Multihyphenate filmmaker Elegance Bratton said his latt project, “The Inspectn,” about a gay homels Black man who jos the Mar, hs pecially
Contents:
- 'THE INSPECTN' HIGHLIGHTS A GAY BLACK MARE'S EXPERIENCE UNR 'DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL'
- FORMER GAY LEARNED TO LOVE HIMSELF AS A MAN, JOED THE MAR
'THE INSPECTN' HIGHLIGHTS A GAY BLACK MARE'S EXPERIENCE UNR 'DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL'
So the publitn of Gale’s Global Encyclopedia of Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, and Queer (LGBTQ) History is somethg I celebrate. In my encyclopedic entry on the Royal Navy, I show how the Navy has changed over the last s om beg an anisatn that once persecuted those spected of beg homosexual, often wreckg their liv, and for centuri even hanged such men. Ined, some people joed the Merchant Navy bee had a reputatn for beg a supportive and acceptant suatn, even though homosexual acts by crew remaed illegal until 1996.
FORMER GAY LEARNED TO LOVE HIMSELF AS A MAN, JOED THE MAR
The Merchant Navy’s (relative) permissivens means there is no perceived need for gay-iendly polici.