MILITARY / LES FORCES ARMÉES

 

 

“And the Bride Wore…”  Esprit de Corps 12(7) (July 2005): 18  (232 words)

                                                Ref.: CPI.Q index, which notes that this concerns Canadian Forces’

                                    first same-sex marriage.

 

“Armed Forces Veteran Fights Bias against Gays.”  Canadian Human Rights Advocate

            5(1) (Jan. 1989): 10.

 

Belkin, Aaron, and McNichol, Jason.

            “Homosexual Personnel Policy in the Canadian Forces: Did Lifting the Gay

               Ban Undermine Military Performance?”  International Journal 56(1)

            (Winter 2000-2001): 73-88.

                                    “In the years since the ban was removed, it is argued that there have

                                    been no negative side effects in the military’s performance” –from

                                    Sociological Abstracts summary.

 

Braithwaite, Lawrence.

            “Armed and Dangerous: A Gay Soldier on Misogyny, Homophobia and Racism

            in the Canadian Armed Forces.”  Rites, Nov./Dec. 1991, pp. 13-14.   

 

Canada. Federal Court. Trial Division.

            In the Federal Court of Canada, Trial Division, Toronto, Tuesday, the 27th Day of

            October, 1992, Present: The Hon. Mr. Justice William A. MacKay between

            Michelle Douglas, Plaintiff, and Her Majesty the Queen, Defendant: Judgment.

            Ottawa, Ont.: Federal Court of Canada, Trial Division, 1992.

            (3 parts)

                                    Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 13843104

                                    Descriptor “Canada – Armed Forces – Gays” is attached to this record.

 

“Congratulations.”  Esprit de Corps 12(7) (July 2005) : 42  (200 words)

                                                Ref.: CPI.Q index, which adds note about first same-sex marriage

                                                in a military chapel.

 

“Defence Department Keeps Study Results Secret.”  Vancouver Sun, December 17,

            1991, p. A4.

                                    Enhanced title: Attitude of Military Personnel towards Allowing

                                    Homosexuals into the Armed Forces.

 

Fisher, Luke.

            “Armed and Gay: Homosexuals in the Military Face an Uneasy Welcome.”

            Maclean’s [Toronto ed.], May 24, 1993, pp. 14-15  (1372 words).

                                    Canada lifted the ban on gays serving in the military in Oct. 1992 after

                                    a lesbian lieutenant sued the military for discrimination.  She won her case

                                    and the armed forces were quietly integrated.  There has been little public

                                    outcry, but gays say social stigma makes it hard to be open” – summary in

                                    Expanded Academic ASAP electronic index.  Includes brief comparisons

                                    with policies of six other countries.

 

Flavelle, Dana.

            “Homosexuality Destroyed Decorated Soldier’s Career.”  Toronto Star,

            March 15, 1986, p. A15.

                                    Ref.: Gary Kinsman, Regulation of Desire, 2nd ed., p.208, ftnt. 153.

Concerns Herbert Frederick (Bert) Sutcliffe.  Sutcliffe also apparently

 prepared an unpublished[?] manuscript (1981) titled “Herbert Frederick

 Sutcliffe, MBE, CD: An Autobiography.”

 

“Forces Agree to End Anti-Gay Policies: Ottawa Pays Former Officer $100,000

            to Settle Rights Suit.”  Globe and Mail, October 28, 1992, pp. A1, A8.

 

“Forces Firm on Ban of Homosexuals.”  Globe and Mail, March 6, 1985, p. 9.

 

“Former Seaman Proud in Victory: Wrongfully Dismissed, Thwaites Helped Change

            Military Policy toward Gays, AIDS.”  Globe and Mail [Metro ed.],

            December 23, 1996, p. A9.

                                    About Simon Thwaites; wrongful dismissal suit.

 

Fournier, Michèle, 1976-

                        “Homosexualité, armée et police: état de la question et expériences vécues par les

                        militaires, policiers et policières gais selon leur propre point de vue. ”

                        Ph.D. thesis in criminology, Université de Montréal, 2006.

                        (418 p.)

                                                Refs.: Université de Montréal library catalogue;

AMICUS catalogue record no. 33655761, which gives 2005 date.

 

“Gay Soldiers Wed. So?”  Globe & Mail [Toronto], June 16, 2005, p. A20  (233 words).

                                                Editorial

                                                Ref.: CPI.Q index

 

Gouliquer, L.

