FRC has reviewed the
“case synopses” of all 1,643 reports of sexual assault reported by the four branches of the
military for Fiscal Year 2009 (October 1, 2008 through September 30, 2009). Our
startling finding was that over eight percent of all military sexual assault cases were
homosexual in nature.
4
This suggests that homosexuals in the military are about three
times as likely to commit sexual assaults than heterosexuals are, relative to their
numbers.
5
A similar figure was reported by the New York Times in a news article on the release of
the Pentagon’s sexual assault report in March—but was virtually ignored in the debate
over the law on homosexuality in the military. Citing a telephone interview with Kaye
Whitley, the director of the Pentagon’s sexual assault prevention and response office, the
Times reported, “Of all the assaults, . . . 7 percent were male on male.”
6
(FRC’s analysis
showed that 7.55% of all cases were male on male, and an additional 0.61% were female-
on-female, adding up to a total (with rounding) of 8.2% which were homosexual in
nature.)
