Gay male nurses in military

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Hey all,

I'm a recent young nursing graduate (ADN), and I have been considering a career in military nursing at some point.

Being an openly gay male and not necessarily being your most masculine man on the planet (but not necessarily feminine either),

what kind of acceptance or tolerance do you think I would receive in the military??

I am aware that the environment has changed over the last couple years, but I still worry about situations that my sexual orientation could put me in.

Any and all input/experience you could share with me would be appreciated.

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Specializes in EMT, ER, Homehealth, OR.

For the most part medical people do not care. Just be open and honest with people and they will be the same with you.

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Specializes in EMS, ED, Trauma, CEN, CPEN, TCRN.

Yep, what jeckrn said. Get that BSN and see where it takes you. Good luck!

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Specializes in Nursing Leadership.

I work with an openly gay male nurse at the VA. Most people don't care and from what I have seen he is actually treated better than he might be in the civilian population. Vets may have opinions but they also know to keep it to themselves! Go for it! I think you will feel safer in the military healthcare environment than most other environments.

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Specializes in Adult Critical Care.

I'm active duty AF. My last flight commander (the equivalent of a civilian unit nurse manager) was an openly gay guy. One of my coworkers in that same job was an openly gay female. I never witnessed either of them run into problems, but I really never brought it up either.

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