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• US ARMY GENERAL COM OUT AS GAY, INTRODUC HIS ‘HBAND’ AT PENTAGON GAY PRI EVENT
• JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
• ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
• THE REVOLUTNARY WAR HERO WHO WAS OPENLY GAY
• AN OPENLY GAY MAN RUNS THE ARMY
• ARMY’S FIRST OPENLY GAY GENERAL RETIR AFTER SPIRG OTHERS
• WOMAN BE FIRST OPENLY GAY GENERAL
• HISTORY’S GREATT GAY GENERAL
• LT. GENERAL HOBART R. GAY
• ERNST RöHM, THE HIGHT-RANKG GAY NAZI
• GENERAL GAYETY
• ABOUT THE CENTERSCE 1983 THE CENTER HAS BEEN SUPPORTG, FOSTERG AND CELEBRATG THE LGBT MUNY OF NEW YORK CY. FD MORE RMATN ON AND OUR WORK ABOUT THE CENTER. VIS ABOUT THE CENTEROUR MISSNCYBER CENTERCENTER HISTORYRACE EQUYMEDIA CENTERLEARSHIP & STAFFEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNICORPORATE PARTNERSHIPSANNUAL REPORTS & FANCIAL INFORMATNCONTACT USHOURS & LOTNSEMAPSUPPORT THE CENTER
• TAMMY SMH: FIRST OPENLY GAY U.S. GENERAL
• SMH BE FIRST GAY GENERAL OFFICER TO SERVE OPENLY
• HISTORY’S GREATT GAY GENERALWAR IS BORG·FOLLOWPUBLISHED WAR IS BORG·8 M READ·MAR 9, 2014--1LISTENSHARENO, NOT ALEXANR THE GREAT—FRERICK THE GREAT
• HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR?
• FIRST OPENLY GAY ARMY SECRETARY ON TMP’S MILARY TRANS BAN
• GAY MEN UNR THE NAZI REGIME

US ARMY GENERAL COM OUT AS GAY, INTRODUC HIS ‘HBAND’ AT PENTAGON GAY PRI EVENT

Vcent, anal sex is punishable by up to 10 years prison, while “gross cency” wh another person of the same sex is punishable by up to five years, acrdg to lonial-era laws that are mon the socially nservative Caribbean rarely voked, the rights group and a lol activist said the laws help legimize hostily and abe agast gay people.

”Human Rights Watch terviewed more than 20 members of the island’s LGBTQ muny who shared their stori but were not intified to protect them, notg that lol police are often openly discrimatory toward gay people who seek help. Several reported that their fai are homophobic and physilly and verbally abed them, g them to bee homels and promptg some to nsir also stggle to fd jobs amid a high unemployment rate and said they face discrimatn, cludg a 19-year-old gay man who said he has rorted to beggg: “Sometim I am so hungry. ”González wh Human Rights Watch noted that 2019, the ernment held a workshop for public employe on the importance of rpectg gay rights, a rare move for a nservative Caribbean natn.

That is a tribute to those who fought so hard to repeal the ban, and a measure of the natn’s at tim uncerta, but as yet unfailg, march toward retrospect the fight that nvulsed this untry over whether gay Amerins should serve uniform seems sensels, almost absurd. Yet is stctive, if only bee a Pentagon plan to allow transgenr Amerins to serve openly uniform remas stalled by a siar, albe quieter, is broad agreement that prohibg openly gay people om servg was a cel policy that abetted bigotry.

JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

Peter Pace, then the chairman of the Jot Chiefs of Staff, told The Chigo Tribune, “I believe homosexual acts between two dividuals are immoral and that we should not ndone immoral acts.

Tammy Smh, the ary’s hight-rankg openly gay officer, me out 2012, she has tried beg an example of livg thentilly while also beg a bean of visibily to other Soldiers and their fai.

ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL

Gay villas n be handled well, but 's problematic that the only openly gay character Dragon Ball happens to be signed like a Nazi, wh a very Nazi-que uniform and Aryan appearance.

THE REVOLUTNARY WAR HERO WHO WAS OPENLY GAY

12, 2012WASHINGTON — An Army officer beg promoted to brigadier general openly acknowledged her homosexualy on Friday by havg her wife p her star to her uniform, th beg the first openly gay officer of flag rank the Uned Stat officer, Brig. The star was affixed by Tracey Hepner, who was a -founr last year of the Milary Partners and Fai Coaln, which “provis support, rourc, tn and advocy for lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr ary partners and their fai, ” acrdg to s Web uple married March 2012 the District of ary dropped s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy for gay service members on Sept.

