Women disproportionately discharged under military’s ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
”Women make up 15 percent of the armed forces, so to find they represent nearly 50 percent of Army and Air Force discharges under ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ is shocking…. Women in particular have been caught in the crosshairs of this counterproductive law.”
Aubrey Sarvis, Executive Director of Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, remarking on the organization’s statistical study of servicemembers who were discharged in 2007 — a total of 627 gay men and lesbians (up slightly from 612 for 2006). (New York Times)
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