army acced of targetg gay soldiers

Contents:

• IN SOUTH KOREA, GAY SOLDIERS CAN SERVE. BUT THEY MIGHT BE PROSECUTED.
• AFTER SEX VIO, SOUTH KOREA ACCED OF TARGETG GAY SOLDIERS
• GAY MEN THE SGAPORE ARMED FORC
• GAY AND TRANS SOLDIERS SAY THEY WERE ABED SOUTH KOREAN ARY
• ARMY ACCED OF TARGETG GAY SOLDIERS
• SOUTH KOREAN URT OVERTURNS NVICTN OF SOLDIERS FOR GAY SEX
• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

IN SOUTH KOREA, GAY SOLDIERS CAN SERVE. BUT THEY MIGHT BE PROSECUTED.

Kim is one of an creasg number of gay or transgenr soldiers who have been persecuted unr Article 92-6 of the Army Crimal Act, which has been ed to out them and punish them for nsensual sex, Amnty Internatnal said a report released on Article 92-6, “anal sex and other cent acts” between ary personnel n be punished by up to two years prison, even if they take place off base, while the soldiers are off duty and by mutual nsent.

The group’s report, “Servg Silence, ” also tails sexual and other ab flicted on gay soldiers, or soldiers perceived as gay, by their superrs and their fellow soldiers. All able-bodied South Korean men are required to serve for about two ary says do not bar gay and transgenr people om servg, and the Defense Mistry has expand trag on protectg the rights of sexual mori. Lim South Korea, which has been slow to embrace the rights of sexual mori, that 2017 crackdown triggered an unual gree of recent years, gay people have bee more visible the untry.

AFTER SEX VIO, SOUTH KOREA ACCED OF TARGETG GAY SOLDIERS

But nservative Christian groups have also lated monstratns agast homosexualy major ci, often llg gay soldiers a threat to ary groups helped to scuttle attempts Parliament to pass an anti-discrimatn law, urged on South Korea by the Uned Natns, that would give sexual mori the same protectns that other mory groups have. Amnty Internatnal’s report scrib vivid tail how antigay attus have translated to physil and sexual abe wh the former soldier told the rights group he had been forced to have oral and anal sex wh another gay soldier, as a superr tnted, “Don’t you want to have sex wh a womanlike man? After he nfid to an officer that he was gay and asked for help, his battaln manr outed him ont of his entire un, askg him, “Who did you sce last night?

GAY MEN THE SGAPORE ARMED FORC

SEOUL, South Korea — A watchdog group says South Korea's army is huntg down and prosecutg gay servicemen after a vio of two male soldiers havg sex was posted on the ter earlier this year, stokg fear an already persecuted mory group. Milary vtigators lookg to the se have threatened soldiers to out their gay peers, nfisted cellphon to check munitn rerds, and even ed datg apps to dupe soldiers to revealg their sexual inty, said Lim Tae-hoon, the head of the Milary Human Rights Center for Korea, which tracks down ab the armed Korea's army says 's nductg a proper crimal vtigatn to soldiers allegedly volved wh filmg and uploadg the vio, which is a vlatn of the untry's munitns laws and a ary penal that mak homosexual activy punishable by up to two years prison.

"Milary vtigators ed the rmatn they gaed om the vtigatn on the sex vio to track down other gay soldiers the army, startg by forcg the spects to intify who they had sex wh and then wing their search om there, " said Lim, who said a soldier tipped his group off about the alleged crackdown.

GAY AND TRANS SOLDIERS SAY THEY WERE ABED SOUTH KOREAN ARY

Korean Street Performer Promot Acceptance Wh ArtIn nservative South Korea, gays, lbians, bisexual and transgenr people are harshly stigmatized and stggle to be polilly visible, while a powerful Christian lobby immobiliz policians seekg to pass anti-discrimatn laws. That stigma is amplified the ary, where most able-bodied South Korean men are required to serve about two years as the untry matas a large force the face of potential nflict wh North Korean army soldiers walk to take their tras at Seoul Railway Statn on April 20, 2017Ahn Young-joon / APGay men are not exempt om nscriptn but are banned om engagg homosexual activy while servg, leadg to an environment which they serve whout revealg their sexual inty for fear of discrimatn and reprisals.

