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UK To Compensate LGBTQ Veterans Sacked By Army
Until a 2000 reform, lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender people were barred from military service in Britain. Those who were found out were often harassed, abused and sacked, according to a government-commissioned report last year.
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US Navy Names Ship After Assassinated Gay Rights Icon Harvey Milk
One of the first openly gay politicians in the United States, who was assassinated four decades ago, will have a ship named after him this weekend, as the US military looks to keep step with modern-day social attitudes.
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Taiwanese Same-Sex Couples Tie Knot For 1st Time At Military Wedding
Waving rainbow flags and shedding tears of joy, two Taiwanese same-sex couples tied the knot on Friday at a mass wedding hosted by the military in another landmark for Asia's LGBT community.
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Opinion: I Was An Officer In The Indian Army, I'm Gay And Very Proud
I feel that since I served in the military, my story can touch the lives of gay men currently serving - perfectly fine, professional, fit and disciplined officers and soldiers - who are being forced by homophobic policies to hide themselves out of fear of discrimination/persecution.
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Nagasaki to Mark 70th Anniversary of Atomic Bombing
Japan on Sunday marks the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki that claimed tens of thousands of lives in one of the final chapters of World War II.
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Canadian Military 'Hostile' to Women, Gays: Report
A former top judge has accused the Canadian military of being "hostile" to women and gays, in a scathing report released Thursday that calls for broad changes in the ranks.
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US President Barack Obama calls NBA star who revealed he was gay
Obama, a huge basketball fan and keen amateur player, was responsible for ending the ban on gays openly serving in the military, and last year said he believed gays and lesbians should be allowed to marry.
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Barack Obama says Boy Scouts should allow gays as members
President Barack Obama said on Sunday that gays should be allowed in the Boy Scouts and women should be allowed in military combat roles, weighing in on two storied American institutions facing proposals to end long-held exclusions.
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Gay clubs emerge at US military academies
When Joshua Fontanez began training as a cadet at Norwich University in 2008, he kept silent about his sexuality for fear of being expelled from the military school's Reserve Officer Training Corps.
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'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' is history
Now it can be told: A prominent gay rights advocate who called himself J D Smith is in fact 1st Lt Josh Seefried, a 25-year-old active-duty Air Force officer. At 12:01 am on Tuesday, he dropped the pseudonym, freed from keeping his sexual orientation secret like an estimated tens of thousands of others in the United States military
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Obama ends ban on openly gay military service
The ban on gays in the military has stood for nearly a century. In 60 days, after decades of discharges, lawsuits and lobbying, that will change.
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US House votes to allow repeal of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' law
The repeal would permit gay men and lesbians to serve openly in the military for the first time.
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US calls for end to ban on gays in armed forces
The nation's top two defense officials called Tuesday for an end to a 16-year-old law, a major step toward allowing openly gay men and women to serve in the US military.
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UK To Compensate LGBTQ Veterans Sacked By Army
Until a 2000 reform, lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender people were barred from military service in Britain. Those who were found out were often harassed, abused and sacked, according to a government-commissioned report last year.
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US Navy Names Ship After Assassinated Gay Rights Icon Harvey Milk
One of the first openly gay politicians in the United States, who was assassinated four decades ago, will have a ship named after him this weekend, as the US military looks to keep step with modern-day social attitudes.
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Taiwanese Same-Sex Couples Tie Knot For 1st Time At Military Wedding
Waving rainbow flags and shedding tears of joy, two Taiwanese same-sex couples tied the knot on Friday at a mass wedding hosted by the military in another landmark for Asia's LGBT community.
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Opinion: I Was An Officer In The Indian Army, I'm Gay And Very Proud
I feel that since I served in the military, my story can touch the lives of gay men currently serving - perfectly fine, professional, fit and disciplined officers and soldiers - who are being forced by homophobic policies to hide themselves out of fear of discrimination/persecution.
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Nagasaki to Mark 70th Anniversary of Atomic Bombing
Japan on Sunday marks the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki that claimed tens of thousands of lives in one of the final chapters of World War II.
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Canadian Military 'Hostile' to Women, Gays: Report
A former top judge has accused the Canadian military of being "hostile" to women and gays, in a scathing report released Thursday that calls for broad changes in the ranks.
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US President Barack Obama calls NBA star who revealed he was gay
Obama, a huge basketball fan and keen amateur player, was responsible for ending the ban on gays openly serving in the military, and last year said he believed gays and lesbians should be allowed to marry.
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Barack Obama says Boy Scouts should allow gays as members
President Barack Obama said on Sunday that gays should be allowed in the Boy Scouts and women should be allowed in military combat roles, weighing in on two storied American institutions facing proposals to end long-held exclusions.
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Gay clubs emerge at US military academies
When Joshua Fontanez began training as a cadet at Norwich University in 2008, he kept silent about his sexuality for fear of being expelled from the military school's Reserve Officer Training Corps.
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'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' is history
Now it can be told: A prominent gay rights advocate who called himself J D Smith is in fact 1st Lt Josh Seefried, a 25-year-old active-duty Air Force officer. At 12:01 am on Tuesday, he dropped the pseudonym, freed from keeping his sexual orientation secret like an estimated tens of thousands of others in the United States military
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Obama ends ban on openly gay military service
The ban on gays in the military has stood for nearly a century. In 60 days, after decades of discharges, lawsuits and lobbying, that will change.
-
US House votes to allow repeal of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' law
The repeal would permit gay men and lesbians to serve openly in the military for the first time.
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US calls for end to ban on gays in armed forces
The nation's top two defense officials called Tuesday for an end to a 16-year-old law, a major step toward allowing openly gay men and women to serve in the US military.
