Published: October 01, 2018
Many suffered discrimination, surveillance and punishments while serving and feel they were abandoned afterwards
The Australian defence force (ADF) banned lesbian, gay and bisexual personnel from serving openly until November 1992 and there were restrictions on transgender service until September 2010. Even so, we know LGBT people have always been serving bravely in the ADF.
In an ongoing research project with Macquarie University Assoc Prof Shirleene Robinson, we have been documenting the histories of LGBT service members, many of whom suffered discrimination, surveillance and punishments while serving in the closet.
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