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Contents:

• NAVY’S FIRST OPENLY GAY SEAL BUILDS HIS LIFE ANEW
• PRI: THE STORY OF THE FIRST OPENLY GAY NAVY SEAL PAPERBACK – SEPTEMBER 5, 2014
• PRI: THE STORY OF THE FIRST OPENLY GAY NAVY SEAL
• PRI: THE MEMOIR OF BRETT JON, THE NAVY SEAL WHO BROKE BARRIERS AS A GAY MAN
• PRI: THE STORY OF THE FIRST OPENLY GAY NAVY SEAL – A BOOK REVIEW
• NAVY'S FIRST OPENLY GAY SEAL BUILDS HIS LIFE ANEW
• PRI: THE STORY OF THE FIRST OPENLY GAY NAVY SEAL
• PRI: THE STORY OF THE FIRST OPENLY GAY NAVY SEAL CAPA UM – 5 SETEMBRO 2014
• PRI: THE STORY OF THE FIRST OPENLY GAY NAVY SEAL PASTA BLANDA – 1 ENERO 1807
• TALKG WH BRETT JON, THE FIRST OPENLY GAY NAVY SEAL
• PRI: THE STORY OF THE FIRST OPENLY GAY NAVY SEAL - SOFTVER

NAVY’S FIRST OPENLY GAY SEAL BUILDS HIS LIFE ANEW

The two men are parents to Ethan, a prec 13-year-old known the flat, clay and pe untry as the only kid school wh two gay first openly gay SEAL has built a new life here at age 41 wh a fay that has replaced the two fai he lost — the one that raised him and the one he built wh fellow SEALs. Both his parents and the Navy banished him bee he’s this steamy night, the two gay parents and their straight son are sweatg and shovg as they fight to w a roughhoe driveway basketball game lled Cheater Ball. They are close, and necsarily so, sce a gay marriage — not to mentn gay parentg — is viewed wh ep spicn and outright hostily perhaps the most anti-gay state the Jon and Whe attend Ethan’s baseball gam, they say, ach and other parents barely speak to them.

PRI: THE STORY OF THE FIRST OPENLY GAY NAVY SEAL PAPERBACK – SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

When he was high school, his mother, a vout Christian, overheard his phone nversatn wh a gay next day, Jon says, his parents nonted him.

He asked his son, “Brett, are you a homosexual? “My mom told me homosexuals go straight to hell, ” Jon says.

PRI: THE STORY OF THE FIRST OPENLY GAY NAVY SEAL

He had served for six years and two ployments on mandg, secretive missns when his homosexualy was was the “don’t ask, don’t tell” era.

He was terrogated by a ary lawyer who mand he nfs to beg gay. They gossiped about him, ridiculg gays and sayg a homosexual SEAL would stroy un Navy dropped s vtigatn after Jon enlisted a natnal group that advot for gays the ary, and after members of Congrs tervened. Last December, they drove to Indiana to be married by a urt, 37, had lived his own secret, tormented life growg up Athens, where gays were ridiculed and monized.

PRI: THE MEMOIR OF BRETT JON, THE NAVY SEAL WHO BROKE BARRIERS AS A GAY MAN

His father cracked jok about homos and day Whe cid to e out, he says, “I told my dad and he stood up and I was bracg for a punch. ” His father apologized for all his gay slurs over the and his brother, Matt, helped nvce Jon to self-publish a memoir, “Pri: The Story of the First Openly Gay Navy SEAL, ” released October. ”Jon and Whe want to sell the hoe and move Ethan to a public school nearby Huntsville, which they ll “a progrsive island” a state so hostile to gay marriage that s chief Supreme Court jtice orred unti to disobey a feral urt orr Febary permtg gay fay feels fortable Huntsville, home to scientists and engeers om across the untry who work fense and aerospace.

“We have the only tornado shelter on the street, ” Whe, they don’t expect a gay pri para Toney anytime soon. “Of urse, every day I take a drive is a gay pri para, ’’ Whe clients of their secury pany don’t particularly re that ’s owned and managed by two gay men, Whe says. The two are a former SEAL and former p, after all, and Jon served for years as a secury ntractor Afghanistan and Iraq after leavg the, Jon is active the Trevor Project, which operat 24-hour suici hotl for troubled lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr young people.

