The "don't ask, don't tell" policy that barred openly gay men and women om servg the U.S. ary end last September. Some personnel returng om overseas are celebratg their new-found permissn to kiss by postg photos and vios.
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- THIS GAY MARE VET JT MA A MOVIE BASED ON HIS LIFE THE CORPS DURG 'DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL'
- THIS GAY MARE FELL LOVE WH NNG WHILE HE WAS STATNED IRAQ
- WHEN GAY SAILOR WAS OUTED, HE FOUND HIS NAVY BUDDI HAD HIS BACK
- GAY NNER AT COAST GUARD AMY FDS BEG THENTIC ALLOWS HIM TO THRIVE
- ‘INSPECTN’ DIRECTOR LLS NEW MARE FILM THE ‘BLACK, GAY ROCKY’
- 'THE INSPECTN' HIGHLIGHTS A GAY BLACK MARE'S EXPERIENCE UNR 'DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL'
- OPENLY GAY PILOT LEAVG NAVY AFTER HARASSMENT
- ACCINTAL 'I LOVE YOU' DERAILED GAY NAVY SEAL'S CAREER
- NAVY’S FIRST OPENLY GAY SEAL BUILDS HIS LIFE ANEW
- "COMG OUT UNR FIRE": THE STORY OF GAY AND LBIAN SERVICEMEMBERS
- HOW 'THE INSPECTN' TELLS THE CREDIBLE STORY OF A GAY MAN'S EXPERIENCE THE MAR DURG 'DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL'
- GAY ROWER WAS PART OF SECRET LGBTQ ARY WORK DURG DON’T ASK DON’T TELL
- STEVE GRAND JT MA THIS GAY MARE'S DREAM COME TE
- GAY MARE'S HOMEG KISS IS LIGHTG UP THE WEB
- ARMY’S FIRST OPENLY GAY GENERAL RETIR AFTER SPIRG OTHERS
THIS GAY MARE VET JT MA A MOVIE BASED ON HIS LIFE THE CORPS DURG 'DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL'
Multihyphenate filmmaker Elegance Bratton said his latt project, “The Inspectn,” about a gay homels Black man who jos the Mar, hs pecially * gay marines come out *
"The Inspectn" is a new feature about a young man who turns his life around the Mare Corps after beg kicked out of the hoe as a teen for beg gay and livg homels for several years. Bratton lived on the streets for a after beg kicked out of the hoe for beg gay.
THIS GAY MARE FELL LOVE WH NNG WHILE HE WAS STATNED IRAQ
Most lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr service members are still reluctant to disclose their sexual orientatn or inty. * gay marines come out *
The trailer for Bratton's film brgs a lot of the Mare Corps' re valu, so looks like we n expect a movie that portrays lead character Ellis French's ary experience a posive light spe of the herent problems a gay Mare would have faced that era. Part of Gaona’s motivatn for jog the armed forc was the abily to supprs his gay thoughts and feelgs.
“I also hontly never thought I would e out, bee I didn’t want to be gay. Intertgly enough, Gaona beiend many gay men after his stt the Mar, spe the apprehensn he was feelg about his own sexualy. 1 gay ally.
WHEN GAY SAILOR WAS OUTED, HE FOUND HIS NAVY BUDDI HAD HIS BACK
Former Navy SEAL Brett Jon kept his sexualy secret while wh the ele ary un. Now he's g out to say he's gay, he says, hop of helpg others a siar posn. * gay marines come out *
“I surround myself around more and more gay iends until fally I started g out, ” he said. “It was actually really difficult to e out to my gay iends, bee I had built such a iendship as their straight ally. Then he dashed to Google and searched for gay nng clubs San Diego.
GAY NNER AT COAST GUARD AMY FDS BEG THENTIC ALLOWS HIM TO THRIVE
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. * gay marines come out *
Three years later, Gaona met his fiancée, and now they live NYC — one of this world’s great gay mecs. As print of FRNY, Gaona is fully immersed the cy’s gay sports scene. "Curnick, are you gay?
‘INSPECTN’ DIRECTOR LLS NEW MARE FILM THE ‘BLACK, GAY ROCKY’
* gay marines come out *
I was alone at the time and tears, and I cid to e clean — y, I'm gay, I told them.
After I me over that fal hurdle, I began to live openly, and my life as a gay man flourished. This past sprg, bat trag before my ployment to Afghanistan, someone found out I was gay, walked up to me and said, "I'm glad I'm not ployg wh you, I wouldn't tst a fag wh my life.
I grew up thkg that beg gay was wrong — that beg gay meant you f a stereotype.
'THE INSPECTN' HIGHLIGHTS A GAY BLACK MARE'S EXPERIENCE UNR 'DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL'
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She had asked me many tim growg up if I was gay, but beg aaid of who I was, I never uld adm . There, stctors and fellow trae nstantly threw homophobic slurs around.
