I guess that posting about Louisa Lockhart didn't give me enough cover. ;-)

Well, these days, wearing pink boxers reveals nothing about your sex partner preference and believing it does is stereotyping biased behavior.

Whereas, the law of the United States requires that a member of the Armed Services who reveals they are a homosexual or bisexual, "shall be separated." So until the Congress changes the law, which apparently isn't a priority for the Democrat-controlled legislative and executive branches right now, tells the Taliban that we are a nation of laws. Well, except for when going outside the law is useful to reward supporters.

I didn't know that the "don't ask, don't tell" thing included bisexuals. I am, in fact, pleased in a warped sort of way to find that it does.

The stereotyping and barring from service of homosexual men as feminine has always bothered me as, at the very least, demeaning to women.

Then there's the stereotype that women in the armed forces tend to the "butch" type of lesbian.

How oppressive to everyone!

Donna you've identified an interesting contradiction:

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The stereotyping and barring from service of homosexual men as feminine has always bothered me as, at the very least, demeaning to women.

Then there's the stereotype that women in the armed forces tend to the "butch" type of lesbian.

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From the traditional military standpoint, butch lesbians make better soldiers than nelly gay men. No one wants to discuss this, because it is not politically correct. But the fact is, a guy who acts like Richard Simmons might have trouble inspiring fear as a drill sergeant!

Regarding DADT, it has been pointed out by analysts that homosexual conduct by military personnel has been and remains prohibited, and DADT changed nothing in that regard. What it did was to add an additional offense of saying you're homosexual. In the old days, the issue was what you did. Now it's what you did or what you said. Whether it is more "liberal" can certainly be debated.