What progress. The Pentagon is so backward it's outrageous:
According to the AP, “Pentagon spokeswoman Cynthia Smith said ‘homosexuality should not have been characterized as a mental disorder. A clarification has been issued.'”
Instead of being classified alongside “Mental retardation” and “personality disorders” the new classification now puts being gay with “circumstances and defects” that could lead to retirement for a military officer. They are: “stammering or stuttering, dyslexia, sleepwalking, motion sickness, obesity, insect venom allergies and homosexuality.”
Said Rep. Marty Meehan, (D-MA) of the House Armed Services Committee: “More than 30 years after the mental health community declassified homosexuality as a mental disorder, it is disappointing that the Pentagon still continues to mischaracterize it as a ‘defect'.”
Pentagon Alters Homosexuality Guidelines [nyt]
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