Discrimination In Military

The Don't Ask Don't Tell Policy formerly used by the U.S. military was used to discriminate against homosexual soldiers and created a stigma around homosexuality. In 1993 a Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy was implemented in the United States military. This policy allows, according to an article entitled, The "Don't Ask Don't Tell" Policy of the US Military is a Form of Discrimination, “homosexuals to serve in the military provided an individual does not, through action and admission, allow his and her homosexuality to become known. Service members who are “discovered” to be homosexual are subject to dismissal.” The Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy, formally used in the United States military, created barriers between soldiers, promoted prejudice,

According to the text, The "Don't Ask Don't Tell" Policy of the US Military is a Form of Discrimination, “In 2007… approximately 11,000 soldiers have been discharged under the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. As many as 800 of the 11,000 service members dismissed have had skills that are considered “critical” for current military operations, including medical personnel, mission leader, and at least 300 linguist with training in Arabic languages.” Because of a sexual preference, even soldiers with critical skills that could benefit the military were dismissed. Homosexual soldiers were being targeted for dismissal purely based on sexual preference. The former policy sended the message to heterosexual soldiers that discriminations is okay in the U.S. military. The author wrote, “More than 7,800 gay and lesbian service members have been discharged without regard to their skills, training, and their commitment to their duty as members of the US military.” The U.S. Military put thousands of homosexual soldiers lives and jobs at risk because of sexual orientation alone. According to the article, “Officers who have performed well in their duties may still be discharged and denied benefits because of unrelated incidents in their personal lives.” Homosexuals in the military were at risk for losing job security and denied benefits just for being a homosexual. The Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy unfairly discriminates against homosexual soldiers regardless of homosexual soldiers