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Contents:

• FIRST GAY WEDDG AT ARMY BASE
• FIRST ACTIVE-DUTY GAY COUPLE MARRIED AT WT POT
• HOW TO DRS FOR YOUR GAY MILARY WEDDG
• GAY ARY UPLE’S WEDDG PHOTO PROV WE’VE E A LONG WAY
• FOR GAY UPL HOPG FOR A ARY BURIAL, THE FIGHT FOR LOVE DON’T END WH ATH
• TWO GAY UPL TAIWAN MAKE HISTORY ARY WEDDG
• GAY WEDDGS N BE PERFORMED BY ARY CHAPLAS, PENTAGON SAYS
• I'M A GAY ARMY OFFICER—QUEER TROOPS MT FIGHT BACK

FIRST GAY WEDDG AT ARMY BASE

Gay marriage supporters hold a gay rights flag ont of the Supreme Court before a hearg about gay marriage Washgton April 28, 2015. At the time, former Print Bill Clton's policy, "don't ask, don't tell" was effect, barrg homosexual or bisexual members of the ary om disclosg his or her sexual orientatn and om speakg about homosexual remembered thkg, “this guy has a lot of guts, and he’s kd of cute, too.

"So we put our mds that we were never gog to say we were gay, we were never gog to get ma fun of, and we were certaly never gog to get kicked out of the Army. Two gay upl Taiwan make history ary weddg. “I am hopg to boost the visibily of homosexuals so that people unrstand we are also jt part of everyday life, ” said major Wang Wi, who cried after receivg her marriage certifite at the ceremony the cy of Taoyuan.

FIRST ACTIVE-DUTY GAY COUPLE MARRIED AT WT POT

Taiwan’s ernment last year beme the first to legalize same-sex marriage Asia, a part of the world where homosexualy remas illegal many untri. But the island remas divid over other related issu such as same-sex parentg, while gay upl are only allowed to marry foreigners om untri where same-sex marriage is also legal. Vcent Francho, a 26-year-old fellow Apache pilot who is also statned at Fort Bliss, where they are both a part of another muny: the group of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr soldiers who serve there.

Ary muny, were hamstng by “don’t ask, don’t tell, ” a policy that went to effect October 1993 unr Print Bill Clton; forba any homosexual or bisexual member of the ary om disclosg his or her sexual orientatn or om speakg about any homosexual relatnships, cludg marriag. “Through mutual iends at Wt Pot, we had each learned the other was gay, and though we were attracted to one another, we uldn’t say or do anythg about , ” said Capta Hall, who grew up Chattanooga, Tenn., the only son of Kyle Hall, a middle school mathematics teacher, and Stephen Hall, the vice print for nylon polymer strategic velopment at Koch Indtri Wicha, Kan., where his parents now live. “So we put our mds that we were never gog to say we were gay, we were never gog to get ma fun of, and we were certaly never gog to get kicked out of the Army.

HOW TO DRS FOR YOUR GAY MILARY WEDDG

The way was cleared last year, when New York legalized same-sex marriage and Print Barack Obama lifted the "Don't ask, don't tell, " policy prohibg openly gay people om servg the ary. The bris both live New Jersey and would have preferred to have the weddg there, but the state don't allow gay marriage.

Fulton has mpaigned agast the ban on gays the ary as a board member of two groups reprentg gay and lbian servicemen and servicewomen. “Gay and lbian soldiers no longer have to hi their liv and their fai – mak them stronger, mak our army stronger, mak our ary stronger. “I am hopg to boost the visibily of homosexuals so that people unrstand we are also jt part of everyday life, ” said major Wang Wi, who broke down tears after receivg her marriage certifite at the ceremony the cy of last year beme the first to legalise same-sex marriage Asia, a part of the world where homosexualy remas illegal many untri.

But the island remas divid over other related issu such as same-sex parentg, while gay upl are only allowed to marry foreigners om untri where same-sex marriage is also weddg as tens of thoands of people are expected to jo Taipei’s annual Pri para on Saturday, likely one of the largt globally this year due to ronavis rtrictns Commanr of Taiwan Army gave his blsg to the two officers uniforms, holdg rabow flags, and their civilian wiv. ” But same-sex upl are ee to pick their own clergy member to perform their marriage ceremoni have been takg place ary chapels sce September 2013, when the Pentagon led that same sex partners of a service member were entled to the same benefs provid to oppose sex upl, such as health re, accs to ary facili and servic on all ary cisn me two years after the Pentagon lifted the "don't ask, don't tell" prohibn agast openly gay men or women servg the MiklaszewskiJim Miklaszewski is the chief Pentagon rrponnt for NBC News.

