Conduct Unbecoming: Gays and Lesbians in the U.S. Military

Conduct Unbecoming: Lesbians and Gays in the U.S. Military from Vietnam to the Persian Gulf War is a 1993 book by American journalist Randy Shilts, in which the author traces the participation of gay and lesbian personnel from the Revolutionary War to the late 20th century.

Conduct Unbecoming: Lesbians and Gays in the US Military
Cover of the first edition
AuthorRandy Shilts
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SubjectSexual orientation and gender identity in the United States military
Published1993
Pages832
ISBN978-0449909171

The book was well received in a review in the Los Angeles Times which described it as "gripping reading" and "an irrefutable indictment of unconscionable government behavior in a cause that the military seems still unable to explain".[1] The historian Lillian Faderman called the book "famous" in The Gay Revolution: The Story of the Struggle (2015).[2]

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  1. ^ Dawidoff, Robert (2 May 1993). "An American Inquisition". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  2. ^ Faderman, Lillian (2015). The Gay Revolution: The Story of the Struggle. New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 522. ISBN 978-1-4516-9411-6.