LGBTQ Service in the Armed Forces by Duchess Harris, JD, PhD. looks at enlisted LGBTQ people and legislation that made their experience in the US military difficult. It also discusses how LGBTQ soldiers served during times of war but were often discharged for their gender identity or sexuality after the war. The book includes include a glossary, further readings, websites, source notes, sidebars, and an index. Period and modern photographs put faces to the historic characters and modern service members discussed in the text. LGBTQ Service in the Armed Forces is appropriate for use in school curriculums and is aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
LGBTQ Service in the Armed Forces is part of a series which includes Being Transgender in America, Growing up LGBTQ, LGBTQ Discrimination in America, LGBTQ Rights and the Law, and LGBTQ Social Movements in America.