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  2. Sexual orientation and gender identity in the United States ...

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    Marriage and partner benefits remained in question until after the Supreme Court ruled in United States v. Windsor (2013) that the military must offer similar benefits to these relationships as they do to heterosexual ones. [7] Since 2013, the military gives fully equal treatment legally to their partners and families.

  3. Same-sex unions and military policy - Wikipedia

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    Legislation passed by Parliament on 13 January 2011 granted military partners living under PACS equal access to pensions as those given to married opposite-sex couples [citation needed]. In France, same-sex couples are allowed to wed, and are eligible to full military family benefits under French law [citation needed].

  4. Sexual orientation in the United States military - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. military discharged soldiers for homosexual acts throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth century even in the absence of any explicit prohibition of sodomy.The Articles of War of the United States of 1916, implemented on March 1, 1917, included Article 93 stating that any person subject to military law who committed "assault with intent to commit sodomy" shall be punished as a court ...

  5. LGBTQ people and military service - Wikipedia

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    In an inherently violent environment, LGBT people may face violence unique to their community in the course of military service. According to a 2012 news article, while the Israeli Defense Force does not ask the sexual orientation of its soldiers, half of the homosexual soldiers who serve in the IDF suffer from violence and homophobia.

  6. The executive order banning transgender service members in the military came one week after Trump signed a related order on Jan. 20, declaring that the U.S. government will only recognize a person ...

  7. Sexual orientation and military service by country - Wikipedia

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    Malta allows people to serve openly in the armed forces regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity. According to the military, a number of openly gay people serve, and the official attitude is one of "live and let live", where "a person's postings and duties depend on their qualifications, not their sexual orientation". [62]

  8. Legislation introduced to exempt military spouses from return ...

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    In an effort to promote military spouse employment, the federal government gives military spouses preference with certain federal jobs, including general schedule and nonappropriated funds positions.

  9. War bride - Wikipedia

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    A Japanese war bride is a woman who married an American citizen following the post WW II military occupation of their home country. Their spouses were typically GIs or soldiers. [44] Japan's post-WWII occupation by America facilitated many interracial marriages between servicemen and Japanese women. Following Japan's defeat and post war food ...