The militaries of the world have a variety of responses to homosexual and bisexualorientations and acts. Homosexuality is a sexual orientation characterized by esthetic attraction, romantic love, or sexual desire exclusively for another of the same sex. ... In human sexuality, bisexuality describes people who are sexually and/or romantically attracted to both males and females. ... Sexual orientation describes the focus of a persons amorous or erotic desires, fantasies, and feelings, the gender(s) one is primarily oriented towards. ...
United States
The combined United States armed forces have a don't ask, don't tell policy. The armed forces of the United States of America consist of the United States Army United States Navy United States Air Force United States Marine Corps United States Coast Guard Note: The United States Coast Guard has both military and law enforcement functions. ... Dont ask, dont tell is the common term for the current law (Public Law 103-160) prohibiting openly gay people from serving in the United States armed forces. ...
Both are gay veterans whose organization works for the repeal of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” law banning homosexuals from openly serving in all branches of the military.
As Matt Hill Comer, an openly gay sophomore at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro put it, “I knew if the military were to accept me, I’d have a good possibility of going to Iraq or Afghanistan… In the end, I decided I love my country enough to defend it.
The law, which has resulted in nearly 10,000 discharges to date, bans openly gay people from serving in the armed forces, requires those who do serve to conceal their sexual orientation and avoid homosexual conduct, and prohibits military personnel from being asked about their sexual orientation.
The law states that the presence of openly gay people in the services would create an "unacceptable risk" to unit cohesion, which is generally defined as the bonds of trust among service members that make the combat effectiveness of a unit greater than the sum of its parts.
Serving under the gay ban, he said, erodes the mutual trust that is essential not only to effective bonding but also to effective fighting.
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