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* In [[Russia]], those alleged to have "sexual identity problems" are to be drafted only during wartime. "Well adjusted homosexuals" are permitted to serve in a normal capacity. |
* In [[Russia]], those alleged to have "sexual identity problems" are to be drafted only during wartime. "Well adjusted homosexuals" are permitted to serve in a normal capacity. |
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* In [[Germany]], according to general military orders given in the year 2000, tolerance towards all sexual orientations is considered to be part of the duty of military personell. Sexual relationships and acts amongst soldiers outside service times, regardless of the sexual orientation, are defined to be "irrelevant", regardless of the rank and function of the soldier(s) involved, while harassment or the abuse of functions is considered a transgression, as well as the performance of sexual acts in active service. <ref>Cf. two orders of 2000: {{Cite web |url=http://www.ahsab.de/recherche.php?aktion=show_one&show=Recherche&id=16&download=Anlage%20B%20173.pdf |title=Anlage B 173 zu ZDv 14/3 |accessdate=24 December 2008 |author=German Military Forces (Bundeswehr) |year=2000 |publisher=Working Group 'Homosexuals in the Bundeswehr' |language=German}}; and {{Cite web |url=hhttp://www.ahsab.de/recherche.php?aktion=show_one&show=Recherche&id=16&download=sexualitaet.pdf |title=Führungshilfe für Vorgesetzte - Sexualität |accessdate=24 December 2008 |author=Inspector General of the German Military Forces (Bundeswehr) |year=2000 |publisher=Working Group 'Homosexuals in the Bundeswehr' |language=German}}</ref> |
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The militaries of the world have a variety of responses to gays, lesbians and bisexuals. Most Western military forces have now removed policies excluding sexual minority members; of the 26 countries that participate militarily in NATO, more than 20 permit open lesbians, gays, or bisexuals to serve; of the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, two (United Kingdom and France) do so. The other three generally do not: China bans gays and lesbians outright, Russia excludes all gays and lesbians during peacetime but allows some gay men to serve in wartime (see below), and the United States (see Don't Ask, Don't Tell) technically permits gays and lesbians to serve, but only in secrecy and celibacy. Israel is the only country in the middle east region that openly allows gays and lesbians to serve in the military.
Policies and attitudes toward gay and lesbian personnel in the military vary widely internationally. Several countries allow gay men and lesbians to serve openly and have granted them the same rights and privileges as their heterosexual counterparts. Many countries neither ban nor support gay and lesbian service members, and a small group continue to ban homosexual personnel outright.
While the question of homosexuality in the military has been highly politicized in the United States, it is not necessarily so in many countries. Generally speaking, sexuality in these cultures is considered a more personal aspect of one's identity than it is in the United States.
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