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Contents:

• MILARY NU PHOTO VTIGATN EXPANDS TO GAY PORN WEBS
• TELL: AN INTIMATE HISTORY OF GAY MEN THE MILARY
• IN 1955 AN AMERIN TV SHOW DID THE UNTHKABLE: IT AMBHED A HIROSHIMA SURVIVOR WH AN ENOLA GAY PILOT
• RULTS FOR : GAY ACTIVE DUTY
• RULTS FOR : GAY ACTIVE DUTY
• ACTIVE DUTY FIRST TIME GAY PORN VIOS

MILARY NU PHOTO VTIGATN EXPANDS TO GAY PORN WEBS

WASHINGTON — The ary sndal volvg sharg of sexually explic imag of troops has expand beyond the private social media se Mar Uned to a slew of gay pornography web pag wh imag of men wearg ary uniforms engaged sex acts, USA TODAY has broaned vtigatn to an creasg number of webs unrsr the plexy of policg social media s where sensive imag n be upload an stant for all to see. In the se of the s wh gay pornography, ary vtigators will be tasked wh termg whether active-duty troops were volved nduct that uld brg discred on their service, a potential vlatn of ary Mare Corps is not the only service affected.

Victims of so-lled revenge porn the Mar Uned se have limed protectn unr ary law if the photographs or vios were taken origally wh their Pentagon has tablished a jot ary task force to handle the growg vtigatn, said MaryAnn Cummgs, a spokwoman for the Naval Crimal Invtigative, Mare, Army, Air Force and Coast Guard vtigators have "tablished a multi-service task force to expand the vtigatn, " she more:Senators rip top Mare over onle nu photo shargMar nu photo sndal volv all branch of ary: ReportsLawmakers nmn explic photos of female Mar posted on social mediaMilary officials briefed Congrs on Thursday about the Mar Uned sndal, which hundreds of active-duty Mar have viewed photos of servicewomen taken whout their nsent and cyberbullied some of some of the gay Tumblr s, fully drsed troops appear photos wh their name tags visible. The are the voic explag what has been like to be a gay man1 the Amerin ary over the prev seventy or so years, om World War II veterans their late eighti to young servicemen on active duty. Life Today as a Gay ServicemanHow we got here: In 1992, many people thought that the discrimatn was nearly over.

TELL: AN INTIMATE HISTORY OF GAY MEN THE MILARY

"I remember beg the Castro, " says John Forrett (army rerve, 1987–99), "and watchg the TV at a bar wh some iends, watchg Al Gore and Bill Clton swearg that if they beme the tag team for Ameri they were gog to get rid of the harassment of gays and lbians servg the ary.

IN 1955 AN AMERIN TV SHOW DID THE UNTHKABLE: IT AMBHED A HIROSHIMA SURVIVOR WH AN ENOLA GAY PILOT

" Gay people were allowed the ary but only as long as they didn’t reveal their sexualy; to facilate this, all members of the ary were also prohibed om quirg about anyone’s possible orientatn.

RULTS FOR : GAY ACTIVE DUTY

Gay people were only acceptable, effect, to the gree to which they uld succsfully masquera as nongay. Seventeen years which gay servicemen have existed a paradoxil kd of herworld.

RULTS FOR : GAY ACTIVE DUTY

Servicemen were advised that until then the policy would still apply, and that they uld potentially face s sanctns if they intify themselv publicly as gay. ’ "Air Force #1: "Two of my iends were disvered, both officers—’s a long and arduo procs for an officer to get kicked out for beg gay.

ACTIVE DUTY FIRST TIME GAY PORN VIOS

"Air Force #2 (senr airman, three years): "No one at my job would ever, ever spect that I was gay at all. And you’re good at your job—a gay person wouldn’t be good at his job, so obvly you’re not gay.

You’re a Mare, you don’t md gettg dirty, gog out to the field and not showerg for weeks at a, if you were gay, when you have to shower wh all the other guys you’d get all exced. You’re not gettg exced so you’re clearly not gay.