Biff Boswell explains how he hid his sexuality to keeps his job.
When Biff Boswell was interviewed for security clearance in 2001 as he joined the Air Force, the military interviewer asked, “Is there anything out there that we should know about?”
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the United States enacting the"Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell" policy that allowed gay people to serve in the military. In December of 1993, the policy was issued under a Department of Defense directive and signed into law by President Bill Clinton. It prohibited the military from discriminating against closeted gays or bisexual service members.
Boswell served six years in the Air Force, left on his own terms, fighting his sexual identity much of the time. He worked part-time as a bouncer at a gay bar during his military service, but denied that he was gay. When he came out to his parents in 2002, they asked him to go to conversion therapy as a Mormon. He did so to appease his mother, taking on a cycle of fasting and praying. Three years into his service, Boswell’s father accepted that his son was gay and serving in the military.
“By insisting on standards of merit and allowing to serve in uniform all those who are qualified, we avail ourselves of more talent, better leaders and innovative solutions to the security challenges we face around the world," Austin said.
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