Research - Published reports and investigations

The aim of this page is to highlight some of the issues and concerns which repeatedly come up in discussion in the messes and bars on camp, and forums on-line.

What people have been saying

The comments below are lifted, more or less intact from the website arrse.co.uk, the Army's unofficial rumour service, from individuals claiming to be British service personnel. They have been gathered together to demonstrate some of the misconceptions and confusion which exist in the straight military community with respect to their gay colleagues, out or otherwise.

NOt to sure about this issue,
I dont think i would like to live in the same room as a poof,
What happens when ya have had one to many wife beaters and pass out in your room... prob have a very sore arse int he morning!!
Its morally wrong.
but then again theres been poof for years, just look at the navy!!

Just because a load of poofs bleat on about their right to put their pr**s up each other ARRSEs it becomes legal.
Why stop there? If the necrophiliacs or paedos make enough noise, will the EU Court of Human Rights make that legal too??
Filthy perverts.....should all be used for mine clearance and bomb disposal.

If a straight soldier is offended by sharing a room with a gay soldier, then that is acceptable. When will the day come when a gay soldier is offended by sharing a room with a straight soldier?

Given that it is pretty much inevitable that gay couples will soon be allowed to share MQs and get the rights of married couples, there shouldn't be a problem with living with one?

A gay person is a male in body but with female tendencies.

The main concern seems to be "Stay away from my arse you F**kin ponce!!" Which seems to be a strange way of questioning your own sexuality. I do believe that live and let live is the only viable attitude now as almost all of us will be working with someone who is still in the closet so to say, and probably have been for years without ever worrying about it.

A heterosexual guy who objects to sharing a room with a homosexual guy is being prejudicial to him, as is anyone who supports the hetero's objection or moves him to another room.

It all comes down to confidence.
Could be confidence in your personalities to handle the challenge, could be confidence in which you were told which is the only way you'd have found out.
I'm quite confident that no self respecting gay man would fancy my arse.
Some of you may be displaying some arrogance thinking you're fanciable to these members of our Army