"South Korea's ary don't exclu gay men om pulsory duty, but once they enter the ary, they are seen as dangero and treated as potential crimals, as the ongog army vtigatn shows, " said Han Ga-ram, an openly gay human rights said the vtigatn had "touched off fear the LGBT muny.

""Hate crim agast LGBT people are already a ser problem, and the ernment uld make worse by sendg the wrong msage by punishg gay men the ary, " Han army don't reveal rmatn about how often pursu s agast gay soldiers, but Lim said the five years before 2017 he knows of only two s where soldiers were prosecuted for homosexual activy. It said a statement that the vtigatn was proceedg legally and that the privacy of soldiers was beg army also strsed that homosexual activy the ary is banned to allow soldiers to mata "sound and healthy private liv.

ARMY ACCED OF TARGETG GAY SOLDIERS

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. "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.

All male Sgaporean cizens and non-first generatn permanent rints, cludg homosexual, bisexual and male-at-birth transgenr dividuals, who have reached the age of 18 years are required to enroll for Natnal Service unr the Enlistment Act. The way gay and transgenr servicemen are viewed and treated is largely pennt on the views of the ary thori who wre the nfintial manpower directiv which ern the management of the enliste even though the thori are advised by external, non-ary psychiatrists. Discrimatn exists bee even though the SAF do not regard homosexualy as a disease or mental illns requirg unsellg or therapy, is obliged to treat gay servicemen who clare their sexual orientatn differently bee, acrdg to some acunts, "homosexualy" and "transsexualism" are listed the outdated ICD-9 (Internatnal Classifitn of Diseas, 9th revisn), a medil classifitn system which is still beg ed by the SAF today.

SOUTH KOREAN URT OVERTURNS NVICTN OF SOLDIERS FOR GAY SEX

It is perplexg why no SAF psychiatrist, psychologist or manpower officer wh cisn-makg thory has seen f to revamp the stat quo bee all ternatnal medil anisatns now regard homosexualy as a normal part of the spectm of human sexualy (see ma article: Internatnal medil thori' posn statements on homosexualy). For example, there are unsubstantiated reports blogs and onle foms that servicemen who profs a homosexual orientatn durg pre- or post-enlistment are reportedly nfed to “non-sensive” uns, but the fn of what nstut a “sensive” un is not spelt out. Currently, is unknown how homosexual women are treated the ary and whether such practic are parable between the genrs; this is bee women are not subject to nscriptn and therefore make up a relatively small proportn of ary personnel.

The protol for alg wh homosexualy is not publicly disclosed and no rmatn on sexual orientatn n be found on official webs lked to the Mistry of Defence (MINDEF) or the SAF. Once he clar his homosexualy the form, he is asked several cursory qutns by the doctor nductg the PULHHEEMS at the Medil Classifitn Centre like whether he has had sex wh other men and whether he cross-drs. The self-clared gay rec is then given a stat of PES D (temporarily unf for gradg and ployment, pendg further review) and schled for a medil review by an SAF psychologist, ually an officer wh the rank of pta, at a later date at an office the Psychologil Medice Branch of the Headquarters of Medil Servic (HQMS) at CMPB.

Necsatg a parent to be prent for the terview may be a dntg challenge for a gay rec who is not out to his fay and hib him om clarg his sexual orientatn. Issu such as livg wh other men, and sleepg the quarters as and bathg wh other men – basilly, qutns of whether the gay NSman may f – play a part the review.

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

Observers have noticed the siary between the SAF's view of the ployabily of gay servicemen and that of women who worked the army s early days. The difference wh gay men at prent is that is clear that there IS a wrten policy towards their employment, evinced by the different treatment of homosexuals durg the medil review procs.

Male-to-female transgenr enliste ( any stage of transng before their female genr is legally stated on their inty rds) are still regard as male and are treated on the same sle as gay men.