Word: antigay
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...practice was especially evident from the late '70s through the '80s, when the draft was replaced by volunteerism. On the eve of the Reagan Administration, Deputy Secretary of Defense Graham Claytor Jr., once law clerk of Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, laid the groundwork for the Pentagon's current antigay policy. The essence contained in a Joint Chiefs of Staff statement was that "homosexuality is incompatible with military service...
More typically, matters are not confronted directly. Antigay servicemen single out targets, spreading rumors behind their back, carving butt pirate and die faggot on their lockers and spraying their beds with sexual lubricant. To avoid becoming a target, gay men sometimes play along, trying to mask their pain. They smirk gamely at gay jokes and go to lengths to cloak their true identity. Some invent girlfriends or wives, or even date women. Blatant lies about sexual orientation, however, risk perjury charges if a homosexual comes under investigation. Most, therefore, simply disclose nothing about their personal life. "The result...
...says Sue Anderson, executive director of Denver's Gay and Lesbian Community Center. Oregon's heinous Measure 9, which declared homosexuality "abnormal, wrong, unnatural and perverse," lost on Election Day, though it was supported by 43% of the electorate -- the same percentage that voted nationwide for Bill Clinton. Antigay activists will try again, says Anderson, "and use Colorado's wording, because it worked...
...Seattle this year, the public health curriculum will include for the first time a two-lesson segment for juniors and seniors on sexual orientation. In lower grades, teachers and administrators are being trained to take seriously any incidents of antigay graffiti and name calling. "School buildings are not automatically going to be safe and comfortable places for kids unless adults take an active role in making them that way," says Pamela Hillard, coordinator for sexuality and HIV education for the Seattle public schools...
...antigay vote spurs boycott talk on Aspen's swank slopes...