AN OPENLY GAY MAN RUNS THE ARMY

”ImageSue Fulton, a spokwoman for OutServe, a two-year-old anizatn of lbians and gay men the ary, said Sunday that was “highly unlikely” that General Smh was the only gay officer of her rank. It was this year, March — not we handle rrectnsA versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 8 of the New York edn wh the headle: Woman Be First Openly Gay General. Homosexualy is nate — at least is for me — but the social nceptn of what beg gay means has varied over we e the word "orientatn" today, 18th-century wrers would ll a "taste.

Several bgraphi have more than a whiff of his haggraphy of the kg, historian Thomas Carlyle rejected assertns that Frerick was gay as a "thrice-abomable mor" spread by those wh a "solacement to human malice and impertent cursy. "Add Zimmermann:Voltaire, [the poet Lrent] la Bemelle, the [French foreign mister] De Choisl, numerable Frenchman and Germans, almost all the iends and enemi of Frerick, almost all the prc and great men of Europe, even his servants — even the nfidants and iends of his later years, were of opn that he had loved, as is pretend, Socrat loved even Zimmermann tried to straighten his hero, spng a dub and far-fetched theory that Frerick wasn't gay, he jt wanted other people to thk he was.

"This soldier, young, handsome, well ma, and who played the flute, served to enterta the prisoner more than one fashn, " the French wrer and philosopher Voltaire a personal letter, Voltaire would pare Frerick to the gay lover of ancient Bhynian kg Nies IV.

ARMY’S FIRST OPENLY GAY GENERAL RETIR AFTER SPIRG OTHERS

Jt days to his first bat mand, General Gay had told reporters that he was sure that most persons movg south and toward Amerin l were "North Korean guerrillas", even though the US Army self had told civilians to head that way for their own protectn.

WOMAN BE FIRST OPENLY GAY GENERAL

Those are good qutns, pecially on the cp of Pri Month, and 10 years after the Department of Defense’s “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy got kicked to the that outdated mandate, lbian, gay and bisexual people uld don uniforms but uldn’t be open about their sexual orientatn, lt they be booted om service. Sce 1993, and the troductn of the "don't ask, don't tell" law - which permted homosexuals to serve as long as they kept their sexual orientatn to themselv - nearly 10, 000 gays have been "separated" or discharged om the US armed servic. But Virgil Richard, a US Army Brigadier General, Alan Steman, a Rear Admiral the US Coast Guard and Brigadier General Keh Kerr, the hight-rankg ary officers to acknowledge that they are gay, say the policy is a misguid one.

They argue that forcg gays to keep their sexualy a secret has self a negative impact on ary performance, and note that Bra's cisn to clu gays and lbians the army has not had any discernible impact on the forc effectivens the battlefield. "They say that un hn is adversely affected by havg gays serve the ary - I would ntend that 's adversely affected bee if you put out "don't ask don't tell, " you put out a standard that mak everyone wonr about the other person's sexualy, " he told BBC World Service's Outlook programme.

HISTORY’S GREATT GAY GENERAL

"That hopefully would enurage other gay and lbian veterans to step forward and monstrate to the Amerin public - and to the admistratn - how many of are workg the ary, dog our patrtic duty to serve their untry. '” She go further, wonrg if “the purge of the SA and the killg of Röhm reprented the leral objective rrelative for the supprsn and reprsn of the homosexual sir their own Nazism? Around 15, 000 gay people were sent to ncentratn mps, where some were experimented upon bizarre efforts to fd a “cure” for sexual orientatn, a forhadowg of Amerin psychologil and later fundamentalist efforts to try the same thg.

And I also read that, you know, before you were able to be openly gay the ary that, you know, a lot of thgs had to - everythg you did or thought about had to sort of be planned, a way. So there will be some folks who will look up to me for beg gay - and not so much bee I'm gay, bee that's not really signifint, so much as that I upheld my personal tegry a way that is fortable for me.

LT. GENERAL HOBART R. GAY

What she gloss over is that along wh the promotn she is also publicly acknowledgg her sexualy for the first time, makg her the first general officer to e out as gay while still servg. The paper add that the ceremony Augt 10, at which Smh was officially promoted, “marks an important tone for gay rights advot, givg the movement s most senr public ary figure.

The Tim reported that Hepner is the founr of an anizatn lled Milary Partners and Fai Coaln, which, s webse explas, exists to provi “support, rourc, tn, and advocy for lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr ary partners and their fai. The irony of that ment is that, up until the dismantlg of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT) 2011, homosexual behavr had been nsired a vlatn of the valu of Ameri’s fightg force sce the natn’s foundg. For example, as reported by The New Amerin, June Defense Secretary Leon Pata released a vio thankg homosexual ary personnel for their service to the natn — both durg and sce the repeal of DADT.

