South Korea’s ary mt immediately end a bigoted hunt to root out gay personnel, Amnty Internatnal said, after a servg soldier was nvicted of havg a same-sex relatnship.
Contents:
- IN SOUTH KOREA, GAY SOLDIERS CAN SERVE. BUT THEY MIGHT BE PROSECUTED.
- "COMG OUT UNR FIRE": THE STORY OF GAY AND LBIAN SERVICEMEMBERS
- SOUTH KOREA: SOLDIER NVICTED OUTRAGEO ARY GAY WCH-HUNT
- GAYS THE MILARY
IN SOUTH KOREA, GAY SOLDIERS CAN SERVE. BUT THEY MIGHT BE PROSECUTED.
Gay and Lbian soldiers faced extraordary discrimatn durg World War II. Most found new muni of people and thrived spe the opprsn. Disver the film Comg Out Unr Fire that shar their story. * military gay 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. This was tratg for those of workg the long fights agast trans poverty and crimalizatn — to see how the power of one nservative philanthropist uld create the illn that trans muni were sayg that this was our number one procs rells the histori of how gay and lbian advocy nservatized the s after the ‘60s and ‘70s, when wealthy whe donors built up anizatns that, rather than advotg agast police vlence and war, created agendas that sought hate crim legislatn (which giv more punishg power to prosecutors but do not rce vlence), marriage (which primarily benefs people wh rourc and stat they n share through marriage), and ary cln.
"COMG OUT UNR FIRE": THE STORY OF GAY AND LBIAN SERVICEMEMBERS
The Uned Stat ary stggled wh s stance on gay service members for s prr to the signg of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” 1993 by former Print Bill Clton., * military gay punishment *
Eventually, that nservative agenda beme the most visible gay and lbian polics the U.
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SOUTH KOREA: SOLDIER NVICTED OUTRAGEO ARY GAY WCH-HUNT
Most lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr service members are still reluctant to disclose their sexual orientatn or inty. * military gay punishment *
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GAYS THE MILARY
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Sce 2011, openly gay, lbian and bisexual men and women have been permted to serve the ary. It wasn’t until 1982 that the ary enacted a policy explicly banng gay men and lbians om their ranks. And the early 1940s, was classified as a mental illns, disqualifyg gay men and lbians om service.