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A Military Trial for Rape with a Twist

By Corey Rayburnyung

Out.com published a feature concerning the trial of Capt. Devery Lane Taylor based upon allegations that he raped a male soldier. The article describes the difficulties and oddities associated with such prosecutions in a "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," military. Among the truly bizarre parts of the story was this segment which included an excerpt from the trial transcript:Without being able to out anyone as gay officially, in Taylor?s trial government and defense lawyers both resorted to stereotyped circumstantial evidence, pointing out that a soldier who swears to his heterosexuality also trims his pubes or wears a nipple ring or sometimes puts his arm around gay friends. ?You?ll hear from him, under oath, that he trims up his pubic hair. He?s a male, and he?s in his 30s, and he trims himself up...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on January 13, 2009 (boomark / email).