Soldiers reprentg the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer muny virtually celebrated Pri Month Thursday
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ARMY’S FIRST OPENLY GAY GENERAL RETIR AFTER SPIRG OTHERS
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Army Rerve, participat a lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer panel discsn June 24, 2021. WASHINGTON -- Soldiers reprentg the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer muny virtually celebrated Pri Month Thursday as part of a discsn that marked another step the Army’s growg regnn toward the LGBTQ muny.
Every June, Pri Month is a natnal observance that is held to memorate the Stonewall Uprisg Manhattan, New York, 1969, a historic tippg pot wh the gay liberatn movement to empower all LGBTQ Amerins. The directive was a promise measure that barred LGBTQ-intifyg persons om ary service, but also prohibed ary personnel om discrimatg agast, or harassg, closeted gay and lbian troops.
There is a renewed foc on the strsors and challeng experienced by lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr service members and their fai. * lgbt us army *
Even 2011, after lawmakers repealed the directive, the repeal only ensured gay, lbian and bisexual troops uld openly serve. “I was explicly asked on my [enlistment] forms: Are you gay?
Tammy Smh participate a lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer panel discsn June 24, 2021.
“I didn’t know whether the two uld align: me beg gay and servg the Army, ” he said. – As the Department of Defense and ary servic ntue to celebrate gay pri month, there is a renewed foc on the strsors and challeng experienced by lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr service members and their fai.