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Gary Lehring: Officially Gay

Gary Lehring: Officially Gay

USA 2003, 229 pp., brochure, € 24.95
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This book follows the century-long attempt of the military to identify and exclude gays and lesbians. The author argues that military policy helped create a modern gay movement and shape the direction taken by that movement. Simultaneously, it made possible greater regulation and scrutiny of gays and lesbians both in and out of the military. The opportunity to defend one's country is a hallmark of citizenship, explains the author. Thus, an individual who is deemed unfit for military service based on his sexual orientation is, in many ways, stripped of some of his rights and privileges as citizen. The author examines the gays' place in the »hypermasculine atmosphere« of the military (where gay men might be perceived to objectify their male comrades) and to debunk arguments that homosexuality is »incompatible« with military service. Why do the armed forces contradictorily ban homosexuals except during times of war: if gays and lesbians pose such a threat to the military's ability to accomplish its mission, why, the author asks, should they be permitted to serve in times of war, when peak performance is even more essential?
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