Which was entirely reasonable. ...because the point of the military isn't to discuss your gender alignment.
The unfairness of it became obvious when every other enlisted man would talk about their latest sex partner and the gay person had to just stand awkwardly silent.
...but the policy itself was rooted in a reasonable desire for soldiers to focus on soldiering.
I'd love to see the list of all the other mundane things you weren't allowed to talk about because they distracted from soldiering. It only seems reasonable if you only consider it in an idealized vacuum.
The unfairness of it became obvious when every other enlisted man would talk about their latest sex partner and the gay person had to just stand awkwardly silent.
...but the policy itself was rooted in a reasonable desire for soldiers to focus on soldiering.