The Slovenian Armed Forces Faces the Challenge of Inclusion of Their Homosexual Members

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ID3613056
AuthorsPavel Vuk (0000-0003-1313-9514, Slovenian Armed Forces, Centre of Military Schools (High Military School), Maribor, Slovenia, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume71
Issue5
Pages1231-1252
Publication date2024-04-15
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Homosexuality (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0091-8369 • E-ISSN: 1540-3602
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00918369.2023.2169088
PMID36689274
OpenAlexW4317754147
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited14

The aim of this article is to highlight the issue of the inclusiveness of lesbian and gay man members in the Slovenian Armed Forces. Based on focused structured interviews, we studied both the social (perception of lesbians) and institutional aspect (perception of the Slovenian Armed Forces). The findings suggest that more attention should be paid to this issue and it should be explored from other methodological perspectives, which would help the Slovenian Armed Forces to follow the patterns of change in Slovenian society in order to maintain its legitimacy and an inclusive working environment also for social groups with different sexual orientation. The research concerns a sensitive and still mostly hidden topic of the Slovenian Armed Forces, which is not much talked about. The article brings the first military sociological research on the inclusion of lesbian and gay man members in the Slovenian Armed Forces

Criminology · Homosexuality · Inclusion (mineral · Legitimacy · Lesbian · Perception · Political science · Politics · Sexual orientation · Social force · Sociology · Gender Studies · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence

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