20% Of New Zealand Military Gay Study Says

365gay.com ^ | 4/27/02 | Peter Hacker

[LarryLied]

(April 27, Christchurch, NZ) A New Zealand government consultant says 20 percent of the military is either gay or lesbian.

Eugene Moore, an equal employment opportunity consultant, said Friday that the New Zealand Defence Force is light years ahead of any other military services in its approach to gays, lesbians and bisexuals.

Moore said that while many countries, including Canada, and much of the European Union have banned discrimination against gays in the military, none is doing as much as New Zealand to challenge "the old homophobic military culture."

"It's like Dracula, once you bring it out into the light it dies," said Moore, who has been working on an education programme for the armed forces for more than a year.

He said the programme was designed to create an environment where gays, lesbians and bisexual personnel in the military did not fear coming out.

Australian and French admirals had visited New Zealand specifically to see the Navy's at-sea education programmes and he had been invited to make a presentation to Australian military chiefs.

[xm177e2]

I would assume more lesbians than gays...

[Willie Green]

fyi

[DainBramage]

[Stentor]

20% Of New Zealand Military Gay Study Says

Wow! That's less than half the percentage of the general population.

[Cicero]

Well, in Plato's Symposium, Eryximachus says that if you had a whole army of lovers, they would be undefeatable, since each soldier would be anxious never to let himself be shamed or dishonored in front of his beloved. But he was thinking more in terms of fighters like Achilles and Patroclus, not Janet and Donna.

[cynicom]

I always said never trust those Aussies and Zealanders, they been upside down for so long it has affected their brains and their sexual mores. Next thing they will not be allowed to have guns to play with either.

[LarryLied]

Think they gravitate to certain fields in the military?

[Castlebar]

Come on....you knew they were called "Kiwis" for a reason.............

[Savage Beast]

I think an army of anthropophobic lesbians could be very effective--especially in the Middle East.

[Ohioan]

The smug, question-begging assumptions in this, are certainly striking. It seems to never even occur to these people, that making deviants comfortable about coming "out of the closet," is not the only issue involved!

I have never visited New Zealand. I understand that it is very beautiful, and always wanted to see it. Now I am not so sure. My real reaction to this is sadness--real sadness.

William Flax Return Of The Gods Web Site

[proxy_user]

I believe 'androphobic' is the inkhorn term you seek.

[LarryLied]

365gay.com copyrighted this story with no attribution. It is almost word for word what the New Zealand Herald printed today.

[jodorowsky]

From Something Awful:

[Calvin Locke]

I would have assumed more 'zoo' types. Probably includes gay 'zoo' types too.

Some tax or subsidy policy in the 1980s gave rise to a sheep/person ratio upwards of 25/1.

Don't know what it stablized to when market forces brought them back to reality.
Wonder if sheep contribute to global warming. Probably not as much as the volcanic activity in NZ.

[VOA]

From Something Awful:

If that's an authentic old poster...I suspect the artist(s) who made it must have
been laughing when it was approved for distribution!

[Savage Beast]

Yes. Androphobic. Thank you. It's the blood-thirsty terrorists that are anthropophobic.

[weikel]

It gives a new meaning to the acronym REMF's doesn't it.

[marron]

I believe 'androphobic' is the inkhorn term you seek.

Is that "fear of androids"?

[aimlow]

And all those nice group showers!!!