Australia’s leading gay and lesbian newspaper
ONLINE TWITTER @star_observerISSUE 1116 FACEBOOK Star ObserverFriday 23 March 2012starobserver.
com.
au
Est.
1979
Hope Defence
will tackle
homophobia
The first volume of the Defence Department’s DLA
Piper Review...
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Australia’s leading gay and lesbian newspaper
ONLINE TWITTER @star_observerISSUE 1116 FACEBOOK Star ObserverFriday 23 March 2012starobserver.
com.
au
Est.
1979
Hope Defence
will tackle
homophobia
The first volume of the Defence Department’s DLA
Piper Review of Allegations of Sexual and Other
Forms of Abuse has not touched on homophobic
abuse but it is mentioned in related reviews.
Homophobic abuse is mentioned once in the
Review of Personal Conduct of ADF Personnel.
It is
dealt with more substantially in the Review of Social
Media and Defence after a homophobic Facebook
campaign to out gay ADF personnel was revealed
last year.
“Instances of poor conduct that have occurred
across the ADF include the use of prohibited
substances such as steroids and a case where an
anti-homosexual ‘hate campaign’ was conducted
through Facebook,” the conduct review reads.
“These incidents have been taken to suggest that
the ADF has a serious problem with its culture.
”
The social media review quotes a
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