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Does anybody know any of the gay and transgendered policies of the Canadian armed forces?
I'm going to try to work it into a story I'm going to write soon but I kind of want to get it at least mostly right.

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Google search

I did a Google search - key words "Canadian Forces Gay/Trangender Policies" and came up with the following promising hits (although not the only ones)...

What is the military's policy on transgendered people serving ...
4 Feb 2010 ... I'll speak to the Canadian Military's policy... since I'm the ... Treatment of transfolk inside the armed forces varies from installation to installation. ... Open Questions in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered ...

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100204192152AA...

Canada's military to allow gay weddings on bases - CTV News
20 Jan 2005 ... The military has drafted a policy calling for its chaplains to ... Canada's armed forces will allow their gay and lesbian members to get ...

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/11061812...

Sexual Orientation and Military Service: Briefing Sheet
Contact the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Concerns Office .... Homosexual personnel policy of the Canadian forces: Did lifting the gay ban ...
(scroll down until you get to the discussion on why the ban in the US forces should be repealed, then it talks about Canada as well as other countries)

http://www.apa.org/pi/lgbt/resources/military-sexual-orienta...

Soldiers to march with Pride parade - thestar.com
27 Jun 2008 ... Canadian Forces allowed, for first time, to participate openly ... in the gay community that the Canadian military "had a policy of `Don't ask, don't tell. ... toward gay, lesbian and transgendered soldiers, Churm said, ...

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/450147

Hope that at least starts the ball rolling....

PB