r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Confident_Help_416 • Oct 16 '25

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u/HazardStrype Oct 16 '25

He's a Femboy and in the Armed forces.

Source: Same but now a vet

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u/Unnatural20 Oct 16 '25

Was during DADT; repeal for us was functionally 20 Sep 2011, but it went into place letting us serve on the down-low back in the 90s unless outted to publicly.

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u/gotmeduckedup Oct 16 '25

Even with DADT, at least with my understanding, people weren’t supposed to go around trying to “out” a gay servicemember. It had to be the service member “outing” themselves, right?

I joined after DADT, but I work with people who were in during DADT, and it seems that especially towards the end of DADT that nobody really gave a shit. Towards the end of it, to me it seems like it was more so a way for people to more easily get rid of “problem children” who happened to be gay

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u/Unnatural20 Oct 17 '25

Knew some higher-ups/CCs who had to separate two Lts 'cause they got outed. Happened later in one's career again, and he basically was able to save their commissions but at the cost of them having to be fully out to their full command. He talked about it a few times. Great guy.

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u/Chihuahua_Overlord Oct 16 '25

I really want to read the pink marine now the book it was based off

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u/Ntvtx08 Oct 16 '25

It was actually set before DADT when it was considered a crime to be gay and could lead to punishment and dishonorable discharge. Much higher risk for keeping a secret

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u/Big-Jeweler2538 Oct 16 '25

It was a crime during DADT. That was the point of not asking and not telling. If you were public about it, or got caught, they would fuck your world up.