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
- DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL: HOW DO OTHER UNTRI TREAT GAY SOLDIERS?
- COUNTRI THAT ALLOW GAY PEOPLE TO SERVE ARMY
- COUNTRI THAT ALLOW GAYS TO SERVE IN THE MILARY -VANY
- COUNTRI THAT ALLOW GAYS MILARY
HOW GAY SOLDIERS SERVE OPENLY AROUND THE WORLD
* what countries allow gays in military *
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. "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.
DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL: HOW DO OTHER UNTRI TREAT GAY SOLDIERS?
Don't ask, don't tell don't fly wh NATO members, except Turkey and the US. NATO natns now allow gays and lbians to serve openly the ary. But 53 natns, cludg North Korea, Iran, Pakistan, and Syria, ban homosexuals om ary service. * what countries allow gays in military *
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.
COUNTRI THAT ALLOW GAY PEOPLE TO SERVE ARMY
India News: Months after Supreme Court crimalised nsensual gay sex between adults, Army chief Gen Bip Rawat has reigned the bate around gay rights by * what countries allow gays in military *
"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. It's about whether you allow , whether you acknowledge and whether you allow gay and lbian people to be hont.
But there isn't an enormo amount that needs to be done or that has been done the other untri beyond ceasg to fire people and makg clear that gay people will be allowed and be rpected. And for many years, the Israel Defense Forc limed service by openly gay members of the ary by requirg service members to unrgo psychiatric evaluatns, which would often trigger a discharge.
COUNTRI THAT ALLOW GAYS TO SERVE IN THE MILARY -VANY
I was wonrg what untri allow gays and lbians to serve openly their ary and how was workg out. Do anyone here know? * what countries allow gays in military *
In the early 1990s, after Prime Mister Yzhak Rab said, "I don't see any reason to discrimate agast homosexuals, " a review mtee parliament remend droppg the ban. The new Israeli policy says "there is no lim on the ductn of homosexuals to the army, and their ductn is acrdg to the creria that apply to all ndidat to the army. On gay service members Ai and Asia "In parts of Asia and Ai, there are often no polici at all, eher bee homosexualy is not spoken about or bee there are civilian laws agast and there you n assume 's not allowed.
" On gay service members wh NATO anizatns "Wh NATO, there are about 35 untri that appear to let gays and lbians serve. TleUniendly FireSubtleHow the Gay Ban Unrm the Milary and Weakens AmeriAuthorNathaniel Frank Your purchase helps support NPR programmg. The US Congrs appears poised to repeal the "don't ask, don't tell" ban on gays and lbians servg openly the ary.
That would take the US off the same list as Iran and North Korea, untri that also bar homosexuals om fightg for their untry.
COUNTRI THAT ALLOW GAYS MILARY
I thk not, ” says Aubrey Sarvis, executive director of the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, which is lobbyg for a repeal to the "don't ask, don't tell" (DADT) than 25 untri specifilly allow gays and lbians to serve the ary, cludg all origal NATO signatori except the US and 16 untri – cludg Pakistan, Syria, Venezuela, and Yemen – bar open homosexuals om servg the ary.
Last week, two civilian men Malawi were nvicted and sentenced to serve 14 years prison for homosexualy. In the US, more than 13, 000 Amerin service members have been discharged unr DADT, which was implemented ban ntu spe numero studi over the past two s that have shown no negative impact om allowg gays and lbians to openly serve the ary.
Acrdg to a Febary report (pdf download) om the Palm Center at the Universy of California, Santa Barbara, allowg homosexuals to serve ntribut to improvg the mand climate foreign ari, creasg harassment, retag cril personnel, and enhancg rpect for ary lears say they're aware of precent other untri.