TABLE OF CONTENTS



TOPIC                                                           TAB NO.

Overview of Issue					1

Text of the Exclusion Policy				2

History of the Exclusion Policy			3

Policy Rationale:  Arguments and Analysis	4

Civil Rights & Discrimination			5

Legal Issues						6

Health Issues						7
	
The International Experience 			8

Recommendations for Proposed Executive Order 
	and Implementation				9

Support for Lifting the Ban				10
	Letters from National Organizations
	Editorials
	Media Clips
	Polling Information











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CONTENTS



TOPIC							      TAB NO.


Overview of Issue						         
1
	Fact Sheet
	Questions and Answers
	Talking Points
	Background Paper


Text of the Exclusion Policy					2

	Excerpts from Department of Defense Directive 
1332.14
	Excerpts from Department of Defense Directive 
1332.30



History of the Exclusion Policy				         
3

	Fact Sheet
	Article:  "Marching to a Different Drummer:  Lesbian 
and 		Gay GIs in World War II"
	Article:  "Challenging the Military's Antilesbian and 	
		Antigay Policy"



Policy Rationale:  Arguments and Analysis	   	         
4

	The Military's Justifications For Its Exclusionary 
Policy: 
	  Policy and Arguments (Background Paper) 
		Discipline, Good Order and Morale  
		Mutual Trust and Confidence  
		Integrity of Rank and Command  
		Close Living Quarters  
		Recruit Personnel, Maintain Public Acceptance 
		Security Breaches
	Unit Cohesion
		Talking Points
		Fact Sheet
	The Cost of the DOD's Exclusionary Policy
		Fact Sheet 
	Executive Summary:  General Accounting Office, 	
	National Security and Intelligence Affairs Division 
	(1992)



Civil Rights & Discrimination			   	         
5

	Talking Points:  Comparing Current Opinion Polls on 
		Gays
	  in the Military to Those on Blacks in the Military
	  in the 1940s
	Fact Sheet:  Comparing the Military's Policy of Racial 
	  Segregation in the 1940's to the Current Ban on 
	  Lesbians, Gay Men and Bisexuals
	Fact Sheet:  The Military Ban and Lesbian-Baiting
	Fact Sheet:  Sexual Orientation and Choice




Legal Issues			                                             
6

	Fact Sheet:  Uniform Code of Military Justice
	Fact Sheet:  Constitutional Analysis
		      Summaries of Principal Legal Cases
	Appendix I:  General Accounting Office, National 
	  		 Security and Intelligence Division (1992)



Health Issues							         
7

	Statement of Dr. Edward D. Martin regarding 
 	         Gays in the Military
	Fact Sheet:  HIV Disease, AIDS and the Military


The International Experience 	   	                           
8

	Talking Points
	Fact Sheet
	Summary



Recommendations for Proposed Executive Order 
			and Implementation			         
9

	Proposal for Lifting the Ban on Gay, Lesbian and
	  Bisexual Servicemembers in the United States 
Military
	Response to Common Concerns About Lifting the Ban 
on 
	  Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Servicemembers in the
	  United States Military
	Proposal Summary



Support for Lifting the Ban					        
10

	Letters from National Organizations
	Editorials
	Media Clips
	Polling Information