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This week on Outstanding Docs: Gays in the military

Open Secrets and Conduct Unbecoming

By OUTtv • November 7, 2008 7:00 pm EDT

Check out this week’s documentaries on OutTV. On Remembrance Day, catch Open Secrets at 10pm, preceeded by Unbecoming Conduct at 9pm.

Tue, Nov 11, 10pm ET:

Open Secrets

This provocative documentary uncovers a lost chapter in Canadian military history: how the Armed Forces dealt with homosexuality during and after World War II. A group of veterans break their silence after more than 60 years.

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