Profsor Arthur S. Leonard’s sightful reportg receiv special mentn an award for Gay Cy News's verage of crime, policg, and urts.
Contents:
- HOW A CLOSETED AIR FORCE SERGEANT BEME THE FACE OF GAY RIGHTS
- PROFSOR ARTHUR S. LEONARD’S WORK GAY CY NEWS WS PRTIG PRIZE
HOW A CLOSETED AIR FORCE SERGEANT BEME THE FACE OF GAY RIGHTS
It was exactly 40 years ago that Leonard Matlovich tted the Air Force's ban on gay service members * is leonard gay community *
It was early 1974 when Leonard Matlovich stumbled across a story Air Force Tim that would change his life—and alter the urse of gay rights Ameri. The piece mentned that Frank Kameny, a pneerg gay rights activist, was lookg for a se to tt the ary’s ban on gay service members.
PROFSOR ARTHUR S. LEONARD’S WORK GAY CY NEWS WS PRTIG PRIZE
The groundbreakg 1980s ic about a middle aged gay uple is fally seeg a plete llectn of all of the prevly out-of-prt ics * is leonard gay community *
Matlovich had long known he was gay, but had lived his life firmly the closet as he followed his father’s footsteps to the Air Force and served Vietnam, earng a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart. 8, 1975, Matlovich, who had long been tensely guard about his personal life, was on the ver of TIME unr the banner headle, “I Am a Homosexual.
“I’m pretty old and have been volved gay rights for que a while, ” says Michael Bedwell, a close iend of Matlovich’s and the executor of his tate, “I never imaged simultaneoly how far we had to go and how long would take.