The US Marines have issued a corps-wide message of support and celebration of their LGBTQ+ personnel.“During the month, we take the opportunity to recognize our LGBT Service Members and reflect upon the past” the statement said. “We celebrate their successes and recognize the contributions they have brought to our Corps.
This year we celebrate the ten year anniversary of the repeal of “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell (DADT).” DADT was a notorious policy that on the one hand barred discrimination on the grounds of sexuality yet made being openly LGBT a cause for discharge from the military.A RAND report in 2010 found that the vast majority of service members stated that DADT put them at personal risk for a variety of adverse experiences such as.