Soldiers reprentg the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer muny virtually celebrated Pri Month Thursday
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- ARMY TO AWARD “THE GAY IS OK” RIBBON TO ENTIRE FORCE
- US ARY IS POSTG GAY PRI RABOWS ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR PRI MONTH – HERE ARE THE PICS
- HOW AN ARMY VETERAN SIGNED THE INIC SYMBOL OF THE GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT
- MILARY GAY PRI RIBBON
ARMY TO AWARD “THE GAY IS OK” RIBBON TO ENTIRE FORCE
* army gay pride ribbon *
Army to Award “The Gay is OK” Ribbon To Entire Force. – In an effort to undo the negative fluence of more than 100 years of bigotry, harassment, timidatn, and fear of homosexuals s ranks, the Army announced yterday that every Soldier will be issued, and required to wear, the new Personnel Ribbon Diversy Experience, known more lloquially as “The Gay is OK” ribbon. Award after succsfully pletg mandatory “sexual orientatn and re-orientatn” trag basic trag, the ribbon monstrat “a clear mment to rightg past wrongs, prervg prent power, and ensurg the future legimacy” of the lbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, and queer muny wh the Army, said Rggold durg an terview his Pentagon office.
“We have always been ‘OK wh the gay, ’” said Army Corporal Alan Miller, a native of Mobile, Alabama.
US ARY IS POSTG GAY PRI RABOWS ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR PRI MONTH – HERE ARE THE PICS
The gay muny's rabow flag is universally regnizable, but would not have been ma whout Army veteran Gilbert Baker. * army gay pride ribbon *
You don’t thk we managed to piece together who was gay all that time? “This whole Don’t Ask Don’t Tell repeal thg was a non-issue for , bee we me to terms wh gays our ranks sometime around… October 2001, when we cid we had more important thgs to worry about, like stoppg AQ om blowg the sh out of our untry aga.
HOW AN ARMY VETERAN SIGNED THE INIC SYMBOL OF THE GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT
People thk that bee most of the Army’s enlisted members e om the ral South, and that we’re predomantly Christian, that somehow we n’t work wh our ras who are gay. “I’m not gay, I don’t want to be gay, I thk I have a grand total of maybe two gay iends. My relig beliefs are important to me, and they say homosexualy is a s.
I don’t like (homosexualy), ’s not for me, but that don’t make patible wh ary service. While tolerant of homosexualy and other alternative liftyl, some Soldiers qutn why the Army is sudnly givg out an award for basilly jt beg a cent human beg. Addnally, the thor isn’t gay, or a “gay ally” or even a liberal.
He’s jt someone who thks ’s ridiculo that “the gays” is still an issue. Leonard Matlovich, who stood agast the ban on homosexuals the ary. Naval Hospal Rota Spa posted a Pri graphic created by the Milary Health System, and said, “The Defense Health Agency (DHA) regniz the work of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr Amerins tablishg a ee natn that valu diversy, a val ponent of a ee natn.
MILARY GAY PRI RIBBON
Army Rerve, participat a lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer panel discsn June 24, 2021.
WASHINGTON -- Soldiers reprentg the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer muny virtually celebrated Pri Month Thursday as part of a discsn that marked another step the Army’s growg regnn toward the LGBTQ muny. Every June, Pri Month is a natnal observance that is held to memorate the Stonewall Uprisg Manhattan, New York, 1969, a historic tippg pot wh the gay liberatn movement to empower all LGBTQ Amerins. The directive was a promise measure that barred LGBTQ-intifyg persons om ary service, but also prohibed ary personnel om discrimatg agast, or harassg, closeted gay and lbian troops.
Even 2011, after lawmakers repealed the directive, the repeal only ensured gay, lbian and bisexual troops uld openly serve. “I was explicly asked on my [enlistment] forms: Are you gay? Tammy Smh participate a lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer panel discsn June 24, 2021.