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Scrutiny of this policy's implementation reveals a situation far worse than it was before. Conduct Unbecoming , a new CD-ROM from ApolloMedia based on Randy Shilts' book about gays and lesbians in the military, highlights the inconsistencies inherent in this policy, and paints a picture that both disturbs and enlightens. These excerpts are presented here with hypertext links to queer net.resources, to serve both as a vote for more enlightened government policy, and as a testament to the courage of gays and lesbians who have served, fought, and died for this country - and who now suffer unjustly under its leadership. The history of homosexuality in the United States armed forces has been a struggle between two intransigent facts - the persistent presence of gays within the military and the equally persistent hostility toward them. All the drama and controversy surrounding the demand for acceptance by lesbians and gay men in uniform represent the culmination of this conflict, one that dates back to the founding of the Republic .