Question: what does yoshino mean by the new civil rights

title: Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights
text: While in Oxford , Yoshino had fallen in love . The person he loved was not a woman . He had to tell his dad this . He then came out to his mom . Though they were both supportive , he knew that this was not what they wanted . Passing is best defined through the `` Do n't ask , do n't tell '' policy , which has been in effect since the Congress and the Department of Defense put it in place in 1993 . Rather than trying to change a gay person 's perspective and likings , they would just ignore the fact that a person was gay . The shift from conversion to passing was gradual and did not necessary represent an advance in society 's acceptance of homosexuals , because of their overlapping . Passing was an act that his parents demonstrated . Though they accepted the fact that Kenji was gay , it was not something talked about , and more ignored from their thought of their son .