Monday, May 18, 2009

Word of the Gay: "Blue Discharge"

"Blue Discharge" is a term for the dishonorable discharge from the military due to violating their policy on homosexuality.

2 comments:

CrackerLilo said...

As long as it's not a literal term! *shudders*

Anonymous said...

Blue discharges were neither honorable nor dishonorable. They were a general discharge. It is true they were disproportionately issued to gay personnel but they were also issued disproportionately to African Americans.

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