                        “Negotiating Sexuality: Lesbians in the Canadian Military.”  In Women’s Bodies/

                        Women’s Lives: Health, Well-Being and Body Image, pp. 254-277.

Edited by Baukje Miedema, Janet M. Stoppard, and Vivienne Anderson. Toronto:

Sumach Press, 2000.

            Ref.: Gouliquer chapter (chapter 24), p. 334, in Doing

            Ethnography (Toronto : Canadian Scholars’ Press, 2005).

            User can note that several other [unpublished?] works by

            Gouliquer are cited in this Doing Ethnography chapter; namely,

            “What Gay Servicewomen Can Tell Us About the Gender Order,”

            Proceedings of Feminisms Challenge the Traditional Discipline,

            McGill Centre for Research and Teaching on Women (2001);

            “Post-1992: The Canadian Military and Homosexuality,”

            Experiences of Foreign Militaries Roundtable, Don’t Ask, Don’t

            Tell: 10 Years Later Conference, Hofstra University, Hempstead,

            New York, September 18-20, 2003; and “A Menace to the Gender

            Order: The Management of Lesbian Sexuality in the Canadian

            Military,” Unpublished MA research paper, McGill University,

            1998. There is also reference to “Relocation, Isolated Post, and

            Military Foreign Service Regulations – Same-sex Partner Benefits”

            (National Defence Headquarters, Ottawa: CANFORGEN 055/97)

 

Gouliquer, Lynne, and Poulin, Carmen.

                        “For Better and for Worse: Psychological Demands and Structural Impacts on

              Gay Servicewomen in the Military and Their Long-term Partners. ”

In Doing Ethnography: Studying Everyday Life, chapter 24 (pp. 323-335).

                        Edited by Dorothy Pawluch, William Shaffir, Charlene Miall.

                        Toronto: Canadian Scholars’ Press, 2005.

 

Halladay, Laurel.

                        “A Lovely War: Male to Female Cross-dressing and Canadian Military

                        Entertainment in World War II.”  Journal of Homosexuality 46(3-4)

(Jan.-Feb. 2004): 19+  (16 pages)

                                    Ref.: Expanded Academic ASAP index

 

“Homosexuals Unwanted in Forces, Beatty Says.”  Toronto Star, February 12, 1987,

            p. A13.

 

Jackson, Paul (Paul Norman), 1955-

                        “Courting Homosexuals in the Military: The Management of Homosexuality in

                        the Canadian Military, 1939-1945.”  Ph.D. thesis, Queen’s University, 2002.

                        (433 leaves)

                                                Refs.: AMICUS record no. 28063759; Queen’s University Library

                                                catalogue; and ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, ProQuest document ID

                                                727401821.

 

Jackson, Paul.

                        “The Enemy within the Enemy within : The Canadian Army and Internment

                        Operations during the Second World War.”  Left History 9(2) (2004):45-83.

                                                Assesses prevalence of homosexuality among the Italian and German

                                                prisoners of war held in Canada during World War II.

 

Jackson, Paul.

                        One of the Boys: Homosexuals in the Military in World War II.

                        Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, c2004.

                        (338 p.; ISBN 0773527710)

 

Kinsman, Gary.

            “Heterosexual Hegemony: Spooks in the Canadian State.”  Canadian Dimension

            28 (May-June 1994): 21-23  (1840 words).

                                    “The Canadian government sponsored many anti-gay activities in the

                                    1950s and 60s, including the firings of gays in [the] civil service.  The

                                    military saw homosexuality as a danger to national security, and

                                    investigated ways to screen for homosexuality” – summary from

                                    Expanded Academic ASAP electronic index.  Not only RCMP involved,

                                    but also a Professor Wake of Carleton University, who produced a 1962

                                    report on pupillary response for detection of homosexuals.

 

Korabik, Karen.

                        Leadership and Diversity in the Canadian Forces: A Conceptual Model and

                        Research Agenda.  [United States?] Department of Defense, Defense Technical

                        Information Center, 2006.

                        (68 p.)

                                                Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 33687548, which notes that this is

                                                a contract report and notes the number W7711-03-7869 and reference

                                                to Guelph University. The number A472963 is given in the publisher

                                                field. There is a long list of descriptors applied to this record, among

                                                which are Homosexuality, Diversity, Sexual orientation, and

                                                Discrimination. Compiler does not know degree of relevance to this list.

 

Lesk, Andrew.

            “The Force Isn’t with You: Canadian Forces Survey Shows Bias.”

            The Body Politic 131 (Oct. 1986): 13.

