As "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" to an end, we sent Chris Heath to terview dozens of gay servicemen om the past and prent to fd out what life was really like as Ameri's ary stggled wh s last great inty crisis
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- THE U.S. NAVY HAS CHRISTENED A SHIP NAMED AFTER SLA GAY RIGHTS LEAR HARVEY MILK
- TELL: AN INTIMATE HISTORY OF GAY MEN THE MILARY
- NAVY’S FIRST OPENLY GAY SEAL BUILDS HIS LIFE ANEW
- MEET BRETT JON, A GAY NAVY SEAL
- US NAVY LNCH SHIP NAMED FOR GAY RIGHTS ACTIVIST HARVEY MILK
THE U.S. NAVY HAS CHRISTENED A SHIP NAMED AFTER SLA GAY RIGHTS LEAR HARVEY MILK
Milk served the Navy the 1950s, but was discharged after beg qutned about his sexual orientatn. He beme the first openly gay elected official California before his ath 1978. * navy and gay *
Navy has lnched and christened a ship named for the sla gay rights lear Harvey Milk, who served the Navy durg the Korean War but was discharged after beg qutned about his sexual orientatn. Namg the ship after an in of the LGBTQ rights movement reprents a symbolic tone for the ary followg a long history which gay service members were unable to serve openly.
In this April 1977 file photo, San Francis supervisor Harvey Milk ss the mayor's office durg the signg of the cy's gay rights bill San Francis. The Navy is namg a ship honor of the late gay rights lear, who served the Navy for four years before he began a reer San Francis cy ernment.
In 1977, after his Navy reer, Milk beme the first openly gay elected official California when he won a seat on the San Francis Board of Supervisors. 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. 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.
TELL: AN INTIMATE HISTORY OF GAY MEN THE MILARY
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Durg his time as a divg stctor San Diego, California, the 1950s, his supervisors ught him at a park popular wh gay men, acrdg to his nephew Stuart Milk.
NAVY’S FIRST OPENLY GAY SEAL BUILDS HIS LIFE ANEW
Most lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr service members are still reluctant to disclose their sexual orientatn or inty. * navy and gay *
Milk was one of the first openly gay policians elected to office the Uned Stat, and the first openly gay official elected California. While servg as a cy supervisor, Milk troduced legislatn to protect the gay muny, cludg a gay rights ordance 1978 to ban discrimatn agast LGBTQ hog or employment.
MEET BRETT JON, A GAY NAVY SEAL
Brett Jon discs the secrecy volved beg a gay Navy SEAL unr 'don't ask, don't tell' and the surprisg muny of support he disvered the ary. * navy and gay *
He and other activists also succeed strikg down Proposn 6, which would have mandated the firg of gay or lbian teachers California.
US NAVY LNCH SHIP NAMED FOR GAY RIGHTS ACTIVIST HARVEY MILK
14 tablish a policy of mandatory discharge for service members who attempt to engage a homosexual act.