Why Aren't There Any Openly Gay Astronts? | Space

Contents:

• WHO WAS THE FIRST GAY ASTRONT?
• FIRST OPENLY GAY MAN COULD SOON TRAVEL TO SPACE
• GAYNIGGERS OM OUTER SPACE
• WHY AREN'T THERE ANY OPENLY GAY ASTRONTS?

WHO WAS THE FIRST GAY ASTRONT?

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Only one is publicly known to have been gay or bisexual — Sally Ri — and she kept private until her ath, yterday (July 23), when her obuary on the Sally Ri Science anizatn's webse stated that Ri was survived by Tam O'Shghnsy, her "partner of 27 years. "I hope mak easier for kids growg up gay that they know that another one of their hero was like them, " Bear Ri, who intifi as gay, told Buzzfeed Rights Campaign print Chad Griff ncurred, tellg Buzzfeed, "The fact that Sally Ri was a lbian will further help round out Amerins' unrstandg of the ntributns of LGBT Amerins to our untry. But the lack of even one openly gay or lbian astront the history of Amerin spaceflight may reflect the culture at the NASA astront office.

Still, the fact remas that no astronts have ever e out as gay or lbian, while many astronts clu mentn of their hbands, wiv or children on their NASA official bgraphy pag. )Cassutt said even though he spects there are or have been some other gay or lbian astronts, and spe of the progrs ma on LGBT issu, "I don't expect anyone the current rps to be 'out' any time soon, assumg anyone is gay. ' While there are a great many more people who are openly gay today, we are not yet to a pot of universal acceptance, " he is also the fact that 219 of the 330 current and former astronts served the ary, acrdg to NASA.

WHY AREN'T THERE ANY OPENLY GAY ASTRONTS?

Ary operated unr a "don't ask, don't tell" (DADT) policy om 1993 until 2011, unr which gay and lbian servicemen and women had to rema closeted or risk expulsn. The repeal of DADT last year allowed gays and lbians to serve openly the U.