 

“Military Quietly Changes Policy on Homosexuals.”  Globe and Mail, July 3, 1989,

            pp. A1, A2.

 

Olson, Nancy Louise.

            “Assembling a Life: The (Auto)Biography of Alexis Amelia Alvey, 1942-1945.”

            MA thesis, Simon Fraser University, 1998.

            (102 p.)

                                    “This thesis uses the papers of Alexis Alvey to make two arguments.

                                    First, it was Alexis Alvey’s atypical femininity and ‘deviant’ sexuality that

                                    put an end to her military career.  Second, Alvey’s sexuality is implicit in

                                    her collection [of papers], present everywhere but never articulated” –

                                    abstract from ProQuest Digital Dissertations.

 

Ontario. Court of Appeal.

            Between Graham Haig and Joshua Birch, Respondents (Appellants in Cross-

            Appeal), and Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada and the Minister of

            Justice of Canada, Appellants (Respondents in Cross-Appeal), and Canadian

            Human Rights Commission, Intervener.  Toronto, Ont.: The Court, 1992.

            (14 leaves)

                                    Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 13852331.

                                    “Unedited”

                                    Indexed as: Haig v. Canada (Minister of Justice)

                                    Heard January 30 and 31, 1992; judgment August 6, 1992.

                                    [1992] O.J. No. 1609;  Action No. 774/91.

                                    AMICUS record  includes “Canada – Armed Forces – Gays”

                                    as one descriptor.

 

Open Secrets.  Directed and written by José Torrealba ; produced by Germaine

Ying Gee Wong.  Montréal : National Film Board of Canada, c2003.

(1 videocassette (52 min.); NFB catalogue no. 143C 9103 082)

Concerns gays in the Canadian armed forces, including during World War II

period.

 

Park, Rosemary E.

            “Opening the Canadian Forces to Gays and Lesbians: An Inevitable Decision but

            Improbable Reconfiguration.”  In Gays and Lesbians in the Military: Issues,

            Concerns, and Contrasts, pp. 165-179.  Edited by Wilbur J. Scott and Sandra

            Carson Stanley.  New York: Aldine de Gruyter, 1994.

 

Pinch, F. C. (Franklin C.)

            Perspectives on Organizational Change in the Canadian Forces: Final Report,

            April-June 1993.  [Ottawa, Ont.?]: Department of Defense [DODXA], 1994.

            (Contract no. MDA903-M-5414)

            (64 p.)

                                    “This report reviews and synthesizes the background literature and other

                                    documentation relating to transition from a homosexual ban to the

                                    cancellation of the exclusionary policy in the Canadian Forces” –

                                    NISC Gay & Lesbian Abstracts.  Information in abstract indicates

                                    that the report is available for order from NTIS in Springfield, Virginia.

 

Poulin, Bruce.

                        “The Official Integration of Homosexuals in the CF (1969-1992).”

                        Esprit de Corps 11(7) (June 2004): 4+  (3 pages).

                                                Ref. : CPI.Q index

 

Poulin, Carmen.

            “‘The Military Is the Wife and I Am the Mistress’: Partners of Lesbians in the

            Canadian Military.”  Atlantis: A Women’s Studies Journal 26(1)

             (Fall 2001): 65-76.

 

“Readmission of Lesbian to Army Recommended: No Security Risk, Watchdog

            Finds.”  Globe and Mail, August 16, 1990, pp. A1, A2.

                                    Michelle Douglas: Charter rights violated, panel ruling.

 

Reilly, Emma.

                        “Military Joins Pride Parade [in Toronto]. ”  Toronto Star, June 29, 2008, n.p

                                                Ref.: an electronic version retrieved October 2, 2008 at:

                                                http://www.thestar.com/printArticle/451459

                                                Article notes that this was first time Canadian Armed Forces joined.

                                                Mention also that Hamilton Gay Pride festival had banned military earlier

                                                in the month.    

 

Robertson, Heather.

            “A Lesbian Ordeal.”  Saturday Night, August 1986, pp. 22-27.

                                    Margo Pratt and Darl Wood; Canadian Forces Station, Shelburne, N.S.

 

“[The Security Intelligence Review Committee Told the Canadian Forces to Reinstate

            a Lesbian Forced to Quit].”  Canadian Human Rights Advocate 6(8)

            (Sept. 1990): 6.

 

Sokolsky, Joel J.

            “Domestic Disturbances and the Military: The Canadian Experience.”

            Parameters: Journal of the US Army War College 23(1)(Spring 1993):

            93-101.