Out in Force – Sexual Orientation & the Military (Worlds of Desire: The Chicago Series on Sexuality, Gender, and Culture) - Hardcover

Herek, Gregory M

 
9780226400471: Out in Force – Sexual Orientation & the Military (Worlds of Desire: The Chicago Series on Sexuality, Gender, and Culture)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0226400476 ISBN 13: 9780226400471
Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 1996

Synopsis

Can the U.S. military integrate gay personnel into its ranks and still accomplish its mission? In 1993, this question became the centre of a heated debate when President Clinton attempted to lift the long-standing ban on gays in the military. This debate persists because the compromise policy "Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Pursue," faces serious legal challenges, and is likely to go to the Supreme Court before the end of the decade. Just below the surface of this debate rages a more general argument about the status of gay people in America. This volume refutes the notion that homosexuality is imcompatible with military service and that gay personnel would undermine order and discipline. Contributors seek to show that the ban on homosexual personnel could successfully be eliminated and they set forth a programme for implementation.

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Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Publication date
1996
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0226400476
ISBN 13 
9780226400471
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
352

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