Question: What Countries Allow Gays to Serve Openly in the Military?
Answer: According to the Palm Center, a think tank from the University of California, Santa Barbara, as of June 2009, 25 countries allow gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military. The countries that allow gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military are:
- Australia
- Austria
- Belgium
- Canada
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Norway
- Slovenia
- South Africa
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- UK
- Uruguay
- United States (beginning September 20, 2011)
