WASHINGTON -- Sce Maj. Gen. Tammy Smh, the ary’s hight-rankg openly gay officer, me out 2012, she has tried beg an example of livg...
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- ARMY’S FIRST OPENLY GAY GENERAL RETIR AFTER SPIRG OTHERS
- TAMMY SMH: FIRST OPENLY GAY U.S. GENERAL
- THE REVOLUTNARY WAR HERO WHO WAS OPENLY GAY
- WOMAN BE FIRST OPENLY GAY GENERAL
ARMY’S FIRST OPENLY GAY GENERAL RETIR AFTER SPIRG OTHERS
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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. The policy banned lbians, gay men and bisexuals om servg the ary. It terrified her to e out as gay such a public way, but she felt a rponsibily to do , she said.
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TAMMY SMH: FIRST OPENLY GAY U.S. GENERAL
Army Rerve officer Tammy Smh was promoted to the posn of Brigadier General last Friday. In dog so, she beme the first gay general to serve openly the U.S. ary. Gen. Smh talks wh NPR's Lynn Neary about her reer the ary and the signifince of her recent promotn. * first openly gay army general *
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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.
THE REVOLUTNARY WAR HERO WHO WAS OPENLY GAY
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And she was reced to Naval Intelligence and live a closeted life, fact, married a gay man when she was telligence so they uld mata their ver.
WOMAN BE FIRST OPENLY GAY GENERAL
Did the fay know that she was gay, but she never uld tell the ary that? Yeah, she knew she was gay when she was eight years old. Brigadier General Tammy Smh joed om the Pentagon - as of Friday, our natn's first openly gay general.
Wh homosexuals now ee to serve openly the U. Ary didn’t take long for a gay officer to climb to the top of the missned ranks.