Primary Source Set: Gay Men the Milary — GLBT Historil Society

gay soldiers during ww2

The Nazi regime rried out a mpaign agast male homosexualy and persecuted gay men between 1933 and 1945.

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PRIMARY SOURCE SET: GAY MEN THE ARY

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. * gay soldiers during ww2 *

Gay men have a long history of servg the Uned Stat ary.

This primary source set provis sights to the experienc of gay servicemen spanng several generatns and nflicts. Topics clu blue discharg; servg durg the Send World War; gay life and relatnships durg the Vietnam era; and servg unr Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. Gay Vets 1978 Pri Para (at 2:40).

Allan Bebe on WWII gay servicepeople. Gays and the Milary article, 1982. Gay and Lbian soldiers faced extraordary discrimatn durg World War II.

"COMG OUT UNR FIRE": THE STORY OF GAY AND LBIAN SERVICEMEMBERS

Liebman and more than 9, 000 Amerin servicemembers, however, eventually were given a Sectn 8 "blue discharge" for beg homosexual.

The 1994 documentary Comg Out Unr Fire giv voice to the experienc of thoands of gay and lbian servicemembers who joed the ary durg World War II, a story that is largely ignored by historians and mms across the untry. In 1993, the Uned Stat was batg the discrimatory “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy regardg homosexuals the morn ary. At the time, homosexualy was classified as a mental illns by the medil muny; mental illns was one ndn that disqualified young people om service.

IN WWII, TWO GAY SOLDIERS’ FORBIDN ROMANCE LIV ON IN THEIR LOVE LETTERS

Gay and lbian recs were forced to answer qutns vaguely, or lie about their sexualy, orr to be allowed to serve; otherwise, they would n the risk of beg sent home and brand as “sex perverts. By the middle of the war, the ary sought new ways to target and expel homosexuals.

Instead of chargg dividuals wh sodomy, a urt-martialed offense, the ary began intifyg spected homosexuals as psychopaths.

Such a move created an efficient system of discrimatn and prosecutn of homosexual members of the ary.

GAY MEN UNR THE NAZI REGIME

We were gay. Dpe the threat of persecutn, gay and lbian servicemembers thrived durg World War II.

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Gay Men unr the Nazi Regime | Holot Encyclopedia.

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