ERNST RöHM, THE HIGHT-RANKG GAY NAZI

“As we regnize pri month, I want to personally thank all of our gay and lbian service members, LGBT civilians and their fai for their dited service to our untry, ” Pata said. In July, as reported by The New Amerin, Pata followed up that ngratulatns by allowg ary personnel to march uniform a San Diego “gay pri para, ” an act that is banned by ary regulatns. ), a member of the Senate Armed Servic Commtee, fired off a letter to Pata askg him why he offered a waiver of that prohibn to homosexual personnel, while at the same time allowg a Navy chapla to be punished for wearg his uniform to a pro-life event, or a Mare for attendg a Ron Pl mpaign event his uniform.

“If the Navy n punish a chapla for participatg a pro-life event or a Mare for participatg a polil rally, stands to reason that the Defense Department should mata the same standard and preclu service members uniform om marchg a gay pri para, ” Inhofe challenged Pata.

GENERAL GAYETY

In a separate statement, Inhofe exprsed his ncern that the Obama admistratn “ntu to force s liberal social agenda on the ary by promotg the homosexual agenda, mandatg the e of high-st green energy iativ, pursug abortn rights, and supprsg the ee exercise of relig liberti. ” By ntrast, said Ray, “there is a two month history of open homosexual polil activy the ary, and senr Pentagon officials are llg this grand social experiment ‘participatg wh fay tradnal ceremoni. While Patton and Gay were seated the back seat of the staff r, enroute to the huntg lodge, there was a traffic accint, durg which Patton staed spal juri that later st him his life.

The Print of the Uned Stat of Ameri, thorized by Act of Congrs, July 9, 1918, tak pleasure prentg the Distguished Service Cross to Major General [then Brigadier General] Hobart Raymond Gay (ASN: 0-7323), Uned Stat Army, for extraordary heroism nnectn wh ary operatns agast an armed enemy while servg wh Headquarters, 3d Army, actn agast enemy forc on 11 November 1944. When the operatns of the 90th Infantry Divisn of the Third Army were great peril, General Gay ma an spectn of the bridgg operatns over the flood Moselle and of the forward elements of the Divisn east of the Moselle om Mallg to Keonigmacker.

In spe of tense enemy fir om small arms, artillery, high velocy direct fire weapons, General Gay ntued his missn spirg all ranks by his ol and urageo nduct and sound and enuragg advice.

ABOUT THE CENTERSCE 1983 THE CENTER HAS BEEN SUPPORTG, FOSTERG AND CELEBRATG THE LGBT MUNY OF NEW YORK CY. FD MORE RMATN ON AND OUR WORK ABOUT THE CENTER. VIS ABOUT THE CENTEROUR MISSNCYBER CENTERCENTER HISTORYRACE EQUYMEDIA CENTERLEARSHIP & STAFFEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNICORPORATE PARTNERSHIPSANNUAL REPORTS & FANCIAL INFORMATNCONTACT USHOURS & LOTNSEMAPSUPPORT THE CENTER

Major General Gay's gallant learship, personal bravery and zealo votn to duty exemplify the hight tradns of the ary forc of the Uned Stat and reflect great cred upon himself, the 3d Army, and the Uned Stat Army. The Print of the Uned Stat of Ameri, unr the provisns of the Act of Congrs approved July 9, 1918, tak pleasure prentg a Bronze Oak Leaf Clter li of a Send Award of the Distguished Service Cross to Major General Hobart Raymond Gay (ASN: 0-7323), Uned Stat Army, for extraordary heroism nnectn wh ary operatns agast an armed enemy of the Uned Natns while as Commandg General of the 1st Cavalry Divisn.

Durg this perd, although faced by overwhelmg numeril superry, General Gay so skillfully led his Divisn that the enemy's advance was slowed and ultimately halted along the Naktong River Le.

TAMMY SMH: FIRST OPENLY GAY U.S. GENERAL

Realizg the serns of the suatn and the necsy for phg forward, General Gay ma his way unr enemy fire to the lead tank and personally directed accurate fire at the enemy antank guns, which elimated them. Several bgraphi have more than a whiff of his haggraphy of the kg, historian Thomas Carlyle rejected assertns that Frerick was gay as a “thrice-abomable mor” spread by those wh a “solacement to human malice and impertent cursy. “This soldier, young, handsome, well ma, and who played the flute, served to enterta the prisoner more than one fashn, ” the French wrer and philosopher Voltaire a personal letter, Voltaire would pare Frerick to the gay lover of ancient Bhynian kg Nies IV.

