Confronting a Masculine Military Ideal: the experience of LGBTQ military personnel

直面男性军事理想：1945年以来LGBTQ男性工人阶级军人的经历LGBTQ军事人员的故事传统上被框定在保密文化和害怕被发现的氛围中：被解雇的幽灵往往会压制声音。对两次世界大战的研究让其中一些声音得以发声，但总的来说，奇特的历史在很大程度上忽视了军事化的身体。工人阶级的同性恋声音也在很大程度上被忽视了，研究集中在城市经历或中上层阶级的经历上。最近的研究表明，在1967年合法化之前，工人阶级文化对同性行为的流动性和容忍度达到了惊人的水平。矛盾的是，1967年的《性犯罪法案》揭示了一种可识别的亚文化，这种亚文化可能已经消除了这种流动性和容忍度，取而代之的是更僵化的工人阶级对同性恋的恐惧症。这篇论文将试图确定男性工人阶级在军队中的生活经历是否赞同这种容忍模式，随后会出现新的偏见。由于妇女最近才被允许积极服役，将她们排除在这项研究之外似乎是公平的：考虑到女性的经历，以及女性同性恋的经历超出了本调查的范围。服务人员的证词将是本项目的重点，并将在自我认知和情感情感的审查范围内。

Confronting a masculine military ideal: the experience of male working-class LGBTQ service personnel since 1945.The stories of LGBTQ military personnel have traditionally been framed within a culture of secrecy and a climate of fear of discovery: the spectre of dismissal has often silenced voices. Research into the two World Wars has allowed some of these voices to speak, but generally, 'queer history has largely ignored the militarised body.' Working-class queer voices have also largely been ignored, research having been focussed on the urban experience or middle and upper-class experiences. Recent research has shown a surprising level of fluidity and tolerance within working-class cultures towards same-sex behaviours, pre-1967 decriminalisation. Paradoxically, the 1967 Sexual Offences Act gave light to a recognisable subculture which may have removed this fluidity and tolerance, replacing it with a more rigid working-class homophobia. This thesis will try to establish if male working-class experience of life in the Armed Forces subscribed to this model of tolerance being followed by a renewed prejudice. As women were allowed to actively serve only relatively recently, it would seem fair to preclude them from this research: considerations of the female experience, and the female queer experience is beyond the scope of this investigation. Testimonies of service personnel will be the focus of this project and will be framed within an examination of self-perception and emotional sensibilities.