Back in the good ol’ days of the ’50s through the ’80s, sexual abuse of male children by men in the military community was deemed to be “homosexuality”.
And as these crimes were seen as being “homosexual” in nature, both parties were seen as being homosexual.
This explains my treatment at the hands of Captain Terry Totzke from October of 1980 until April of 1983.
And this was nothing new. In 1961 a film was released in America for showing in schools. This film equated pedophilia and hebophilia with homosexuality. This film told the story of Jimmy, a young school boy who is enticed to have sex with an older man. After this is discovered, BOTH Jimmy and the older man are arrested by the police, and Jimmy is released on probation into the custody of his parents.
I kid you not:
BOYS BEWARE partial transcript
Then during lunch, Ralph showed him some pornographic pictures. Jimmy knew he shouldn’t be interested, but well, he was curious.
What Jimmy didn’t know was that Ralph was sick. A sickness that was not visible like smallpox, but no less dangerous and contagious, a sickness of the mind. You see, Ralph was a homosexual, a person who demands an intimate relationship with members of their own sex.
But by now, Jimmy felt a fondness for Ralph, and they continued to go places together. Ralph was generous and took Jimmy many interesting places and did many nice things for him.
He bought presents and even gave him money, but payments were expected in return. You see, Jimmy hadn’t recognized Ralph’s approach soon enough. When Ralph first asked Jimmy to go fishing alone, he should have discussed it with his parents or teacher.
Finally, Jimmy told his parents, and they reported it to the juvenile authorities. Ralph was arrested and Jimmy was released on probation in the custody of his parents.
And this was the American mindset.
Now, you might say that I lived on Canadian Forces Base as a child, not American military bases.
Didn’t matter.
The militaries in both Canada and the United States were in the midst of a “homo panic”. They were dead certain that “red commies” were just waiting to find the homosexuals in our militaries, and our governments, and blackmail them with kompromat to destroy democracy and capitalism.
Fuck, even the RCMP and the FBI were going full gang busters look in every nook and cranny for any gays or lesbians they could find.
In 1980 the CFSIU and the Chain of Command sure had their panties in a knot over “homosexuality”.
“homosexuality” which implied both parties were equally to blame.
Even Captain McRae’s confession to the Archdiocese of Edmonton describes the abuse as “homosexuality”.
