle risk allowg gay men and women to serve openly the ary. Alli that have succsfully lifted bans or other rtrictns on gays openly servg the ary -- Bra, Israel, Canada, South Ai and Atralia.
I THOUGHT I COULD SERVE AS AN OPENLY GAY MAN THE ARMY. THEN CAME THE DEATH THREATS.
"In many of those untri, bate before the policy chang was highly pched, " Frank wrote his study, tled "Gays Foreign Milari 2010: A Global Primer. In a nversatn about his fdgs wh Frh Air host Terry Gross, Frank explas that the Uned Stat is the only untry the world wh a procre like don't ask, don't tell: "There's nothg that's been dified any other part of the world that actually said, 'We will allow gays to serve if they pretend that they're not gay, ' " he says.
"Most of the untri Wtern Europe now allow gays to serve, cludg the Uned Kgdom, our clost ally and probably the bt analogy for the U.
" Case Study: Great Bra In Great Bra, gay service members were banned om the ary throughout the 20th century. "So many, many s the actual end of a gay ban is preced by a urt se and a relaxatn of enforcement. Defense Secretary Robert Gat listens to a reporter's qutn durg a news briefg about gays the ary Tuday at the Pentagon.