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Josiah Davis says he beme a better athlete after g out as gay. Settg the Coast Guard rerd the 800 meters shows that is te.

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GAY AT SEA – A LOOK AT THE US COAST GUARD’S LGBT COMMUNY

“People say I don’t look ‘gay, ’” said Fairburn. “But what do ‘gay’ look like?

“Well, actually I look pretty ‘gay, ’” Lt. Unr DADT, ary members who intified as gay or lbian had to hi their sexual orientatn or risk beg discharged. “I don’t want special treatment bee I’m gay, ” Fairburn said.

GAY NNER AT COAST GUARD AMY FDS BEG THENTIC ALLOWS HIM TO THRIVE

“I jt want to be treated like everyone else – how you would have before you knew I was gay.

Gay nner at Coast Guard Amy fds beg thentic allows him to thrive. As a closeted gay kid a relig fay, I felt I had ltle value as a person.

GAY ROWER WAS PART OF SECRET LGBTQ ARY WORK DURG DON’T ASK DON’T TELL

Beg the only gay kid a seemgly endls sea of straight people.

I first realized I was actually gay middle school, when all of my male iends began obssg over girls our class.

HE’S GAY, A COAST GUARD OFFICER AND A ROWER WH OLYMPIC DREAMS

Growg up, I was tght homosexualy was a s.

He was a nfint, out gay guy who was well-liked, which nstcted my view of the stutn. As a gay ary member, n be difficult to forest a life whout seeg other queer people dog too.

When John Olbrys was rowg for the Coast Guard Amy, he was dog durg the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell era, when livg openly as a gay man, or simply mentng he was gay to a teammate, uld rult him beg expelled om the school and the ary.

OPENLY GAY COAST GUARD NNER SETS SCHOOL RERD TRACK MEET

“I did have iends at the amy who knew I was gay, but they were also fellow queer folks who were at the school who were nng the same gay unrground that we created, ” Olbrys says. He also talks about fdg his way to Potomac, racg gay events that he says are a lot of fun, and aimg for the U.

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