The Untold Truth Don't Ask Don't Tell

<p>When Howard D. Linson joined the U.S. Army at 18 in 1998 wanting to serve his country he never could have anticipated the ordeal he would face. During his nine-year career he experienced continuous harassment and violence for being a bisexual soldier which nearly cost him his life. Throughout Linson's enlistment the issue of gay lesbian bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in the military was governed by the Don't Ask Don't Tell policy (DADT) which was repealed in December 2010. It allowed all citizens to join regardless of sexual orientation as long as they did not reveal their sexual identities. As a result DADT put Linson and other LGBT soldiers in a maddeningly ambiguous situation-they could serve as long as they lived a secret life. And while the law changed the military's policies it did not change the army's entrenched hatred ignorance and bigotry about LGBT soldiers. The Untold Truth Don't Ask Don't Tell is Linson's harrowing account of surviving a nightmare world of ignorance paranoia and oppression where your greatest enemy is your comrade in arms.</p>