Interview: The vibrant support network for LGB soldiers
Pink News Apr 07 08The issue of gay people serving in the Armed Forces still divides politicians in the US. For the rest of the countries in the NATO alliance, the claims and counter-claims about unit cohesion and the "influence" of gays on fighting men seem like echoes from another time.The Dutch lifted their ban on gays in 1974, Australia followed in 1992 and Canada soon after. In 2008, most of the member nations of NATO have removed their bans.
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