U.S. Navy lnch ship named after gay rights lear Harvey Milk : NPR

Contents:

• US NAVY LNCH SHIP NAMED FOR GAY RIGHTS ACTIVIST HARVEY MILK
• NAVY YEOMAN REMEMBERS HIS TIME AS A GAY SERVICEMAN THE 'DON'T ASK DON'T TELL' ERA
• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
• THE U.S. NAVY HAS CHRISTENED A SHIP NAMED AFTER SLA GAY RIGHTS LEAR HARVEY MILK

US NAVY LNCH SHIP NAMED FOR GAY RIGHTS ACTIVIST HARVEY MILK

""The Village People uldn't rec gays to the Navy before so I don't know why they thk works now, " another Twter er tweeted, referencg the 1979 song "In the Navy. "I've not once had a bad experience as a gay man the ary. Ls than two s ago, the Navy rerd 968 anti-gay harassment cints 12 months, acrdg to CBS after Print Barack Obama officially repealed the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, which had banned openly gay, lbian and bisexual people om servg the ary, 2011, the ary still prevented transgenr dividuals om servg.

“This person was gay and felt lost and alone, ready to jump ship. “I’m an advote for the LGBTQ+ muny and beg able to do drag is not jt for me, but a tribute to many service members who were kicked out, harassed, bullied, or worse for beg openly gay durg Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.

NAVY YEOMAN REMEMBERS HIS TIME AS A GAY SERVICEMAN THE 'DON'T ASK DON'T TELL' ERA

Whether the ployment of the active duty male who gets his kicks drsg up as a chick to troll for potential recs is succsful remas to be seen but the realy is that the untry is rapidly changg wh the CDC fdg that one four high schoolers intify as LGBTQ+ or are nfed about their genr, a ttament to the effectivens of years of csant gay and transgenr propaganda that has e to saturate morn Amerin culture.

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

Ary advertently placed thoands of job ads on a gay webse. The Army, Navy and Air Force unwtgly advertised for recs on a webse for gays, who are barred om ary service if they are open about their sexual orientatn.

When rmed Tuday by USA TODAY that they were advertisg on, a workg webse for gay profsnals, recers exprsed surprise and said they would remove the job listgs.

Jack Hanzlik, a Navy recg spokman, said his service orred more than 8, 000 ads taken off GLEE, which stands for Gay, Lbian & Everyone Else. The ads were placed through GLEE’s parent pany, New York-based Communy Connect, as part of an alliance wh jobs-listg giant Betty Huang of Communy Connect says the ary servic, through private ad agenci, bought Monster’s “diversy and cln” package, which clus posts on her pany’s niche webs for Asian-Amerins, blacks, Latos and gays. Theoretilly, “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” allows gays to jo the ary so long as they don’t talk about or otherwise monstrate that they engage , attempt to engage , hav a propensy to engage , or tends to engage homosexual acts.

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

The exprs tent of the law is to ensure un hn, morale, and disciple; the ary has no official posn on the moraly of homosexual nduct.

If that remas the se, ’s much more difficult to jtify a ban on homosexual doctors, ntists, translators, and the like than one for fantrymen. A Navy ship named for gay rights activist Harvey Milk, who was ma to rign om the force bee of his sexual orientatn, was lnched San Diego Saturday. He was the first openly gay elected official the state of California.

THE U.S. NAVY HAS CHRISTENED A SHIP NAMED AFTER SLA GAY RIGHTS LEAR HARVEY MILK

Milk served the Navy as a divg officer durg the Korean War, at a time when gay service members were not allowed to openly acknowledge their sexualy.