I'm a Gay Army Officer—Queer Troops Mt Fight Back

Contents:

• I'M A GAY ARMY OFFICER—QUEER TROOPS MT FIGHT BACK
• GAY RIGHTS
• GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT
• IN ONE DAY, TMP ADMISTRATN LANDS 3 PUNCH AGAST GAY RIGHTS

I'M A GAY ARMY OFFICER—QUEER TROOPS MT FIGHT BACK

I was one of few soldiers who joed the service before graduatg high school, but the admistratn at the time, which I believe was homophobic, chose to act as if I never existed bee of my queer hate that I experienced growg up on Long Island was my first enunter wh how others would treat me as a queer soldier. November 29Blood donatns by MSMs be banned (1-year ferral) early May 2017, the Natnal Council approved a motn llg on all rtrictns on gay and bisexual men donatg blood to be lifted. SeptemberConversn therapy be not September 2017, a feral judge Brasília approved the e of nversn therapy by a psychologist to “cure” people of homosexualy, overlg the 1999 cisn.

Instead, dividuals are asked to provi a statement om a medil profsnal or a psychologist certifyg that they unrwent the appropriate treatment to change their legal 19Homosexual activy be male illegal, female legal. Homosexualy is 6Conversn therapy be Passed by Senate Commtee of New 1Blood donatns by MSMs be banned (1-year ferral) 2016 the Norwegian Directorate of Health cid that om April 2017 MSMs and men who had sold themselv sexually would be accepted as blood donors, provid that there had been at least 12 months sce their last sexual ntact. AprilBlood donatns by MSMs be banned (1-year ferral) 2016 the Norwegian Directorate of Health cid that om April 2017 MSMs and men who had sold themselv sexually would be accepted as blood donors, provid that there had been at least 12 months sce their last sexual donatns by MSMs be banned (1-year ferral) 2016 the Norwegian Directorate of Health cid that om April 2017 MSMs and men who had sold themselv sexually would be accepted as blood donors, provid that there had been at least 12 months sce their last sexual 30Same-sex marriage be Marriage (Amendment) Bill 2017 troduced Civil Partnerships and modified the Marriage Ordance 1996 to state that same-sex marriag are lawful and would be treated the same as marriage between a man and a 6Homosexual activy be illegal (imprisonment as punishment).

The Early Gay Rights Movement In 1924, Henry Gerber, a German immigrant, found Chigo the Society for Human Rights, the first documented gay rights anizatn the Uned Stat. Army service World War I, Gerber was spired to create his anizatn by the Scientific-Humanarian Commtee, a “homosexual emancipatn” group ’s small group published a few issu of s newsletter “Friendship and Freedom, ” the untry’s first gay-tert newsletter.

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Ernment signated Gerber’s Chigo hoe a Natnal Historic Pk TriangleCorbis/Getty ImagHomosexual prisoners at the ncentratn mp at Sachsenhsen, Germany, wearg pk triangl on their uniforms on December 19, gay rights movement stagnated for the next few s, though LGBT dividuals around the world did e to the spotlight a few example, English poet and thor Radclyffe Hall stirred up ntroversy 1928 when she published her lbian-themed novel, The Well of Lonels. Addnally, 1948, his book Sexual Behavr the Human Male, Aled Ksey proposed that male sexual orientatn li on a ntuum between exclively homosexual to exclively Homophile Years In 1950, Harry Hay found the Mattache Foundatn, one of the natn’s first gay rights group. ”Though started off small, the foundatn, which sought to improve the liv of gay men through discsn groups and related activi, expand after foundg member Dale Jenngs was arrted 1952 for solicatn and then later set ee due to a adlocked the end of the year, Jenngs formed another anizatn lled One, Inc., which weled women and published ONE, the untry’s first pro-gay magaze.

Post Office, which 1954 clared the magaze “obscene” and refed to liver Mattache Society Mattache Foundatn members rtctured the anizatn to form the Mattache Society, which had lol chapters other parts of the untry and 1955 began publishg the untry’s send gay publitn, The Mattache Review. That same year, four lbian upl San Francis found an anizatn lled the Dghters of Bilis, which soon began publishg a newsletter lled The Ladr, the first lbian publitn of any early years of the movement also faced some notable setbacks: the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn listed homosexualy as a form of mental disorr followg year, Print Dwight D.

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In 1961, Illois beme the first state to do away wh s anti-sodomy laws, effectively crimalizg homosexualy, and a lol TV statn California aired the first documentary about homosexualy, lled The 1965, Dr.

”In fear of beg shut down by thori, bartenrs would ny drks to patrons spected of beg gay or kick them out altogether; others would serve them drks but force them to s facg away om other ctomers to prevent them om 1966, members of the Mattache Society New York Cy staged a “sip-”—a twist on the “s-” protts of the 1960s— which they vised taverns, clared themselv gay, and waed to be turned away so they uld sue. They were nied service at the Greenwich Village tavern Juli, rultg much publicy and the quick reversal of the anti-gay liquor Stonewall Inn A few years later, 1969, a now-famo event talyzed the gay rights movement: The Stonewall clanste gay club Stonewall Inn was an stutn Greenwich Village bee was large, cheap, allowed dancg and weled drag queens and homels the early hours of June 28, 1969, New York Cy police raid the Stonewall Inn. After the Stonewall Rts, a msage was pated on the outsi of the board-up bar readg, "We homosexuals plead wh out people to please help mata peaceful and quiet nduct on the streets of the village.

IN ONE DAY, TMP ADMISTRATN LANDS 3 PUNCH AGAST GAY RIGHTS

" This sign was wrten by the Mattache Society–an early anizatn dited to fightg for gay reportg the events, The New York Daily News rorted to homophobic slurs s tailed verage, nng the headle: “Homo Nt Raid, Queen Be Are Stgg Mad.

”Over the next several nights, gay activists ntued to gather near the Stonewall, takg advantage of the moment to spread rmatn and build the muny that would fuel the growth of the gay rights movement. Johnson is seen at a Gay Liberatn Front monstratn at Cy Hall New York, a large crowd memorat the 2nd anniversary of the Stonewall rts Greenwich Village of New York Cy 1971.