Editing Outing (section)

==Outing in the military==
{{Main|Sexual orientation and military service}}
{{See also|Don't ask, don't tell}}
The [[military|military forces]] of the world have differing approaches to the enlistment of [[homosexual]] and [[bisexual]] individuals. Some have open policies, others prohibit, and some are ambiguous.  The armed forces of most developed countries have now removed policies excluding [[non-heterosexual]] individuals (with strict policies on [[sexual harassment]]).

Nations that permit gay people to serve openly in the military include 3 of the 5 permanent members of the UN Security Council (United States, United Kingdom and France), the [[Republic of China]] (Taiwan), [[Australia]], [[Israel]], [[Argentina]], and all [[NATO]] members except [[Turkey]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Singer |first=Peter |date=June 15, 2010 |website=Brookings |access-date=May 23, 2021 |url=http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2010/0607_dont_ask_dont_tell_singer.aspx |title=What Our Military Allies Can Tell Us About The End of Don't Ask, Don't Tell |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100615185318/http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2010/0607_dont_ask_dont_tell_singer.aspx |archive-date=June 15, 2010}}</ref>

In the United Kingdom the Ministry of Defence policy since the year 2000 is to allow [[gay men]], lesbians and [[transgender]] personnel to serve openly, and discrimination on a sexual orientation basis is forbidden.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.queer.de/detail.php?article_id=10083 |title=Queer:Argentinien und die Philippinen beenden Homo-Verbot im Militär (German) |publisher=Queer.de |access-date=2013-11-02}}</ref> It is also forbidden for someone to pressure LGBTQ people to [[come out]].

In the United States lesbian, gay, and bisexual people are allowed to serve openly in the [[United States]] military. As of 2021, transgender individuals are allowed to serve openly, and to transition during their service.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2021/03/31/983118029/pentagon-releases-new-policies-enabling-transgender-people-to-serve-in-the-milit |title=Pentagon Releases New Policies Enabling Transgender People To Serve In The Military |author=Laurel Wamsley|website=NPR |date=31 March 2021 }}</ref> The Trump administration however has taken steps to exclude trans people from the military in 2025. Those attempts are currently being litigated in US courts.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-supreme-court-lets-trumps-transgender-military-ban-take-effect-2025-05-06/ |title=US Supreme Court lets Trump's transgender military ban take effect |author=Andrew Chung |website=Reuters |date=6 May 2025 }}</ref>
Military policy and legislation had previously entirely prohibited gay individuals from serving, and subsequently from serving openly, but these prohibitions were ended in September 2011 after the United States Congress voted to repeal the policy. The first time homosexuals were differentiated from non-homosexuals in the military literature was in revised army mobilization regulations in 1942. Additional policy revisions in 1944 and 1947 further codified the ban. Throughout the next few decades, homosexuals were routinely discharged, regardless of whether they had engaged in sexual conduct while serving. In response to the [[LGBTQ movements in the United States|gay rights movements]] of the 1970s and 1980s, the Department of Defense issued a 1982 policy (DOD Directive 1332.14) stating that homosexuality was clearly incompatible with military service. Controversy over this policy created political pressure to amend the policy, with [[liberalism in the United States|socially liberal]] efforts seeking a repeal of the ban and [[conservatism in the United States|socially conservative]] groups wishing to reinforce it by statute.