Rand said about 43% of all ary sexual asslts over the prr year were mted agast troops who are gay, lbian and bisexual.
Contents:
- GAY, BISEXUAL TROOPS MORE LIKELY TO SUFFER SEXUAL ASSLTS, STUDY SUGGTS
- MILARY NU PHOTO VTIGATN EXPANDS TO GAY PORN WEBS
- "COMG OUT UNR FIRE": THE STORY OF GAY AND LBIAN SERVICEMEMBERS
- GAYS THE MILARY
GAY, BISEXUAL TROOPS MORE LIKELY TO SUFFER SEXUAL ASSLTS, STUDY SUGGTS
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Before "don't ask, don't tell" was officially repealed for gay, lbian, and bisexual ary personnel 2011, a photo of a male Mare drag uld have land him hot water.
MILARY NU PHOTO VTIGATN EXPANDS TO GAY PORN WEBS
"Lbian, gay, and bisexual ary personnel had been servg our untry for s whout receivg equal protectn, while transgenr troops are still prohibed om servg openly. "As a gay man, I n relate to what is still the opprsive stigma of homosexualy.
"COMG OUT UNR FIRE": THE STORY OF GAY AND LBIAN SERVICEMEMBERS
Homosexualy was not jt forbidn the ranks, was seen as a natnal secury threat.
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.
GAYS THE MILARY
The difference between sexual asslt rat for gay or bisexual men, as opposed to heterosexual men, was even more stark, Rand said. 7% of gay or bisexual men -- ne tim the rate of LGB men -- had been sexually asslted.
The data llected the Pentagon's 2018 Workplace and Genr Relatns Survey of Active Duty Members suggts that there may be about 43, 000 gay or bisexual men and about 29, 000 lbian or bisexual women the active-duty ary, out of nearly 1. The 2018 survey found that 4% of servicemen, and 14% of servicewomen, intified as gay, lbian or bisexual.
Wh so many gay, lbian or bisexual troops uniform, and such a disproportnate percentage of that populatn experiencg sexual asslts, Rand said the data suggts that "a nsirable actn" of sexual asslts are likely beg mted agast LGB service members. To try to prevent asslts on gay, lbian and bisexual troops, Rand said the ary needs to do more to unrstand where they are occurrg and what is motivatg the attackers. Straight men who have engaged suatnal homosexualy (such as prison or the ary), what's your story?