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davidinalameda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-24-05 02:02 PM
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Royal Air Force maintained a secret squad to root out and fire lesbians
http://www.365gay.com/newscon05/08/082405raf.htm

While gays and lesbians have been able to serve openly in the British military for the past five years, newly declassified documents show that for 40 years - until the ban was removed, the Royal Air Force maintained a secret squad to root out and fire lesbians.

During the period, from the 1950s to the late 90s, the RAF maintained a secret "observation list" of what it called women engaged in "suspected unnatural female friendships".

The newly declassified documents were obtained by the newspaper The Guardian
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whatever4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-24-05 02:05 PM
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Siyahamba Donating Member (890 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-25-05 10:10 AM
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2. This kind of thing is still going on in the US Armed Forces
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