Soldata A lesbian who deserted the U.S. Army after suffering abuse and threats, applied for asylum in Canada. Bethany Smith said that his fellow soldiers of the unit at Fort Campbell, Ky., had discovered her lesbianism after seeing her with another woman.
According to CBC News, said that he was treated "less than human", beaten and thrown to the ground every day. Smith, 19, had also started to receive hate mail every night, and letters threatening to kill her.
Because gay and lesbian soldiers have to resign after admitting their sexuality, Smith had gone to take leave from his sergeant. But she was told that the practice of leave would be initiated after returning from a mission in Afghanistan. His lawyer Jamie Liew argues that the army has ignored its own policy of discrimination because it is short-staffed for Afghanistan. But Smith decided not to leave and deserted, crossing the border with Canada along with another soldier. It 'been helped dalll'organizzazione "War Resister Support Campaign" to settle in Ottawa and find a job, then asked to be recognized that the refugee status. Liew said that if he returned to the U.S. not only his life was in danger, but should also face a military trial for desertion, absence without leave and indecency. This accusation comes from the clause of "Do not Ask, Do not Tell ", which makes homosexuality a crime in the army and lesbianism, as a compromise, gay and lesbian personnel must keep secret her sexual orientation.
Smith's case comes just days after another incident happened in the U.S.: a gay sailor, was brutalized for two years after refusing to have sex with a prostitute. This officer third class Navy Joseph Rocha, beaten and raped by his comrades in the military base in Bahrain. This is just one of many abuse cases uncovered by an investigation of the Navy, after his complaint, Rocha was fired in disgrace, just under the clause of "Do not Ask, Do not Tell."
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According to CBC News, said that he was treated "less than human", beaten and thrown to the ground every day. Smith, 19, had also started to receive hate mail every night, and letters threatening to kill her.
Because gay and lesbian soldiers have to resign after admitting their sexuality, Smith had gone to take leave from his sergeant. But she was told that the practice of leave would be initiated after returning from a mission in Afghanistan. His lawyer Jamie Liew argues that the army has ignored its own policy of discrimination because it is short-staffed for Afghanistan. But Smith decided not to leave and deserted, crossing the border with Canada along with another soldier. It 'been helped dalll'organizzazione "War Resister Support Campaign" to settle in Ottawa and find a job, then asked to be recognized that the refugee status. Liew said that if he returned to the U.S. not only his life was in danger, but should also face a military trial for desertion, absence without leave and indecency. This accusation comes from the clause of "Do not Ask, Do not Tell ", which makes homosexuality a crime in the army and lesbianism, as a compromise, gay and lesbian personnel must keep secret her sexual orientation.
Smith's case comes just days after another incident happened in the U.S.: a gay sailor, was brutalized for two years after refusing to have sex with a prostitute. This officer third class Navy Joseph Rocha, beaten and raped by his comrades in the military base in Bahrain. This is just one of many abuse cases uncovered by an investigation of the Navy, after his complaint, Rocha was fired in disgrace, just under the clause of "Do not Ask, Do not Tell."
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-13979.html
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