Gays the Milary: New Facts Conquer Old Taboos | RAND

Contents:

• WHICH BRANCH OF THE ARY HAS THE MOST GAYS?
• THIS ARY BRANCH IS GOG PLETELY “WOKE” FOR GAY PRI MONTH
• RISHI SUNAK APOLOGIS TO LGBT VETERANS FOR PAST ARMED FORC GAY BAN
• GAYS THE MILARY: NEW FACTS CONQUER OLD TABOOS
• SO ANY GAY GUYS WHO HAVE BEEN THE MILARY OR NAVY POST HERE?
• GAYS THE MILARY

WHICH BRANCH OF THE ARY HAS THE MOST GAYS?

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.

Acrdg to the report, the Mistry of Defence said at the time that jtifitn for the policy clud "matenance of operatnal effectivens and efficiency" - but the report said there had been an "prehensible policy of homophobic bigotry" the armed forc. It heard shockg acunts of homophobia, bullyg, blackmail, sexual asslts, "disgraceful" medil examatns, and nversn mak 49 remendatns to the ernment cludg:Affected veterans to be given an "appropriate fancial reward" pped at £50m overallThe rtoratn of medals that had to be hand back on dismissal or dischargeThe clarifitn of pensn rights The prentatn of a special veterans' badgeThe ernment said would rpond full after summer of the veterans affected watched the PM's public of them, Emma Riley, 51, was a Royal Navy rad operator for three years before she was arrted and discharged for beg a lbian after tellg a lleague her sexualy the early told BBC News she weled the report, and hoped would be put to place "swiftly. Carol Man, who was dismissed after tellg her boss she was gay 1978, kept her sexualy secret for another 30 years and said she had been "robbed" of her life.

"Olympian Dame Kelly Holm, who served the army and me out as gay last year, lled the publitn of the report a "historic moment", while Cathere Dixon, a former army officer who is now vice chair at Stonewall, said was "an important step towards jtice" for those whose ary reers were "ed" bee of their sexualy. Many still have a crimal rerd to this also tails how some veterans faced a plete loss of e, while others were emed eligible to claim their pensn bee of their report more than 20 years after four servicemen and women, who were sacked for beg gay, won a se the European Court of Human Rights and overturned the armed forc chary Royal Brish Legn lled on the ernment to accept the report's remendatns chary's director general Charl Byrne weled both the report and Mr Sunak's "landmark apology", sayg many people who had dited their liv to the untry were "forced or felt prsured to leave the armed forc, and this mistreatment stroyed or shortened their reer".

THIS ARY BRANCH IS GOG PLETELY “WOKE” FOR GAY PRI MONTH

“As today’s report mak clear, that perd many endured the most horrific sexual abe and vlence, homophobic bullyg and harassment, all while bravely servg this untry, ” Sunak told MP. Promisg the ernment would implement the “vast majory” of Etherton’s remendatns, Wallace said he would fully update the Commons a formal bate about the issue after the about pensatn, Wallace said he hoped to fd “an elegant solutn that match the need and the requirements of those dividuals”, promisg to set this out after Kelly Holm, who served the army and me out as gay last year, was among mpaigners who weled the apology.

Starmer said one of his nstuents, Ken Wright, a former RAF service member who was “forced to leave the job he loved simply bee he was gay”, was the public gallery to hear the apology.

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

”The apology me after an pennt review published Wednday timated that hundreds, if not thoands, of veterans were dismissed or suffered unr an official ban on homosexualy the U. “As today’s report mak clear, that perd many endured the most horrific sexual abe and vlence, homophobic bullyg and harassment, all while bravely servg this untry, ” Sunak told Parliament.

Veterans’ ttimoni “give shockg evince of a culture of homophobia, and of bullyg, blackmail and sexual asslts, abive vtigatns to sexual orientatn and sexual preference, disgraceful medil examatns, cludg nversn therapy, ” the report said.