SMH BE FIRST GAY GENERAL OFFICER TO SERVE OPENLY

Increasg numbers of populatn-based surveys the Uned Stat and across the world clu qutns that allow for an timate of the size of the lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) populatn. In measurg sexual orientatn, lbian, gay, and bisexual dividuals may be intified strictly based on their self-inty or may be possible to nsir same-sex sexual behavr or sexual attractn. While the surveys show a fairly wi variatn the overall percentage of adults who intify as LGB, the proportn who intify as lbian/gay vers bisexual is somewhat more nsistent (see Figure 2).

HISTORY’S GREATT GAY GENERALWAR IS BORG·FOLLOWPUBLISHED WAR IS BORG·8 M READ·MAR 9, 2014--1LISTENSHARENO, NOT ALEXANR THE GREAT—FRERICK THE GREAT

The Natnal Survey of Sexual Health and Behavr and the Atralian Longudal Study of Health and Relatnships both found a majory of rponnts (55% and 59%, rpectively) intifyg as surveys show even greater nsistency differenc between men and women associated wh lbian/gay vers bisexual inty. Gay newspapers and journals, such as Die Frndschaft (Friendship) and Der Eigene (translated varly, but this ntext implyg “his own man”), ntributed to the growth of gay works.

Fally, 1936 SS lear and Chief of the German Police Herich Himmler tablished the Reich Central Office for the Combatg of Homosexualy and Abortn (Reichszentrale zur Bekämpfung r Homosexualät und r Abtreibung). Unverg the histori of gay men durg the Nazi era was difficult for much of the twentieth century bee of ntued prejudice agast same-sex sexualy and the ongog enforcement of Paragraph 175. A few years later, May 2008, the Memorial to Homosexuals Persecuted unr Nazism (Denkmal für die im Natnalsozialism verfolgten Homosexuellen) was unveiled nearby Tiergarten park central Berl.

HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR?

This page provis accurate rmatn for those who want to better unrstand sexual orientatn and the impact of prejudice and discrimatn on those who intify as lbian, gay, or bisexual. Public opn studi over the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s routely showed that, among large segments of the public, lbian, gay, and bisexual people were the target of strongly held negative attus. The associatn of HIV/AIDS wh gay and bisexual men and the accurate belief that some people held that all gay and bisexual men were fected served to further stigmatize lbian, gay, and bisexual people.

FIRST OPENLY GAY ARMY SECRETARY ON TMP’S MILARY TRANS BAN

On an dividual level, such prejudice and discrimatn may also have negative nsequenc, pecially if lbian, gay, and bisexual people attempt to nceal or ny their sexual orientatn.

Dpe the persistence of stereotyp that portray lbian, gay, and bisexual people as disturbed, several s of rearch and clil experience have led all mastream medil and mental health anizatns this untry to nclu that the orientatns reprent normal forms of human experience.

Helpful rpons of a therapist treatg an dividual who is troubled about her or his same sex attractns clu helpg that person actively pe wh social prejudic agast homosexualy, succsfully rolve issu associated wh and rultg om ternal nflicts, and actively lead a happy and satisfyg life. The phrase “g out” is ed to refer to several aspects of lbian, gay, and bisexual persons’ experienc: self-awarens of same-sex attractns; the tellg of one or a few people about the attractns; wispread disclosure of same-sex attractns; and intifitn wh the lbian, gay, and bisexual muny. Th, is not surprisg that lbians and gay men who feel they mt nceal their sexual orientatn report more equent mental health ncerns than do lbians and gay men who are more open; they may even have more physil health problems.

GAY MEN UNR THE NAZI REGIME

Lbian, gay, and bisexual youth who do well spe strs—like all adolcents who do well spe strs—tend to be those who are socially petent, who have good problem-solvg skills, who have a sense of tonomy and purpose, and who look forward to the future. If they are a heterosexual relatnship, their experienc may be que siar to those of people who intify as heterosexual unls they choose to e out as bisexual; that se, they will likely face some of the same prejudice and discrimatn that lbian and gay dividuals enunter.

Although parable data are not available, many sgle lbians and gay men are also parents, and many same-sex upl are part-time parents to children whose primary rince is elsewhere.

For example, are the children of lbian or gay parents more vulnerable to mental breakdown, do they have more behavr problems, or are they ls psychologilly healthy than other children?