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The so-called witnesses were forced by their superiors to incriminate me. "After the legal advisor started the investigation, it became clear that the allegations had been completely made up. Kappler turned to a Bundeswehr legal advisor, who began an investigation and questioned all those involved in the case - including Kappler. Out of the blue, a group of Kappler's fellow soldiers accused their gay colleague of sexual assault - against another male soldier. However, after a fleeting return to normalcy, the situation then became surreal. "Coming out" is akin to stepping out of line He brought his case to the Bundeswehr's equal opportunity commissioner, with initial success. Almost immediately thereafter, Kappler found himself at the bottom of the performance ranking.
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Indeed, before exposing his homosexuality, the professional paratrooper belonged to the top 20 percent of his division. From one day to the next, I was all of a sudden the 'worst soldier' in my company." "However, the funny thing is that they didn't tell me why or justify it like they normally do in such cases. "After I came out of the closet, I was told almost immediately in writing that my performance was lacking," Kappler told Deutsche Welle. That is, until the then 42-year-old came out and exposed his sexuality to the world - and his fellow soldiers. Until two years ago, Udo Kappler was just another paratrooper in his division near Oldenburg in the northwest of Germany.
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Udo Kappler couldn't go on hiding his sexuality