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MARQUATE'S GAY MILARY FICTN
I know the US Army at least, we have many trag and operatnal phenomena that n only be scribed as "gay. That beg said, how gay is the FFL operatnally and terms of trag?
GAY LIFE OF THE NEW LEGNNAIRE
France, like many European untri legalis homosexual partnerships a civil partnership, siar to Bra. Th a ban on homosexualy the Forc do not appear to be logil nor legal, and, fact, is not place.
FRANCE’S ARMED forc will accept homosexuals to s ranks provid they do not attempt to “nvert” others. Which I quote another post on attus towards homosexualy European Milary Forc. Countri wh Laissez-faire Homosexual Polici.
Scholars scribe France and Belgium as untri that have adopted laissez-faire approach to homosexual personnel. In France, difference characteriz the official attu towards homosexuals the ary. Although homosexuals are not banned om French ary service, is regnized that they may face greater challeng than their heterosexual unterparts.
MARQUATE'S GAY MILARY FICTN
Commanrs and psychiatrists n also discharge gay and lbian personnel if they feel they are disptg their uns and nnot f .
Also, sce beg gay is accepted as an exce for not gettg drafted (France has Natnal Service like Germany), homosexuals would be two mds about attackg the policy. Gettg back to the French Foreign legn, after reful ter search and translatn help I have learned that homosexualy is not only actively disuraged durg the recment procs, but that a soldier is discharged should be found out that he is gay. Somebody else “ the know” posted the followg regardg the recment procs ( French, this is a translatn): “It’s not officially wrten but at the recment terview you get refed [if you are openly gay] and the recers make sure people know that, so gays don’t try to jo.
There you have , homosexualy is not accepted the French Foreign Legn.