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.
In the Federal Court of Canada,
Trial Division,
October, 1992, Present: The Hon.
Mr. Justice William A. MacKay between
Michelle Douglas, Plaintiff, and Her Majesty the Queen, Defendant: Judgment.
(3 parts)
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 13843104
Descriptor “
“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.”
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 [
“
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.”
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prepared an unpublished[?]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:
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 [
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.
Sumach Press, 2000.
Ref.: Gouliquer chapter (chapter 24), p. 334, in Doing
Ethnography (
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,
Order: The Management of Lesbian Sexuality in the Canadian
Military,” Unpublished MA research
paper,
1998. There is also reference to “Relocation, Isolated Post, and
Military Foreign Service Regulations – Same-sex Partner Benefits”
(National Defence Headquarters,
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.
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.”
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
Assesses prevalence of homosexuality among the Italian and German
prisoners of war held in
Jackson, Paul.
One of the Boys: Homosexuals in the Military in World War II.
(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. [
(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
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
Ref.: an electronic
version retrieved
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,
“[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
93-101.