GAY ARY UPLE’S WEDDG PHOTO PROV WE’VE E A LONG WAY

Aaron is openly gay and servg active duty as a Uned Stat Mare. Gay, terracial and the fact that Aaron is 6 feet 7 ch tall, and I, well, am speaks openly about me as his partner, jt as other Mar talk about their fai. September 20, 2011 marked the end of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, the policy that barred gays and lbians om servg openly the armed servic.

After an exhstive Senate battle, a thorough report om the Department of Defense's Comprehensive Review Workg Group, a filibter, and a few (funct) predictns that our brave men and women would sert their posts knowg a homosexual was fightg on the le next to them, gays and lbians uld be out and proud uniform whout the worry of retaliatn.

FOR GAY UPL HOPG FOR A ARY BURIAL, THE FIGHT FOR LOVE DON’T END WH ATH

Maryland and Washgton soon the move toward natnwi equaly is grand, left many gays ary relatnships a possible matrimonial nundm: What to wear to the weddg? Engaged gay upl which one of the two is a serviceman have no set standard to build upon, leavg them to make up tradn and guil for drs as they go along. Regardls of the misnceptn that all gay men poss a geic sense for fashn and stctively know how to tie a double Wdsor, many may not feel so fortable the hte seat.

TWO GAY UPL TAIWAN MAKE HISTORY ARY WEDDG

The bri, be she straight or gay, ually wears a whe or other tradnal drs (though if a su is more your style, read on).

I said y and, well, here we are: two gays wh zero sense of style tryg to bble together an Augt weddg.

GAY WEDDGS N BE PERFORMED BY ARY CHAPLAS, PENTAGON SAYS

"Same-sex upl are more playful wh tradn, " explas Bernatte Coveney Smh, founr of 14 Stori, a weddg planng pany that foc on gay weddgs that formed after Massachetts legalized same-sex marriage 2004. Relatedfashn trendsweddgsgay weddgGay MarriagePlanng 101.

Many were also om fellow ary personnel and veterans who had firsthand experience wh Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell — our untry’s 18-year ban on openly gay ary servicemen and servicewomen. Fortunately that policy was officially lifted by Print Obama back September 2011, and now that ’s legal for anyone the gay muny Ameri to marry, more and more ary personnel are takg their vows.

Campbell was the first gay veteran to secure burial rights for her spoe, and the pair were the first same-sex ary uple to be buried together at a US natnal cemetery. The right to a ary burial for gay spo was guaranteed natnwi wh the legalizatn of same-sex marriage 2015, but only a handful of known same-sex ary upl are buried across the 172 natnal cemeteri the US – grounds rerved chiefly for ary members and selected fay.

I'M A GAY ARMY OFFICER—QUEER TROOPS MT FIGHT BACK

However, gay veterans have always fought for their right to be clud and celebrated such spac. Their tombston shout to the silence: “Gay is good, ” reads a plaque below the grave of Frank Kameny, an inic activist, civil servant and World War II veteran.

A glossy namels marble headstone marks the grave of Leonard Matlovich, one of the first LGBTQ veterans to prott the ary’s ban on homosexualy, as one belongg to “A Gay Vietnam Veteran. Defense Department guidance issued to ary chaplas said they may participate ceremoni on or off ary bas stat that regnize gay unns. The guidance also irked Republin lawmakers who were still attemptg to block plans to end the ban on gays servg openly the ary, known as "don't ask, don't tell.

Mike Mullen, who advoted for endg the ban on gays servg openly the Ed O’Keefe on Twter: @edatpost. But as a gay man, I have been fightg my whole life to enjoy the very privileg I am entled to as both a beholr and protector of them. I was one of few soldiers who joed the service before graduatg high school, but the admistratn at the time, which I believe was homophobic, chose to act as if I never existed bee of my queer hate that I experienced growg up on Long Island was my first enunter wh how others would treat me as a queer soldier.