June is LGBTQ+ Pri Month, a celebratn of how lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer Amerins have strengthened the year’s theme across the Department of Defense is: “Rpect, Digny, and Service. Pri In All Who Serve.”The fight,
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- OPENLY GAY AIR FORCE MAND CHIEF AT RAMSTE LENDS VOICE OF PERSONAL EXPERIENCE FOR PRI MONTH
- WEARG NIKE'S PRI-THEMED AIR FORCE 1: SUPER GAY, SUPER GOOD
OPENLY GAY AIR FORCE MAND CHIEF AT RAMSTE LENDS VOICE OF PERSONAL EXPERIENCE FOR PRI MONTH
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Air Force announced the lnch of two new diversy and cln programs, cludg a Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr and Queer/Qutng iative team (LIT) and the Indigeno Natns Equaly Teams (INET). Grisham hop his experience of servg the Air Force for more than 20 years as a gay airman n reassure and spire other LGBTQ ary personnel. As far as he knows, he’s the only openly gay mand chief the Air Force.
Until 2011, when the repeal of the ary’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy took effect, openly gay and lbian people were barred om servg the U.
WEARG NIKE'S PRI-THEMED AIR FORCE 1: SUPER GAY, SUPER GOOD
Only 15 years ago, Chief Master Sgt. Jeremiah Grisham never imaged he’d be where he is today: the top enlisted lear for the 521st Air Mobily Operatns Wg at Ramste. As far as he knows, he’s the only openly gay mand chief the Air Force. * af gay *
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Gay and lbian service members have largely found acceptance the ary, he said. Grisham, as far as he knows, is the only openly gay mand chief the Air Force. The Air Force is addg two new groups to s slate of teams workg to create equable polici for mory employe, this time focg on the LGBTQ and native Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr and Queer/Qutng Iniative Team, or LIT, will tackle the issu that “disproportnately impe the succs” of those airmen and guardians, the Air Force said 10 years after the end of the Pentagon’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, which banned openly gay personnel om servg the ary om 1993 to 2011.
The Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr and Queer/Qutng Iniative Team (LIT) and the Indigeno Natns Equaly Teams (INET) were recently formally tablished by the Department of the Air Force unr the umbrella of s Barrier Analysis Workg Group (BAWG). The Department of the Air Force celebrat Pri Month and impact that lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer dividuals have had on Air Force history.
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While there are still a lot of rounds lefts the petn, queer fans of GBBO will certaly be rootg for the LGBTQ+ nttants to do well on the show and potentially even w season through to see pictur of Jam Dewar, Janz Domagala, and Nelsandro Farmhoe - and make sure to watch them on The Great Brish Bake pictur by @the_big_gay_baker, @janzbak, and @sandrosbak on Instagram. Ten years after the ary’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy began to phase out, gay and lbian Airmen say there’s more the Department of the Air Force n do to support the LGBTQ muny.
22, 2010, Print Barack Obama signed legislatn that led to the repeal of DADT, which for nearly two s blocked openly gay personnel om servg the ary. Several gay and lbian Airmen who spoke to Air Force Magaze said they have bee better wgmen sce the fall of DADT, and are optimistic about a ary where the LGBT muny is better reprented and accepted.
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Some wish the ary health re system was better attuned to the needs of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer personnel, rangg om HIV preventn and treatment to pregnancy issu.
Perhaps the most notable high-rankg gay ary official recent history is Eric Fanng, print and chief executive officer of the Aerospace Indtri Associatn. Fanng, a former Army Secretary and Actg Air Force Secretary, is the only openly gay person to have held senr posns the Army, Air Force, and Navy, as well as the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
“You uldn’t get a clearance if you were gay until 1998, ” said Le Schlsener, print of the advocy group Out Natnal Secury and a former speechwrer to Defense Secretari om 2012 to 2017. Airmen praised openly gay learship at their lol uns but worried that Air Force efforts to embrace diversy promotns will lead to tokenism.
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The nonprofs clu Athlete Ally, Camp Pri, The GenrCool Project, Lato Equaly Alliance, The Lbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgenr Communy Center, Queer Art, You Can Play, and many more lol and natnal s that foc on "advocy sports, creatg safe spac, and elevatg the history of the muny, " acrdg to Nike. June is LGBTQ+ Pri Month, a celebratn of how lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer Amerins have strengthened the untry.
The Stonewall Rts, also lled the Stonewall Uprisg, began on June 28, 1969, when New York Cy police raid the Stonewall Inn, a gay club loted Greenwich Village. The Stonewall Rts served as a talyst for the gay rights movement the Uned Stat and around the world. Print Bill Clton was the first print to officially regnize Pri Month when he released Proclamatn 7316 on June 2, 2000, clarg the month as “Gay and Lbian Pri Month.
Released a Proclamatn formally clarg June as Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr and Queer Pri Month, or LGBTQ+ Pri Month. It’s lled LIT, for the Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, and Queer/Qutng Iniative Team.