The documents posted below provide factual information and historic context on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) issues in the military.

This is the text of the 1993 law, Section 654, Title 10, U.S.C.  passed with bi-partisan, veto-proof majorities in 1993.  (Note that the law passed by Congress is not the same as President Bill Clinton’s administrative policy, usually called "Don't Ask, Don't Tell.")

• Gays in the military: give the law a name – Liberal activists are waging a public relations campaign to repeal the 1993 law banning homosexuals from the military. The campaign refers to the law as “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” although there is nothing in the law resembling the policy known by that name (published July 2007)
• Text of Title 10, Section 654, also known as “The Military Personnel Eligibility Act of 1993”(1993)
• Buyer Letter - December 16, 1999 Policy Regarding the Present Ban on Homosexuals in the Military(published December, 1999)
• Senate Report 103-112, regarding 1993 law banning gays from the military, Section 654, Title 10, National Defense Authorization Act for FY 1994(published July 1993)
• House Report 103-200, regarding 1993 law banning gays from the military, Section 654, Title 10, National Defense Authorization Act for FY 1994 (published July 1993)

CMR Summary: Ten Reasons to Oppose the "LGBT Law" or Policy for the Military

Statement of the Flag & General Officers for the Military, personally signed by 1,167 retired military leaders as of May 2010, 51 of them former four-stars.  (All signatures returned by regular mail and on file.)

Additional information is provided in relevant sections of an article by CMR President Elaine Donnelly, titled “Constructing the Co-Ed Military,” in the June 2007 edition of the Duke University Journal of Gender Law & Policy:

The text of the section of "Constructing the Co-Ed Military" that analyzes the legislative history and current public relations campaign for homosexuals in the military also is available here:

• On July 23, 2008, CMR President Elaine Donnelly testified before the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel, in support of Section 654, Title 10, the law stating that homosexuals are not eligible to be in the military.  A Summary of her HASC Testimony is available here.  The full length version of her HASC Testimony is available here.
• Donnelly was accompanied by Sgt. Maj. Brian Jones, USA (Ret.) a former Ranger and Delta Force soldier who was part of a Special Operations Forces team involved in the incident known as "Black Hawk Down. " The Statement of Brian Jones is posted here.

CMR Policy Analyses with Charts:

• Consequences of the Proposed New LGBT Law for the Military, Jan. 2010.
• False "National Security" Argument for Gays in the Military, Oct. 2009.
• Foreign Nations Are Not Role Models for the U.S., Sept. 2009.