[identity profile] rm.livejournal.com 2004-05-23 06:27 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, they are, and lord knows how this would go, but I know more than one person who was straight forward about that in Viet Name (when the policy was more stringent than that, but effectively the same) and they were like "tough shit" -- in one case I know, the person was able to get out of it by getting a shrin to certify that he was prone to "compulsive" sexual behavior... all annecdotal of course, but talk about a damn fine mess. Also, remember, homosexuality was still defined as a disease then, and isn't now.