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Contents:
- WHY SALLY RI WAED UNTIL HER ATH TO TELL THE WORLD SHE WAS GAY
- WHO WAS THE FIRST GAY ASTRONT?
- WHY AREN'T THERE ANY OPENLY GAY ASTRONTS?
- SALLY RI FIRST OPENLY GAY ASTRONT
- GAY ASTRONTS: A FAL FRONTIER
WHY SALLY RI WAED UNTIL HER ATH TO TELL THE WORLD SHE WAS GAY
* when did the first gay astronaut make it to space *
And led some to qutn what Ri’s life may have been like a ls homophobic, sexist world. )Photographer Mackenzie Calle has spent years documentg what means to be an LGBTQ astront through her project, The Gay Space photographs explore Ri’s boundary-breakg exploratn of space—and some of the acplishments that have ma her an in of science, women’s history, and LGBTQ wore this uniform on her historic first ri to space on June 18, 1983, wh the STS-7 space shuttle missn.
WHO WAS THE FIRST GAY ASTRONT?
The announcement of Sally Ri's ath ma her the first openly gay astront, albe posthumoly. Why are there no others? * when did the first gay astronaut make it to space *
Amerin Library AssociatnIn life, Sally Ri beme famo as Ameri's first woman space — and ath, she's now add to her fame as the first acknowledged gay revelatn me a low-key way: Monday's obuary om Sally Ri Science, the tnal venture she found a ago, referred to Tam O'Shghnsy as "her partner of 27 years.
WHY AREN'T THERE ANY OPENLY GAY ASTRONTS?
While there are thoands of astronts, many of them have not been open about their sexualy. Sally Ri, the first woman space, now also serv as the first openly gay astront. Ri, who recently passed away, was revealed to be a lbian the obuary of her anizatn's webse. * when did the first gay astronaut make it to space *
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SALLY RI FIRST OPENLY GAY ASTRONT
"I'm a rather out-there advote for LGBT [lbian-gay-bisexual-transgenr] rights — my partner and I have even been arrted a uple of tim public prott!
I hope mak easier for kids growg up gay that they know that another one of their hero was like them.
Is any surprise, then, that no active or former astronts have publicly announced that they're gay?
GAY ASTRONTS: A FAL FRONTIER
Why not straights and gays?