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Our Women In Uniform

By The Daily Dish
Oct 9 2009, 5:58 AM ET

It has long been true that lesbians have suffered disproportionally under DADT. This last year was no exception:

In fiscal year 2008, the Air Force dismissed 56 women and 34 men. In addition, the Army removed more women under the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy at a greater rate than men when compared with the ratio of women to men in each service. Of those discharged under the policy, 36 percent were women, although women make up only 14 percent of troops in the Army, the data showed.



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