The Strange History of Don't Ask, Don't Tell

September. 13,2011

Rating：

7.5

Genre：

History Documentary

Keywords：

Military Officer Congress Lgbt In The Military

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The strange history of the now abandoned American 1993-bill, «Don't ask, don't tell» where sexual orientation was a "non-talk" policy in the American forces, leading to 13.368 getting kicked out before 2011.

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Reviews

Exoticalot

2011/09/13

People are voting emotionally.

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Matialth

2011/09/14

Good concept, poorly executed.

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Listonixio

2011/09/15

Fresh and Exciting

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Console

2011/09/16

best movie i've ever seen.

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allen-22896

2011/09/17

This is a great documentary of how the don't ask don't tell policy affected many service members but also gives a good history timeline of how the ban on LGBT service members even started. The only thing I believe that could have been done better, is to highlight other circumstances for service members who had to lie about who they were. For example, a lesbian is sexual assaulted and cannot publicly testify that she did not want to be intimate with the predator because of her sexual orientation. On the other side of the coin, men who assaulted could not come forward because they would have been ousted and/or ridiculed for being gay, and probably dishonorably discharged instead of receiving support and advocacy.

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