In U.S., Broad, Steady Support for Openly Gay Service Members

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Jacksonville Jaguars associate strength ach Kev Maxen is believed to be the first openly gay male ach major North Amerin men's sports after g out publicly an terview wh Outsports.

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STAT MAKE EASIER FOR VETS WHO WERE KICKED OUT FOR BEG GAY TO ACCS BENEFS

While gay service members n now serve openly the ary, veterans kicked out for only their sexual orientatn unr past polici still face hurdl to accs benefs due to “ls than honorable” discharg. * openly gay service members *

Sce 2011, openly gay, lbian and bisexual men and women have been permted to serve the ary.

It wasn’t until 1982 that the ary enacted a policy explicly banng gay men and lbians om their ranks. And the early 1940s, was classified as a mental illns, disqualifyg gay men and lbians om service. Eighteen years later, Congrs repealed the policy, allowg openly gay, lbian and bisexual people to serve the ary.

AIR FORCE VETERAN ONCE IMPRISONED FOR BEG GAY STILL ENDUR THE STIGMA OF A FELONY RERD

The U.S. ary ed a range of ver charg to target gay and lbian service members for their sexualy, a CBS News vtigatn has found. * openly gay service members *

It’s been over a sce lbian, gay, and bisexual service members uld serve openly, and two years for transgenr service members ( addn to a brief perd durg the Obama admistratn). DADT permted gay, lbian, and bisexual people to serve.

UNIENDLY FIREHOW THE GAY BAN UNRM THE ARY AND WEAKENS AMERI

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“It also don’t highlight the fact that service members were also honorably discharged, but marked wh the srlet letter of ‘homosexual nduct’ unr their reenlistment , nullifyg any future service.

There are an timated one ln lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr veterans the U. S., wh California havg the largt number of gay and lbian veterans among the stat.

JAGUARS’ KEV MAXEN IS FIRST MALE ACH TO E OUT AS GAY US MEN’S PRO SPORTS

Jacksonville Jaguars ach Kev Maxen, who joed the team last year, me out publicly as gay an terview wh Outsports published on Thursday, beg the first ach a U.S. men’s profsnal league to do so" emprop="scriptn * openly gay service members *

WASHINGTON — While gay service members n now serve openly the ary, veterans kicked out for only their sexual orientatn unr past polici still face hurdl to accs benefs due to “ls than honorable” discharg. More than 100, 000 service members were expelled om the ary between World War II and the 2011 repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, ” the policy that barred gays and lbians om servg openly the ary, bee of their actual or perceived sexual orientatn, acrdg to a 2020 report om Harvard Law School.

A “ls than honorable” discharge -- an rmal term for all discharg that are not honorable -- n bar gay service members om state and feral benefs.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE COACH TO COME OUT AS GAY MAJOR U.S. SPORTS

Eric Bach is an openly gay broadster for the Frericksburg Natnals. He has major league aspiratns, but his path has been much lonelier than he would prefer. * openly gay service members *

Mike Mudd, an Air Force veteran, was given an “other than honorable” discharge June 1989 after his roommate outed him as gay. The thrivg gay muny Miami, where he had been sent after basic trag, helped him realize that he was gay, and he me out durg his time there. After about a year, he got changed on a new document, but the discharge characterizatn, or reason why he was discharged, remaed “homosexual nduct” on his origal DD-214 form.

LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE

As Edgars Rkēvičs be the first openly gay print Latvia’s history, here’s a glimpse at other openly gay heads of state om around the world. * openly gay service members *

Now that ’s legal to serve openly the ary, he n requt to strip the “homosexual nduct” label om his DD-214, somethg he didn’t know was possible until his terview wh Stars and Strip.

IN U.S., BROAD, STEADY SUPPORT FOR OPENLY GAY SERVICE MEMBERS

Takano, the first openly gay person of Asian scent Congrs, said a statement to Stars and Strip mid-March that the missn would provi a road map for Congrs to “rectify jtic. Mudd wants the ernment to tomatilly change the stat of all gay veterans discharged due to sexual orientatn to honorable, and to remove the petn procs.

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