While the LGBT ary muny has seen creased reprentatn the past , stris are still beg ma to improve acceptance, tegratn and health for gay and transgenr service members.
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- I'M A GAY ARMY OFFICER—QUEER TROOPS MT FIGHT BACK
- UPDATED: HISTORY OF U.S. POLICY AND LAW ON GAYS THE MILARY
- GAYS THE MILARY/LGBT LAW
I'M A GAY ARMY OFFICER—QUEER TROOPS MT FIGHT BACK
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But as a gay man, I have been fightg my whole life to enjoy the very privileg I am entled to as both a beholr and protector of them. I was one of few soldiers who joed the service before graduatg high school, but the admistratn at the time, which I believe was homophobic, chose to act as if I never existed bee of my queer hate that I experienced growg up on Long Island was my first enunter wh how others would treat me as a queer soldier. Ary the past , stris are still beg ma to improve acceptance, tegratn and health for gay and transgenr service members.
Today, gay and transgenr ary service members enjoy far more rights than they did even five years ago—but the fight ntu to crease visibily and acceptance for this group the armed forc. Department of Defense (DoD) releas a policy statg that “homosexualy is patible wh ary service. 1988: The rults of a jot report nducted by the DoD and the Defense Personnel Secury Rearch Edutn Center rerce the fdgs of a 1957 report claimg that gay and lbian dividuals enlisted the armed forc pose no signifint risk to secury (which had prevly been the ratnale for barrg gay dividuals om enlistg the ary).
1993: Print Bill Clton signs the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, barrg openly gay and lbian Amerin cizens om ary service—while prohibg harassment of all “closeted” ary service members. 2015: Secretary of Defense Ash Carter announc that the Milary Equal Opportuny policy has been modified to clu gay and lbian service members.
UPDATED: HISTORY OF U.S. POLICY AND LAW ON GAYS THE MILARY
2016: The Senate nfirms Eric Fanng as secretary of the Army, makg him the first openly gay secretary of a U. "At VA, we ntuoly work not only to meet the needs of LGBTQ+ Veterans, but also to addrs ongog issu that LGBTQ+ Veterans face as a rult of the ary's s-long official policy of homophobia and transphobia, " Williams wrote. 28, 1994, prevented openly lbian, gay and bisexual service members om servg the ary.
GAYS THE MILARY/LGBT LAW
Before the repeal, openly gay service members who were given an "other than honorable" discharge om the ary were effectively blocked om the many servic and benefs provid to veterans the U. "It ma sense at the time that there was a more prsg need for me as a woman married to a man to say, 'No one my un red if anyone was gay while we were Iraq, ' " she said.
To mark Pri month, currently servg LGBTQ+ members of the Armed Forc and those who served before the liftg of the ban on gay and bisexual people servg the ary 2000 have provid their top tips to g out the member of the LGBTQ+ muny fac the prospect of g out to fay, iends, and lleagu for the first time. As a re of passage, everybody who is lbian, gay, bisexual, trans or queer will likely face this moment wh great trepidatn. In relatn to sexual orientatn and genr inty, this means sharg wh others that you are lbian, gay, bi and/or trans (LGBT).