Why Aren't There Any Openly Gay Astronts? - Scientific Amerin

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The announcement of Sally Ri's ath ma her the first openly gay astront, albe posthumoly. Why are there no others?

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WHO WAS THE FIRST GAY ASTRONT?

“Corporate Ameri is really nervo about gay women, ” O’Shghnsy said.

WHY AREN'T THERE ANY OPENLY GAY ASTRONTS?

While many articl have lled Ri “gay” and “lbian, ” ’s unclear to me precisely how she intified. In the same BuzzFeed article, Bear (who, acrdg to the article, intifi as “gay”) said, “Sally didn’t e labels.

WHY AREN'T THERE ANY OPENLY GAY ASTRONTS?

A few spouted homophobic hatred.

What ma this 61-year-old pneer—so bold her actns, so non-tradnal her choice of reers and votn to science; this baby-boomer whose life had been transformed by the space age and the social revolutn of the ’60s and ’70s—keep silent, so long, about beg gay?

“Gay” didn’t fly.

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