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I wonder if LGBT history in the U.S. military would be more helpful. Thoughts? -- Banjeboi 07:11, 20 January 2010 (UTC)
The use of the "T" in LGBT in this article seems to indicate that the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy (and by extension, its repeal) applies to transgendered individuals serving in the USAF. This is misleading; trans individuals would still be excluded under things like the Uniform Code of Military Justice: http://transequality.org/Issues/military.html
I suggest either removing the "T" in all instances of LGBT in this article or linking to an article that explains the special discrimination that trans people face in military service. Adding a separate section explaining the status of trans people in the USAF might not be the best idea, since this article is about sexual orientation and not gender identity. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.12.120.234 ( talk) 20:42, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
There is no source to connect women dressing as men to fight in the Civil War with sexual orientation. They cross-dressed to fight, not as an expression of sexuality. The WP:BURDEN rests on whoever wants to connect them. NYyankees51 ( talk) 16:37, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
DADT was not enacted into law. Much of it was, but the entire "Don't ask" part was not. That part was included in DOD directives. I will be making that clear in my updating of the DADT entry, which I'm working on. The whole enactment/initiation of the policy is not dealt with very well in the DADT entry, especially compared to the great length with which we cover the lifting of the policy. But even now the DADT entry says:
(There were actually a bunch of directives.) So it's clear that it took two actions to get DADT into place. It was partly enacted and partly established by military directives which could be withdrawn at any time because they were not legislated. That's one of the reasons hard-line critics of DADT who wanted to return to open inquiries about sexual orientation were mad at George W. Bush for not simply withdrawing the directives and going back to asking the sexual orientation question outright, which he could have done.
Bmclaughlin9 ( talk) 01:13, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
RE: the policy commonly referred to as "Don't ask, don't tell" (DADT) which allowed gay, lesbian, and bisexual people to serve as long as they did not reveal their sexual orientation. (emphasis added)
What do we mean by "reveal"? The military forced out someone whose emails were intercepted through some inadvertence on the part of a member of the military. It wasn't just a question of reveal in the sense of "coming out". It was as long as the military did not find out they were gay/lesbian whether through self revelation or any other evidence, as long as the military authorities did not acquire the evidence by direct questioning. Maybe it's "reveal or allow their sexual orientation to become known", but even that use of "allow" is too strong, I'd say. Maybe "as long as the military did not learn of their sexual orientation." This is in the summary after all. The body of the entry can handle more verbose treatments. Bmclaughlin9 ( talk) 15:47, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
Perhaps some phrase with "were identified or self-identified" ? Bmclaughlin9 ( talk) 16:07, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
Please feel free to use Pritzker Military Museum & Library's holdings when editing this article. PMML is a Wikipedia GLAM institution and as such wants to facilitate use of the Museum & Library's content use in Wikipedia. In particular, the Dr. Charles C. Moskos Collection would be useful to raising this article's quality. TeriEmbrey ( talk) 18:40, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
Here is the URL of my draft article: /info/en/?search=User:QCommunity1/sandbox#Healthcare_Needs_and_Provisions_of_Gays_and_Lesbians_in_the_Military QCommunity1 ( talk) 03:56, 19 November 2014 (UTC)
I'm trying to find some reference to what the US Military (mandated by the Government of course) plans to do to accommodate the expansion of gender identity. Currently between 51 and 63 depending on your source. Has anyone who's been working on this page perhaps encountered anything? 128.250.4.115 ( talk) 04:46, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
As its title suggests, the article is about sexual orientation. Transgender is excluded because it's a matter of gender identity not sexual orientation. Accordingly, I've added a prominent link to Transgender personnel in the United States military at the top of this page. The latter article covers the subject in depth. KalHolmann ( talk) 01:55, 2 November 2017 (UTC)
As DOMA was declared unconstutional by the supreme court this section is now out of date. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.5.148.231 ( talk) 07:31, 22 May 2018 (UTC)
