Current Version
| Region | Vatican City |
| Issue | Serving openly in military |
| Status | Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned |
| Start Date | past |
| End Date | now |
| Description | Vatican City is protected by Italy. However Italy does not allow transgender service in the military making it automatically banned. |
| Sources | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/20/swiss-guard-veteran-gay-network-vatican-pope-elmar-mader-homosexual |
Reports (1)
- Note field is incorrect "Vatican has its own police and military police.
While it's true that Italy oversees and provides protection to Vatican, Vatican military and police forces rules should be taken into consideration ( I don't know them).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corps_of_Gendarmerie_of_Vatican_City
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_Guard
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Revision History (3)
Revision by Vito12. Making this change because it is not correct.
| Old Value | New Value (Current) | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | (REMOVED) | Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned |
| Special Status | N/A | Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned |
| Description | Not applicable since it has no military | Vatican City is protected by Italy. However Italy does not allow transgender service in the military making it automatically banned. |
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Revision by Pizzaslices412653. No military
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Illegal | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | (REMOVED) | N/A |
| Description | The Pontifical Swiss Guard requires its members to be single male Catholics. Members are vetted and must swear an oath to the Pope and to uphold their fidelity. | Not applicable since it has no military |
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Reports (3)
- Status is not correct "Vatican city has the swiss guard"
- Status is not correct "The swiss guard exists"
- Note field is incorrect "The swiss gard is an Army and they also have an Gendarmerie, which is also an army corp... "
Revision by beeurd
| Old Value (Original) | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | (REMOVED) | Illegal |
| Special Status | N/A | (REMOVED) |
| Description | Vatican City does not have a military. | The Pontifical Swiss Guard requires its members to be single male Catholics. Members are vetted and must swear an oath to the Pope and to uphold their fidelity. |
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| Sources | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/20/swiss-guard-veteran-gay-network-vatican-pope-elmar-mader-homosexual | |
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Reports (3)
- Status is not correct "It is not illegal since the Vatican City has no military."
- Other "Vatican city has a military"
- Status is not correct "swiss guard"