further information & contacts
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  1. Recommended Reading Material
  2. Links to Internet Sites for Sexuality & Military Issues
  3. Who to Contact
  4. Frequently Asked Questions
  5. (The reading material and internet links are provided as sources of additional informaiton on sexual orientation. However, the Department of Defence does not take responsibility for the content of these references.)
 
Books: Sexual orientation and workplace issues, including military-specific.

Out in Force: Sexual Orientation and the Military. ed. Herek, Jobe and Carney. University of Chicago Press. 1996.

And the Flag Was Still There: Straight People, Gay People and Sexuality in the U.S. Military. Lois Shawver. Harrington Park Press. 1995.

My Country, My Right to Serve: Experiences of Gay Men and Women in the Military, World War II to the Present. Mary Ann Humphrey. HarperPerennial. 1990.

Honor Bound: A Gay Naval Midshipman Fights to Serve His Country. Joseph Steffan. 1992.

Straight Talk About Gays in the Workplace: Liz Winfeld and Susan Spielman. American Management Association. 1995.

A Manager's Guide to Sexual Orientation in the Workplace: Bob Powers and Alan Ellis. Routledge. 1995.

Gay Issues in the Workplace: Brian McNaught. St Martin's Press, New York. 1993.

 

General sexual orientation issues.

Growing Up Gay and Growing Up Lesbian. ed. Bennett Singer. New Press, 1994.

The New Loving Someone Gay. Don Clark, Celestian Arts, 1987. This is the classic 'introduction to homosexuals' for friends and loved ones of gay and lesbian people.

Invisible Families. Terry Stewart. New Women's Press, 1994.

The Construction of Homosexuality: David F. Greenburg. University of Chicago Press, 1988.

The Arena of Masculinity: Sports, Homosexuality, and the Meaning of Sex. Brian Pronger. St Martins Press, New York, 1990.

Christianity, Social Tolerance and Homosexuality: John Boswell. Univ. of Chicago Press, 1980.

One of the Boys: Masculinity, Homophobia, and Modern Manhood. David Plummer. Harrington Park Press, NY. 1999.

The Sexual Brain. Simon LeVay. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press. 1993.

A Separate Creation: How Biology Makes Us Gay. Chandler Burr. Bantam Press. 1996

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Internet: Sexuality & Military Issues.

http://www.actsofpassion.nsw.gov.au - This website details the legal protections and rights available to gay and lesbian people in NSW.

http://www.welcome.to/galpen - Gay And Lesbian Police Employee Network (Victoria Police).

http://pinkerton.bham.ac.uk/titles/00040002.htm - Archives of Sexual Behaviour.

http://www.california.com/~rathbone/links015.htm - Gay bashing, hate crimes against gays, and gay suicide - military emphasis.

http://www.california.com/~rathbone/links05b.htm - List of websites on gay and lesbian history.

http://www.indiana.edu/~kinsey/ - The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction - University of Indiana.

http://www.california.com/~rathbone/links001.htm - Websites relevant to gays in the military.

http://www.gaymilitary.ucsb.edu/ - Center for the Study of Sexual Minorities in the Military - University of California at Santa Barbara.

http://www.gayheroes.com - Famous gay military heroes in history.

http://www.rank-outsiders.org.uk/info/ - UK based site for information on gay military issues.

http://www.sldn.org - Servicemembers Legal Defence Network, a US based organisation dealing with discrimination and harassment in the US military.

http://utopia.knoware.nl/users/modijk/photoexh.htm - Photo exhibition about gays and lesbians at work.

http://www.fullspectrum.co.nz - Consultancy specialising in creating inclusive work places for gay, lesbian and bi-sexual military and law enforcement personnel.

Contact: More than 2500 trained equity advisers across the Australian Defence Organisation and, any of the three confidential Defence Equity Advice Lines:

1800 644 247 , 1800 803 831, 1800 626 254

Defence personnel based overseas may contact the Defence Equity Advice Line by phoning: (International Access Code) 800 DEFENCE 1 (800 33336231) 7 days a week from 0830 to 2100 EST (not available 25 December).

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