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The Strange History of Don't Ask, Don't Tell

  • 20112011
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  • 1h 25m
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The Strange History of Don't Ask, Don't Tell (2011)
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The strange history of the now abandoned American 1993-bill, «Don't ask, don't tell» where sexual orientation was a "non-talk" policy in the American forces, leading to 13.368 getting kicked... Read allThe strange history of the now abandoned American 1993-bill, «Don't ask, don't tell» where sexual orientation was a "non-talk" policy in the American forces, leading to 13.368 getting kicked out before 2011.The strange history of the now abandoned American 1993-bill, «Don't ask, don't tell» where sexual orientation was a "non-talk" policy in the American forces, leading to 13.368 getting kicked out before 2011.
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  • Directors
    • Fenton Bailey
    • Randy Barbato
  • Stars
    • Carl Levin
    • Robert Gates(archive footage)
    • Mike Mullen(archive footage)
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    • Fenton Bailey
    • Randy Barbato
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    • Carl Levin
    • Robert Gates(archive footage)
    • Mike Mullen(archive footage)
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    Carl Levin
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    Robert Gates
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    Mike Mullen
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    John McCain
    John McCain
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    Joe Lieberman
    Joe Lieberman
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    Nathaniel Frank
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    Aaron Belkin
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    Alan Steinman
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    Gore Vidal
    Gore Vidal
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    Dixon Osbourn
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    Lawrence Korb
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    Leonard Matlovich
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    Margarethe Cammermeyer
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    Bill Clinton
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    Norman Schwarzkopf
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    Dick Cheney
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    The strange history of the now abandoned American 1993-bill, «Don't ask, don't tell» where sexual orientation was a "non-talk" policy in the American forces, leading to 13.368 getting kicked out before 2011.
    • taboo
    • timeframe 1990s
    • don't ask don't tell
    • u.s. house of representatives
    • u.s. senate
    • 41 more
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      In the Navy
      Written by Henri Belolo, Jacques Morali and Victor Willis

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    8/10
    Very well done
    This is a great documentary of how the don't ask don't tell policy affected many service members but also gives a good history timeline of how the ban on LGBT service members even started. The only thing I believe that could have been done better, is to highlight other circumstances for service members who had to lie about who they were. For example, a lesbian is sexual assaulted and cannot publicly testify that she did not want to be intimate with the predator because of her sexual orientation. On the other side of the coin, men who assaulted could not come forward because they would have been ousted and/or ridiculed for being gay, and probably dishonorably discharged instead of receiving support and advocacy.
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      • September 20, 2011 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Ni se pregunta ni se cuenta
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      • HBO Documentary Films
      • World of Wonder Productions
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      1 hour 25 minutes
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