Gay, Bisexual Troops More Likely to Suffer Sexual Asslts, Study Suggts |

Contents:

• GAY, BISEXUAL TROOPS MORE LIKELY TO SUFFER SEXUAL ASSLTS, STUDY SUGGTS
• ‘GAY’ RAPE ARY UNRREPORTED BY PENTAGON
• RISHI SUNAK APOLOGIS TO LGBT VETERANS FOR PAST ARMED FORC GAY BAN
• RISHI SUNAK APOLOGIS TO LGBT VETERANS FOR PAST ARMED FORC GAY BAN
• RISHI SUNAK APOLOGIS TO LGBT VETERANS FOR PAST ARMED FORC GAY BAN
• AIR FORCE VETERAN ONCE IMPRISONED FOR BEG GAY STILL ENDUR THE STIGMA OF A FELONY RERD

GAY, BISEXUAL TROOPS MORE LIKELY TO SUFFER SEXUAL ASSLTS, STUDY SUGGTS

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.

‘GAY’ RAPE ARY UNRREPORTED BY PENTAGON

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.

RISHI SUNAK APOLOGIS TO LGBT VETERANS FOR PAST ARMED FORC GAY BAN

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. Elae Donnelly, who ns the Center for Milary Reads, said male-on-male sexual asslts have been creasg sce Congrs repealed the gay ban 1993 and replaced wh “don’t ask, don’t tell, ” which was erased by Print Obama to allow openly gay service members. That's how you end up wh ras playg "gay chicken, " as Roger, a former mare who fought Iraq, told .

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RISHI SUNAK APOLOGIS TO LGBT VETERANS FOR PAST ARMED FORC GAY BAN

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RISHI SUNAK APOLOGIS TO LGBT VETERANS FOR PAST ARMED FORC GAY BAN

"I uld eher report the asslt and be discharged for vlatg the ary's ban on homosexual behavr, or not say anythg and be tted for STDs. Jt 12 percent of troops intify as somethg other than heterosexual, yet they acunt for roughly half of sexual asslt survivors ― pecially men ― acrdg to Defense Department data analyzed by Rand study, released Wednday, suggts that not only do DoD need to do more to unrstand the potential dynamics at play when a lbian, gay or bisexual service member is asslted, but that trag materials need to foc more on the groups, rather than on the prumptn that men are perpetrators and women are victims.

Among lbian, gay, and bisexual service members, 80. ”Lbian, gay, and bisexual service members were banned om servg openly the ary until 2011, when the policy was overturned by the Obama Whe Hoe. Although the move was ially blocked a seri of feral urt lgs, the Supreme Court eventually allowed the trans ary ban to go to the rate of sexual harassment and asslt was signifintly higher for gay and bisexual men than heterosexual men, Schyuler noted the likelihood was roughly equal for queer women.

Around 70 percent of lbian, bisexual, and heterosexual women enlisted the ary, for stance, all reported experiencg a statement to the LGBTQ+ news webse Gay Cy News, Schyler poted to the “value system that valu mascule ials” as one reason for the discrepancy between the self-reported rat among queer women and men. “That uld prompt someone to act out agast women and gay and bi men, ” she claimed. “There’s high risk for women, but we also see a difference for gay and bi men.

AIR FORCE VETERAN ONCE IMPRISONED FOR BEG GAY STILL ENDUR THE STIGMA OF A FELONY RERD

Image source, Emma RileyImage ptn, Rad operator Emma Riley was discharged om the Navy for beg a lbian the 1990sRishi Sunak has apologised for the historil treatment of LGBT veterans who were sacked or forced out of the ary for beg PM lled the ban an "appallg failure" of the Brish was illegal to be gay the Brish ary until 2000 - wh thoands of veterans thought to be affected. Addrsg MPs, the prime mister said: "Many endured the most horrific sexual abe and vlence, homophobic bullyg and harassment all while bravely servg this untry.

"The LGBT Veterans Inpennt Review, led by Bra's first openly gay judge Lord Etherton, began last year and heard about the experienc of 1, 145 veterans between 1967 to 2000. Homosexualy was crimalised the UK 1967 but a ban ntued the armed forc.