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Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT ( talk) 09:07, 17 January 2022 (UTC)
I wonder if LGBT history in the U.S. military would be more helpful. Thoughts? -- Banjeboi 07:11, 20 January 2010 (UTC)
The use of the "T" in LGBT in this article seems to indicate that the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy (and by extension, its repeal) applies to transgendered individuals serving in the USAF. This is misleading; trans individuals would still be excluded under things like the Uniform Code of Military Justice: http://transequality.org/Issues/military.html
I suggest either removing the "T" in all instances of LGBT in this article or linking to an article that explains the special discrimination that trans people face in military service. Adding a separate section explaining the status of trans people in the USAF might not be the best idea, since this article is about sexual orientation and not gender identity. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.12.120.234 ( talk) 20:42, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
There is no source to connect women dressing as men to fight in the Civil War with sexual orientation. They cross-dressed to fight, not as an expression of sexuality. The WP:BURDEN rests on whoever wants to connect them. NYyankees51 ( talk) 16:37, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
DADT was not enacted into law. Much of it was, but the entire "Don't ask" part was not. That part was included in DOD directives. I will be making that clear in my updating of the DADT entry, which I'm working on. The whole enactment/initiation of the policy is not dealt with very well in the DADT entry, especially compared to the great length with which we cover the lifting of the policy. But even now the DADT entry says:
(There were actually a bunch of directives.) So it's clear that it took two actions to get DADT into place. It was partly enacted and partly established by military directives which could be withdrawn at any time because they were not legislated. That's one of the reasons hard-line critics of DADT who wanted to return to open inquiries about sexual orientation were mad at George W. Bush for not simply withdrawing the directives and going back to asking the sexual orientation question outright, which he could have done.
Bmclaughlin9 ( talk) 01:13, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
RE: the policy commonly referred to as "Don't ask, don't tell" (DADT) which allowed gay, lesbian, and bisexual people to serve as long as they did not reveal their sexual orientation. (emphasis added)
What do we mean by "reveal"? The military forced out someone whose emails were intercepted through some inadvertence on the part of a member of the military. It wasn't just a question of reveal in the sense of "coming out". It was as long as the military did not find out they were gay/lesbian whether through self revelation or any other evidence, as long as the military authorities did not acquire the evidence by direct questioning. Maybe it's "reveal or allow their sexual orientation to become known", but even that use of "allow" is too strong, I'd say. Maybe "as long as the military did not learn of their sexual orientation." This is in the summary after all. The body of the entry can handle more verbose treatments. Bmclaughlin9 ( talk) 15:47, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
Perhaps some phrase with "were identified or self-identified" ? Bmclaughlin9 ( talk) 16:07, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
Please feel free to use Pritzker Military Museum & Library's holdings when editing this article. PMML is a Wikipedia GLAM institution and as such wants to facilitate use of the Museum & Library's content use in Wikipedia. In particular, the Dr. Charles C. Moskos Collection would be useful to raising this article's quality. TeriEmbrey ( talk) 18:40, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
Here is the URL of my draft article: /info/en/?search=User:QCommunity1/sandbox#Healthcare_Needs_and_Provisions_of_Gays_and_Lesbians_in_the_Military QCommunity1 ( talk) 03:56, 19 November 2014 (UTC)
I'm trying to find some reference to what the US Military (mandated by the Government of course) plans to do to accommodate the expansion of gender identity. Currently between 51 and 63 depending on your source. Has anyone who's been working on this page perhaps encountered anything? 128.250.4.115 ( talk) 04:46, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
As its title suggests, the article is about sexual orientation. Transgender is excluded because it's a matter of gender identity not sexual orientation. Accordingly, I've added a prominent link to Transgender personnel in the United States military at the top of this page. The latter article covers the subject in depth. KalHolmann ( talk) 01:55, 2 November 2017 (UTC)
As DOMA was declared unconstutional by the supreme court this section is now out of date. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.5.148.231 ( talk) 07:31, 22 May 2018 (UTC)