Espg an abive partner as a gay man the ary provid extra barriers for Rty Babck, a domtic vlence survivor, the don’t-ask-don’t-tell era.
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ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
Rty Babck faced an addnal layer of obstacl: He’s gay, he’s the Navy, and he was wh a toxic, ntrollg partner om 2003 until 2009.
Babck’s partner threatened to tell the Navy he was gay.
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