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Under pressure from lawmakers and medical professionals, the Pentagon says it will revise a document that labels homosexuality a mental disorder.
"Homosexuality should not have been characterized as a mental disorder in an appendix of a procedural instruction," said Defense Department spokesman Lt. Col. Jeremy Martin, cited by the Associated Press. "A clarification will be issued over the next few days," he said.
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Called a Defense Department Instruction, the document outlines retirement and discharge policies for service members with disabilities. One section lists homosexuality alongside mental retardation and personality disorders.
The American Psychiatric Association declassified homosexuality as a mental disorder more than 30 years ago, the AP said.
The Pentagon already has a "don't ask, don't tell" policy that prohibits inquiries into the sex lives of service members but does require discharge of those who openly acknowledge being gay.
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