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February 22, 2005
British Navy Courts Gays

Another example of how most of the Western World is years ahead of us on the issue of gay rights. The British Navy is started to actively encourage gays and lesbians to enlist.

Over here, we're only just now starting to let gay prostitutes into White House press briefings under false names.

Five years after Britain lifted its ban on gays in the military, the Royal Navy has begun actively encouraging gays and lesbians to enlist and has pledged to make life easier for them when they do.

The navy announced today that it had asked Stonewall, a group that lobbies for gay rights, to help it develop better strategies for recruiting and retaining gay and lesbian sailors. It said, too, that one such strategy may well be to advertise for recruits in gay magazines and newspapers.

New York Times

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This is going to be a PR disaster if actively recruited gays are then actively hazed. I salute the effort though.

Yeah, it could be. But considering that they've allowed openly gay people into their military for 5 years, I would guess they've determined it's safe to go ahead and recruit.