The announcement of Sally Ri's ath ma her the first openly gay astront, albe posthumoly. Why are there no others?
Contents:
- WHO WAS THE FIRST GAY ASTRONT?
- WHY AREN'T THERE ANY OPENLY GAY ASTRONTS?
- WHY AREN'T THERE ANY OPENLY GAY ASTRONTS?
WHO WAS THE FIRST GAY ASTRONT?
“Corporate Ameri is really nervo about gay women, ” O’Shghnsy said. While many articl have lled Ri “gay” and “lbian, ” ’s unclear to me precisely how she intified.
WHY AREN'T THERE ANY OPENLY GAY ASTRONTS?
In the same BuzzFeed article, Bear (who, acrdg to the article, intifi as “gay”) said, “Sally didn’t e labels.
A few spouted homophobic hatred.
WHY AREN'T THERE ANY OPENLY GAY ASTRONTS?
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. By 1977, wh the natnal social nscns risg and NASA seekg more non-ary scientists for the new space shuttle program, along wh the first women and mori, the possibily of a gay astront was still, acrdg to one of Sally’s classmat, beyond ntemplatn.