GAYS THE MILARY: NEW FACTS CONQUER OLD TABOOS

Olympic gold medallist Kelly Holm, who had served the Brish army and who me out as gay last year, said meant “a huge amount” to hear the ernment apology. “From a personal pot of view, the ban affected me terms of who I was and what I uldn’t be for 34 years, ” Holm ban on homosexualy was abandoned 2000, when the European Court of Human Rights led favor of four service personnel who were vtigated and then discharged bee of their sexualy. A surge of state legislatn related to the LGBTQ muny has passed this year, aimed primarily at regulatg curriculum public schools — such as Florida’s bill that opponents labeled “Don’t Say Gay” — and rtrictg genr-affirmg health re for transgenr youth.

“Durg this time, many have suffered the most horrific sexual abe and vlence, homophobic harassment, while urageoly servg this untry, ” he ntued. Most gay and sexually reprsed is the Mare likely to have group sex parti is the Navy------------------------------------------------------------------"Of urse the people don't want war. In article <***>, on Wed, 26 Apr 2006 13:10:59 -0400, Post by AUK RegistrarPost by DterosWhat is the most homosexual branch of the ary?

SO ANY GAY GUYS WHO HAVE BEEN THE MILARY OR NAVY POST HERE?

It was based on the number of people discharged forvlatns of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" male homosexualy, the Navy ranked first, then the Air Force thenArmy and fally the Mar. Congrs to end discrimatn agast gays the ary, adopted the alternative policy that me to be known as “Don't Ask, Don't Tell, ” which preclud gay men and women om servg the U.

Between March 1 and October 1 of last year, more than 50 RAND rearchers om a wi range of discipl met wh lears of seven allied ari; vised domtic law enforcement anizatns, feral agenci, private rporatns, and universi; held foc groups wh service members; nducted a nfintial ter survey of gay and lbian service members; tracked chang public attus; and sured the amic lerature to update the nclns of our 1993 report. The proportn of the civilian populatn who say they know someone who is gay or lbian has grown om 42 percent 1992 to 77 percent 2010, wh younger people reportg higher numbers than olr people. As CBS News emphasized May 2010, “more than six ten Amerins say they have a close iend, work lleague, or relative who is gay or lbian.

Figure 1 (above) shows that today, ntrast to 1993, more than half of Amerins support the right of gay men and women to choose their liftyle, and almost everyone agre that gay people should have equal rights job opportuni. The Natnal Longudal Study of Adolcent Health even allows a direct parison of the prevalence of gay dividuals the ary wh that the civilian populatn. This natnally reprentative survey, which has followed 20, 745 adolcents sce high school graduatn datg back to 1994 and has asked them about their sexual orientatn and ary service, allows to timate what actn of ary men and women intify themselv as gay pared wh that of those who have no ary service.

GAYS THE MILARY

The figure below shows our bt timat of the actns of men and women the civilian populatn and the ary who self-intify as gay or bisexual, based on the survey data. 2 ln men and 200, 000 women) suggts a ary populatn of 26, 000 men and 21, 000 women who might self-intify as gay, lbian, or bisexual. Multiple studi show that gay people are more likely to disclose their sexual orientatn to dividuals wh whom they have a close relatnship.

Populatn suggt that about one-fourth of gay men, lbians, and bisexuals keep their sexual orientatn strictly secret; about one-fourth are pletely open about their sexual orientatn; and the other half fall somewhere the middle, disclosg their sexual orientatn to select dividuals. Wh the likely repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, gay men and lbians who serve the ary will be permted to disclose their sexual orientatn to other service members.

Ary policy statg that “homosexualy is patible wh ary service” is based on the premise that a gay ary member's prence “adversely affects the abily of the Milary Servic to mata disciple, good orr, and morale. The 1981 policy also rais ncerns about the ary's abily to “rec and reta members of the armed force” if gay dividuals are allowed to serve.