OPENLY GAY PILOT LEAVG NAVY AFTER HARASSMENT
I distctly remember one day when an stctor said, "Oh look at those faggots, " and then turned to sayg, "Wa, 's OK to be gay, YOU jt n't be gay.
ACCINTAL 'I LOVE YOU' DERAILED GAY NAVY SEAL'S CAREER
This prolonged my life the closet and I uld not be seen as gay to the rt of my class. It's where I me out, and I learned to live an open life and grow as a gay man.
NAVY’S FIRST OPENLY GAY SEAL BUILDS HIS LIFE ANEW
I feared I would be rejected by people I once was iends wh, terrified that the learship above me would look at me as ls of a man, or that any acplishment I have will be attributed to me beg gay, and not my mer. In fact, some of the most volly homophobic people end up beg my biggt supporters. I want to be the gay man that I wish I met when I was younger.
"COMG OUT UNR FIRE": THE STORY OF GAY AND LBIAN SERVICEMEMBERS
I want to prove that the gay muny is jt as strong and pable as the straight world. Gay nner at Coast Guard Amy fds beg thentic allows him to thrive. As a closeted gay kid a relig fay, I felt I had ltle value as a person.
Beg the only gay kid a seemgly endls sea of straight people. I first realized I was actually gay middle school, when all of my male iends began obssg over girls our class. Growg up, I was tght homosexualy was a s.
He was a nfint, out gay guy who was well-liked, which nstcted my view of the stutn. As a gay ary member, n be difficult to forest a life whout seeg other queer people dog too. Are there a lot of gay Mar?
HOW 'THE INSPECTN' TELLS THE CREDIBLE STORY OF A GAY MAN'S EXPERIENCE THE MAR DURG 'DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL'
It was how he survived as a Black gay man durg the era of the ary’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” as no surprise, then, that Bratton has rved out a post-ary reer filmmakg.
His directorial but, “The Inspectn, ” is a fictnalized retellg of his own experience as a young, gay Black man who, after beg shunned by his own mother for g out, cis to jo the Mare Corps.
GAY ROWER WAS PART OF SECRET LGBTQ ARY WORK DURG DON’T ASK DON’T TELL
“I was kicked out of the hoe at 16 for beg gay, and I spent the next 10 years homels, ” he told Milary Tim.
“Ultimately, ’s Black, gay Rocky.
Multihyphenate filmmaker Elegance Bratton said his latt project, “The Inspectn, ” about a gay homels Black man who jos the Mar, hs pecially close to home after he was kicked out as a teenager for beg gay and spent a livg on the streets.
STEVE GRAND JT MA THIS GAY MARE'S DREAM COME TE
The film, which is loosely based on Bratton’s life, foc on the challeng the ma character, Ellis French, experienc as a young gay Black man durg the ary’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” era. The policy, which was effect between 1994 and 2011, banned gay and lbian service members om servg openly the armed forc.
’” He add, “I n see her havg a very plited sense of pri over all of this, even if didn’t move her to change her stance around homosexualy.
GAY MARE'S HOMEG KISS IS LIGHTG UP THE WEB
"A24Bratton said he tapped Unn for the role of his homophobic mother bee of Unn’s “artistry, activism, and she’s also a superstar that everyone the world knows.
A after the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy end, one of Naval aviatn’s handful of openly gay pilots is on his way out. Adam Adamski said he felt supported as an openly gay pilot. Openly Gay Pilot Leavg Navy After Harassment.
ARMY’S FIRST OPENLY GAY GENERAL RETIR AFTER SPIRG OTHERS
And I saw my drs wh draped over and around the TV and there was hard-re gay porn playg.
“Both men and women and openly gay service members.
VID: Openly Gay Pilot Leavg Navy After Harassment. At the begng of June the Mare Corps issued a forcewi msage regnn of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr pri month. “Durg the month, we take the opportuny to regnize our LGBT Service Members and reflect upon the past, ” the MARADMIN msage msage as the ary nears the 10th anniversary of the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell ― a policy that eased the rtrictn on gay and lbian service members, but required them to hi their sexual orientatn or risk beg kicked out of the December 2010 Print Barack Obama signed to law the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, and September 2011 service members no longer faced discharge based on their sexual directn to celebrate the Corps’ growg diversy me to the spotlight Monday when the Facebook page for Mare Corps Rec Depot Parris Island, South Carola, posted a picture to honor pri month and LGBT post attracted attentn, and as of Tuday afternoon had more than 1, 800 ments and 1, 500 many of the ments supported the post and repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, other menters saw the post as an attack on relig eedom and a negative sign of the directn of the Mare Warrant Officer Bobby Yarbrough shows his support for the LGBT "warfighters" the Corps.