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Contents:
- "COMG OUT UNR FIRE": THE STORY OF GAY AND LBIAN SERVICEMEMBERS
- A GAY SOLDIER’S STORY OF VIETNAM AND AFTER
- GAY VIETNAM: QUEER CULTURE, LOL LIFE, AND WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW! ??
"COMG OUT UNR FIRE": THE STORY OF GAY AND LBIAN SERVICEMEMBERS
Gay and Lbian soldiers faced extraordary discrimatn durg World War II. Most found new muni of people and thrived spe the opprsn. Disver the film Comg Out Unr Fire that shar their story. * homosexuality in vietnam war *
The 1994 documentary Comg Out Unr Fire giv voice to the experienc of thoands of gay and lbian servicemembers who joed the ary durg World War II, a story that is largely ignored by historians and mms across the untry. Gay and lbian recs were forced to answer qutns vaguely, or lie about their sexualy, orr to be allowed to serve; otherwise, they would n the risk of beg sent home and brand as “sex perverts. Servicemembers on every waront enjoyed drag show entertament; an entire gay lexin was veloped om the wrgs of Dorothy Parker; and eventually an unrground queer newspaper emerged.
The feral discrimatory actns drove LGBTQ people further to the shadows of society and embolned law enforcement and policians, who beme more vlent toward gay and lbian cizens. My only hope is that anizatns around the untry m to pturg the voic of gay, lbian, and transgenr veterans and that we fd a place our history to honor their service as well. We sat down wh Sir John Dermot Turg, Alan Turg’s nephew and thor of a new book on Bletchley Park, to discs his uncle’s role pivotal role puter science and his persecutn for beg gay the 1950s.
A GAY SOLDIER’S STORY OF VIETNAM AND AFTER
This say seeks to shed light on gay Vietnam War veterans whose experienc have remaed overlooked; the gay service personnel have battled to be heard, if they ever wanted to be heard at all. The say also seeks to expla how historil and societal factors impacted on the gay psyche and how dividuals challenged an… * homosexuality in vietnam war *
The day Larry Sanrs registered for the draft, one qutn buried the middle of a long qutnnaire smacked him the face: “Do you intify as a homosexual or ever had sexual feelgs for persons of the same sex? Ocsnally the digizatn procs troduc transcriptn errors or other problems; we are ntug to work to improve the archived 1942, no specific proviso barred homosexuals om servg the ary.
GAY VIETNAM: QUEER CULTURE, LOL LIFE, AND WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW! ??
In the reprsive atmosphere of the 1950's, discharg for homosexualy soared; at the height of the Vietnam War, when recment driv were at their peak, enforcement was ary tradn of keepg out homosexuals uld end on July 15, when Print Clton has said he will lift the ban.
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