PRI: THE STORY OF THE FIRST OPENLY GAY NAVY SEAL – A BOOK REVIEW

He gets several msag a week om young gays, some the ary, who are battlg prsn and discrimatn. A young, gay ary officer recently wrote him om Sgapore, where homosexualy is illegal.

They never discs Christiany or “the gay thg, ” Jon Jon, who liv At, Texas, says she lov and admir her son for his honty and urage. I will never unrstand people who object to homosexualy for relig reasons, and then turn around and e as an exce to treat people a cidly un-Christlike manner!

Wouldn't be nice if the people who not only believe 's a s, but go out of their way to hurt or discrimate agast gays - or anyone else who is diverse - uld thk about that for a mute?

NAVY'S FIRST OPENLY GAY SEAL BUILDS HIS LIFE ANEW

From his ary upbrgg livg all over the world cludg plac like Egyptwhere his father was a lonel the AirForce to spendg some of his teenage years livg a reform school of sorts movg on to BUDS where he qu the first time durg break out on the first day of Hellweek only to fd himself fightg to get back to BUDS anddo all aga and all the trials and tribulatns that e wh gog through the harst ary trag the world & the challeng once he ma to the Teams, cludg his biggt challenge of all, which was to keep the tth of beg gay "top secret". Christ never mentned gay people...

PRI: THE STORY OF THE FIRST OPENLY GAY NAVY SEAL

That left the only people to pick on were those born gay. Gay people are more than what the media shows a gay pri para. If only they would pan their meras back the marchg crowd to the gay service members, firefighters, policemen, doctors, lawyers, ngrsmen and so many others...

PRI: THE STORY OF THE FIRST OPENLY GAY NAVY SEAL CAPA UM – 5 SETEMBRO 2014

Sans rire, ce livre t térsant et pas forcément réservé à un public gay. This story is a brilliantly strategic, empathetilly driven, and timely acunt of the life of Brett Jon, the first openly gay Navy SEAL.

He is reverent to nservative valu as a homosexual navigatg the chang of current social stabily Ameri.

He effectively grabs the attentn of a rearship spanng a broad spectm of polil and social perspectiv, and mands the revaluatn of mastream Amerin norms regardg the acceptance and placement of homosexuals society, work, and natnal narrativ. His story serv as a missg lk that helps bridge the ever-growg populary of gay marriage and tradnal valu. Brett received numero awards and mendatns durg his Navy tenure, but was forced out of the closet, beg the first openly gay Navy SEAL on active duty.

PRI: THE STORY OF THE FIRST OPENLY GAY NAVY SEAL PASTA BLANDA – 1 ENERO 1807

This book is tly a wonrful read and mak me even more acutely aware of the stggl my gay brother and sister have faced and ntue to face service to their untry. Pri The Story Of The First Openly Gay Navy Seal EpubPri: The Story of the First Openly Gay Navy SEAL Have you ever wonred what tak to be a Navy SEAL, one of the most ele and secretive forc the world?

TALKG WH BRETT JON, THE FIRST OPENLY GAY NAVY SEAL

Have you ever wonred what 's like to be gay a culture that valu masculy, loyalty, and nformy?

Have you ever wonred how one man managed to overe both challeng and bee the first openly gay Navy SEAL on active duty? If you have, then you should read Pri: The Story of the First Openly Gay Navy SEAL, a memoir by Brett Jon that tells his remarkable journey of urage, rilience, and love. He was also aaid of jeopardizg his future as a SEAL, sce homosexualy was banned the ary.

PRI: THE STORY OF THE FIRST OPENLY GAY NAVY SEAL - SOFTVER

Brett also managed to balance his profsnal and personal life unr the policy of Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT), which prohibed gay people om servg openly the ary. He beme an advote for gay rights and equaly the ary.

He joed anizatns such as Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) and OutServe that provid legal assistance and advocy for gay ary personnel.