As "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" to an end, we sent Chris Heath to terview dozens of gay servicemen om the past and prent to fd out what life was really like as Ameri's ary stggled wh s last great inty crisis
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- THIS GAY MARE VET JT MA A MOVIE BASED ON HIS LIFE THE CORPS DURG 'DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL'
- GAY U.S. MARE DRAMA FROM NORMAN LEAR A GO AT NETFLIX
- GAY MAR, THEN AND NOW
- TELL: AN INTIMATE HISTORY OF GAY MEN THE MILARY
- OPENLY GAY PILOT LEAVG NAVY AFTER HARASSMENT
- GAY MARE KISS GO VIRAL
- NETFLIX ORRS GAY MARE DRAMEDY INSPIRED BY GREG COPE WHE MEMOIR, NORMAN LEAR TO PRODUCE
- THIS GAY MARE FELL LOVE WH NNG WHILE HE WAS STATNED IRAQ
- HOW IS A MARE BASE LIKE A GOTHIC NOVEL? ASK A ROXANE GAY-ANOTED BUT THOR
- ‘INSPECTN’ DIRECTOR LLS NEW MARE FILM THE ‘BLACK, GAY ROCKY’
THIS GAY MARE VET JT MA A MOVIE BASED ON HIS LIFE THE CORPS DURG 'DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL'
Netflix has greenl a drama seri lled 'The Corps,' about a gay teenager who enlists the U.S. Mar cir 1990. * gay marine *
"The Inspectn" is a new feature about a young man who turns his life around the Mare Corps after beg kicked out of the hoe as a teen for beg gay and livg homels for several years. Bratton lived on the streets for a after beg kicked out of the hoe for beg gay. The trailer for Bratton's film brgs a lot of the Mare Corps' re valu, so looks like we n expect a movie that portrays lead character Ellis French's ary experience a posive light spe of the herent problems a gay Mare would have faced that era.
Netflix has greenl a seri — which unts the legendary Norman Lear among s executive producers — that will follow a gay teenager who enlists the U.
The streamer has orred 10 episos of The Corps, a drama that will follows Cameron Cope (Mil Heizer), a bullied gay teen who jos the Mar wh his straight bt iend, Ray McCaffey (Liam Oh), 1990 — a pre-Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell era when beg gay the ary uld mean jail time or worse. Before "don't ask, don't tell" was officially repealed for gay, lbian, and bisexual ary personnel 2011, a photo of a male Mare drag uld have land him hot water.
GAY U.S. MARE DRAMA FROM NORMAN LEAR A GO AT NETFLIX
* gay marine *
"Lbian, gay, and bisexual ary personnel had been servg our untry for s whout receivg equal protectn, while transgenr troops are still prohibed om servg openly.
GAY MAR, THEN AND NOW
The gay mare whose homeg kiss wh his boyiend went viral yterday has revealed that their passnate embrace was the uple's first ever. Sgt Brandon Man, of Oakdale, California, told how a four year iendship wh Wdward O * gay marine *
"As a gay man, I n relate to what is still the opprsive stigma of homosexualy. He’s a gung ho, profsnal staff sergeant, and if I were forced to adm to anyone, he’s pretty damn ’s openly gay. The are the voic explag what has been like to be a gay man1 the Amerin ary over the prev seventy or so years, om World War II veterans their late eighti to young servicemen on active duty.
TELL: AN INTIMATE HISTORY OF GAY MEN THE MILARY
Life Today as a Gay ServicemanHow we got here: In 1992, many people thought that the discrimatn was nearly over. "I remember beg the Castro, " says John Forrett (army rerve, 1987–99), "and watchg the TV at a bar wh some iends, watchg Al Gore and Bill Clton swearg that if they beme the tag team for Ameri they were gog to get rid of the harassment of gays and lbians servg the ary. " Gay people were allowed the ary but only as long as they didn’t reveal their sexualy; to facilate this, all members of the ary were also prohibed om quirg about anyone’s possible orientatn.
OPENLY GAY PILOT LEAVG NAVY AFTER HARASSMENT
Gay people were only acceptable, effect, to the gree to which they uld succsfully masquera as nongay.
GAY MARE KISS GO VIRAL
Seventeen years which gay servicemen have existed a paradoxil kd of herworld.
NETFLIX ORRS GAY MARE DRAMEDY INSPIRED BY GREG COPE WHE MEMOIR, NORMAN LEAR TO PRODUCE
Servicemen were advised that until then the policy would still apply, and that they uld potentially face s sanctns if they intify themselv publicly as gay.
’ "Air Force #1: "Two of my iends were disvered, both officers—’s a long and arduo procs for an officer to get kicked out for beg gay.
THIS GAY MARE FELL LOVE WH NNG WHILE HE WAS STATNED IRAQ
"Air Force #2 (senr airman, three years): "No one at my job would ever, ever spect that I was gay at all.
HOW IS A MARE BASE LIKE A GOTHIC NOVEL? ASK A ROXANE GAY-ANOTED BUT THOR
And you’re good at your job—a gay person wouldn’t be good at his job, so obvly you’re not gay. You’re a Mare, you don’t md gettg dirty, gog out to the field and not showerg for weeks at a, if you were gay, when you have to shower wh all the other guys you’d get all exced.
‘INSPECTN’ DIRECTOR LLS NEW MARE FILM THE ‘BLACK, GAY ROCKY’
You’re not gettg exced so you’re clearly not gay. I mean, if you want to hi, the Mare Corps is one of the bt plac to do that, bee nobody wants to adm they are standg next to a gay guy.
Nobody wants to adm that they have gone to war wh gay people.
I had ma about halfway through and the recer was trated wh how long was takg me, and he said, ’Well, basilly, are you gay? One Man’s Operatn Iraqi FreedomMany gay servicemen the morn era—cludg Eric Alva (Mar, 1991–2004)—have pleted long ary reers whout their sexualy ever beg revealed.