Seems to me that you could have looked at what I said –“they may have done that to get out.” – before you asked me to back up a statement that I didn’t make.
I believe that I said that a boy in a dress wouldn't get much interpreting done in the Middle East.
I don’t know where you served but in the Air Force in the bomb dump about 15% of our guys didn’t count for much.
Since no one in the military will be in a dress, boy or girl, gay or straight, in the ME doing anything, because they will all be in uniform, then your point is ridiculous.
Plus, most homosexuals are not transgendered or crossdressers. And, there are a lot more heterosexual "boys in dresses" than many people would care to think about, even in the military. In fact, I have found forums for military crossdressers, many on those on these forums are straight guys.
Also, there hasn't actually been any discharges that I know of for a military member crossdressing, although it is certainly possible that someone was turned in as "gay" for being a crossdresser, whether they were homosexual or not. Crossdressing does not indicate a person's sexuality. And the ban was on homosexuality. Crossdressers are just not allowed to do so on military property or at military functions.
So your point means little unless you can prove that those who got out under DADT were all or mostly crossdressers.
And, it has been my experience that most of those who are truly homosexual are not being put out because they signed paperwork that they were gay. Many of them were "found out" because of something they did or something that someone else saw on a computer or in a letter or in public that would not have gotten two looks had it been a heterosexual in the same situation. Some of those that actually are homosexual and signed paperwork to get out should have just waited out their enlistment, but I can certainly understand why they would choose their family's wellbeing over their commitment to an organization who discriminates against them because of the sex of the person that they have committed to. I knew a lesbian who signed the paperwork because she was offered a job where the company was willing to recognize her partner as her spouse and give them full benefits as such, along with more money than she made in the Navy. It was a limited offer. Many heterosexuals in the military cannot understand such a choice because the military doesn't discriminate against their choice of spouse.
Now, there are some heterosexuals who have signed the paperwork to get out of the military under DADT as well. Many did so because they simply couldn't handle the pressure or didn't want to go on a deployment, but they also didn't want an OTH discharge.