Navy yeoman remembers his time as a gay serviceman the 'Don't Ask Don't Tell' era : NPR

Contents:

• NAVY YEOMAN REMEMBERS HIS TIME AS A GAY SERVICEMAN THE 'DON'T ASK DON'T TELL' ERA
• 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
• US ARY GO FULL SPEED AHEAD TOWARD MAX LGBT CLN WH ‘DIVERSY’ PANELS, ALL-GAY HELIPTER CREW
• NAVY OFFICIALLY LNCH SUPPORT SHIP NAMED AFTER GAY TRAILBLAZER HARVEY MILK

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

“This person was gay and felt lost and alone, ready to jump ship. ""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than two s ago, the Navy rerd 968 anti-gay harassment cints 12 months, acrdg to CBS after Print Barack Obama officially repealed the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, which had banned openly gay, lbian and bisexual people om servg the ary, 2011, the ary still prevented transgenr dividuals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. Navy yeoman remembers his time as a gay serviceman the 'Don't Ask Don't Tell' era Navy Yeoman Jab Tate remembers his time as a gay serviceman durg the "Don't Ask Don't Tell" era, which kept openly LGBTQ service members om servg the ary.,.

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. Navy Yeoman Jab Tate remembers his time as a gay serviceman durg the "Don't Ask Don't Tell" era, which kept openly LGBTQ service members om servg the ary.

For those who do not know or unsure, LGBTQ+ stands for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, though some add qutng. Gays and lbians have served the ary and the Navy sce their ceptn.

Servg as openly gay was only possible wh the end of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy 2011.

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

Named for Navy veteran and genr and gay rights advote Harvey Milk, the ship is the send an expected class of 20 fleet unrway replenishment ships schled to replace the agg Henry J. Milk beme the first openly gay person elected to public office California 1977 wh his electn to San Francis's Board of Supervisors.

US ARY GO FULL SPEED AHEAD TOWARD MAX LGBT CLN WH ‘DIVERSY’ PANELS, ALL-GAY HELIPTER CREW

“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. 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. So the publitn of Gale’s Global Encyclopedia of Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, and Queer (LGBTQ) History is somethg I celebrate.

NAVY OFFICIALLY LNCH SUPPORT SHIP NAMED AFTER GAY TRAILBLAZER HARVEY MILK

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.

The Merchant Navy’s (relative) permissivens means there is no perceived need for gay-iendly polici.