Gay and Lbian soldiers faced extraordary discrimatn durg World War II. Most found new muni of people and thrived spe the opprsn. Disver the film Comg Out Unr Fire that shar their story.
Contents:
- ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ CORPORATE EDN: DESANTIS WANTS TO WAGE WAR AGAST BUD LIGHT
- "COMG OUT UNR FIRE": THE STORY OF GAY AND LBIAN SERVICEMEMBERS
- CONFERATE AND UNN: THE UNTOLD HISTORY OF GAY CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS
- GAY MEN UNR THE NAZI REGIME
‘DON’T SAY GAY’ CORPORATE EDN: DESANTIS WANTS TO WAGE WAR AGAST BUD LIGHT
* homosexuality in war *
And then on June 30, the last day of Pri Month, DeSantis released a bizarre homophobic ad that showed a mashup of clips, headl, and statement ma by Tmp support of the LGBTQ muny juxtaposed wh a mashup of DeSantis dog his bt to make himself look tough while attackg LGBTQ rights. A glossed-over element for me, however, is the experience of the gay man this perd.
"COMG OUT UNR FIRE": THE STORY OF GAY AND LBIAN SERVICEMEMBERS
Before I do so, however, I have to apologise twice: once for the very fleetg verage I n give to the subject matter owg to nstrats of space and, nnected to this, aga for the impersonal way this brief treatment necsat I portray the very real liv of homosexual men durg the perd.
Homosexualy BraIn 1885, the Brish penal was modified to “improve the moral climate of the unty”, acrdg to Profsor Mort his book, Dangero Sexuali. Labouchere advoted the outlawg of any homosexual ntact whatsoever and parliament duly passed the bill to law.
CONFERATE AND UNN: THE UNTOLD HISTORY OF GAY CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS
Misrmatn asi, 22 officers and 270 enlisted men were urt-marshalled for homosexualy durg the war; this figure, though no doubt only reprentg a small sample of the totaly of such experience, is remarkably smaller than I might have gused.
GAY MEN UNR THE NAZI REGIME
However, examatn of evince om the trench by psychologists and historians turn up far more evince for homoerotic feelg than tent or actn and seems to suggt that homosexual clatn was wily reprsed. Any laws prohibg sodomy were repealed 1791, durg the revolutn, and so homosexualy was technilly legal France durg the war. However, this do not mean that the French attus towards homosexualy were much better than across the channel.