Army’s first openly gay general retir after spirg others | Article | The Uned Stat Army

Contents:

• WOMAN BE FIRST OPENLY GAY GENERAL
• ARMY’S FIRST OPENLY GAY GENERAL RETIR AFTER SPIRG OTHERS
• RICHARD GRENELL NOW HIGHT-RANKG OPENLY GAY OFFICIAL US ERNMENT HISTORY
• BOY BAND MEMBERS WHO ARE OUT AS GAY, BISEXUAL OR QUEER

WOMAN BE FIRST OPENLY GAY GENERAL

|Woman Be First Openly Gay General ADVERTISEMENTWoman Be First Openly Gay GeneralAug. 12, 2012WASHINGTON — An Army officer beg promoted to brigadier general openly acknowledged her homosexualy on Friday by havg her wife p her star to her uniform, th beg the first openly gay officer of flag rank the Uned Stat officer, Brig. The star was affixed by Tracey Hepner, who was a -founr last year of the Milary Partners and Fai Coaln, which “provis support, rourc, tn and advocy for lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr ary partners and their fai, ” acrdg to s Web uple married March 2012 the District of ary dropped s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy for gay service members on Sept.

”ImageSue Fulton, a spokwoman for OutServe, a two-year-old anizatn of lbians and gay men the ary, said Sunday that was “highly unlikely” that General Smh was the only gay officer of her rank. She lled the promotn ceremony which General Smh acknowledged beg gay part of the bt Army tradn.

Smh, the first openly gay ary officer of flag rank, misstated the year she and her partner were married.

ARMY’S FIRST OPENLY GAY GENERAL RETIR AFTER SPIRG OTHERS

It was this year, March — not we handle rrectnsA versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 8 of the New York edn wh the headle: Woman Be First Openly Gay General. Tammy Smh, the ary’s hight-rankg openly gay officer, me out 2012, she has tried beg an example of livg thentilly while also beg a bean of visibily to other Soldiers and their fai. The policy banned lbians, gay men and bisexuals om servg the ary.

It terrified her to e out as gay such a public way, but she felt a rponsibily to do , she said. As difficult as was for her, g out publicly as gay “may not have been as easy for someone who was at a lower rank, ” Smh said an terview last week.

“When I me durg the 80s, thgs were different for women and gay people, and now 2021, the societal l are different aga.

RICHARD GRENELL NOW HIGHT-RANKG OPENLY GAY OFFICIAL US ERNMENT HISTORY

“People mt fd fort and ph back some of that ternalized homophobia, and build a b on the journey between hont and thentic. A surge of state legislatn related to the LGBTQ muny has passed this year, aimed primarily at regulatg curriculum public schools — such as Florida’s bill that opponents labeled “Don’t Say Gay” — and rtrictg genr-affirmg health re for transgenr youth. In his closed-door posn last month, Ziegler told lawmakers that he is gay, and phed back agast the notn om some right-wg figur that his sexual orientatn fluenc his polics or his job.

“People have said, bee I’m gay and that I am workg as the se agent on this vtigatn, that I mt be a far-left liberal, perfectly placed to f some agenda. The new job, a bet-level posn, mak Grenell the hight servg openly gay man to hold feral office Uned Stat history.

“I know I speak for so many the LGBT muny who love and support this urageo appotment by Print Tmp, ” add Whe, who is gay. Print Barack Obama never appoted an openly gay bet member, a source of bterns for LGBT activists at the time. Last December — jt hours before his boss was impeached by the Hoe of Reprentativ — Grenell led the Uned Natns nmng 69 untri that still outlaw homosexualy.

BOY BAND MEMBERS WHO ARE OUT AS GAY, BISEXUAL OR QUEER

“I want them to unrstand that you nnot put someone jail or kill someone simply for beg gay, ” Grenell told the assembled reprentativ, some om natns where LGBTQ people are targeted. The mastream populary of boy bands wtern mic almost ensur that one or two members of each group intifi as gay, bisexual or queer. Most out gay boy band members talk about their early reer days of havg dual personas - the public heterosexual teen male, and the private gay dividual - creatg an thenticy paradox.

There have been sporadic attempts to create succsful all-gay boy bands to ter to the LGBTQ dance club crowd. Neverthels, there is a group of notable boy band members who publicly intify as gay, bisexual or queer.