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Contents:
- 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 STORY OF THE FIRST OPENLY GAY NAVY SEAL
- PRI: THE STORY OF THE FIRST OPENLY GAY NAVY SEAL
- PRI: THE STORY OF THE FIRST OPENLY GAY NAVY SEAL – A BOOK REVIEW
- NAVY’S FIRST OPENLY GAY SEAL BUILDS HIS LIFE ANEW
- ACCINTAL 'I LOVE YOU' DERAILED GAY NAVY SEAL'S CAREER
- EXCLIVE: MY NAME IS BRETT JON, I AM A NAVY SEAL, AND I AM GAY
- PRI: THE STORY OF THE FIRST OPENLY GAY NAVY SEAL
PRI: THE STORY OF THE FIRST OPENLY GAY NAVY SEAL PAPERBACK – SEPTEMBER 5, 2014
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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?
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PRI: THE STORY OF THE FIRST OPENLY GAY NAVY SEAL
An thentic memoir of an openly gay, 10-year member of the U.S. armed wrerly panache and a rehgly direct tone, the 40-year-old Jon relat the story of his life. He grew up as a middle child plagued by ADHD unr the watchful eye of an Air Force officer father and a mother who beme a born-aga Christian and an anti-sugar health-food fanatic. He chronicl the fay’s many relotns due to his father’s ary service—first to Korea, where he explored subterranean tunnels wh his brother Marc; and then to Arizona; Cairo; and fally At, Texas, where his parents enrolled him a strictly regimented “boy’s ranch.” The school, however, only end up distancg him om his parents further, as he ched closer to acknowledgg and nsummatg his homosexual feelgs. Dperate to “prove to the world that this ‘faggot’ would acplish what tens of thoands of straight men had failed to do,” Jon enlisted the Navy, and his bold journey to bee a SEAL began boot mp durg an icy northern Illois wter. Along the way, he furtively socialized a clanste gay club Mississippi and ma two attempts at surmountg a particularly gelg Hell Week durg SEAL trag Southern California. He picts his ary service spired chapters that offer rears a vir view of troop platoon life. He engaggly crafts his most vivid memori to nostalgic anecdot; some are harrowg, such as a near-ath experience he had as a child, and some are unjt and huiatg, such as his ary discharge 2003 for reported homosexual behavr. Jon is a talented wrer who quickly gets his story across whout unnecsary exposn. He brgs a sharp personal perspective to the fal chapter: a letter to his young son about how to live life fearlsly and whout regret. Rears terted the experience of beg gay the ary, and s former “don’t ask, don’t tell” nundm, will fd Jon’ memoir a rewardg unflchgly hont tobgraphy wrten wh brevy, charm, passn and immense patrtism. * gay navy seal book *
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".
PRI: THE STORY OF THE FIRST OPENLY GAY NAVY SEAL
A former Navy SEAL and teammate of Brett Jon reviews his book Pri: The Story of the First Openly Gay Navy SEAL. * gay navy seal book *
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.
PRI: THE STORY OF THE FIRST OPENLY GAY NAVY SEAL
Former Navy SEAL Brett Jon kept his sexualy secret while wh the ele ary un. Now he's g out to say he's gay, he says, hop of helpg others a siar posn. * gay navy seal book *
He is reverent to nservative valu as a homosexual navigatg the chang of current social stabily Ameri.
PRI: THE STORY OF THE FIRST OPENLY GAY NAVY SEAL – A BOOK REVIEW
The Navy had a Don’t-ask Don’t-tell policy (DADT) and beg a gay Navy SEAL proposed s own set of problems. I was gog to have to lie to my SEAL teammat * gay navy seal book *
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.
NAVY’S FIRST OPENLY GAY SEAL BUILDS HIS LIFE ANEW
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. GenrNonfictnMilary FictnLGBTGay163 pag, Kdle EdnFirst published September 5, 2014About the thorRatgs & ReviewsFriends & Followg Communy ReviewsDisplayg 1 - 5 of 5 reviewsAuthor 76 books2, 529 followersJune 8, 20153.
ACCINTAL 'I LOVE YOU' DERAILED GAY NAVY SEAL'S CAREER
It was a goal which he did achieve, although took everythg he had to get is only the unrcurrent, really, of how beg gay impacted Brett's teen years and Navy reer. Part of that probably is his character, which seems unemotnal and stoic; part is bee clearly beg gay was almost irrelevant the most tense moments of his life - BUD-S trag and beg a SEAL. His later romantic relatnship wh a Navy guy, which rulted his accintal outg, receiv a ty actn of the page time that trag book do, toward the end, reflect the crazy irratnaly of wastg liv, trag, time and effort the persecutn of gays the ary.
EXCLIVE: MY NAME IS BRETT JON, I AM A NAVY SEAL, AND I AM GAY
Although one tertg le, Brett says he don't envy the men who now have to be out role mols, as gay men the ary.
PRI: THE STORY OF THE FIRST OPENLY GAY NAVY SEAL
This is a fairly short and easy read, although what I brought out of was more a batn of amazement that he survived his childhood tact, and a plete picture of BUD-S trag, than a real empathy wh what beg gay the Navy felt like. Beyond this, the tle is really kd of misleadg - "the first openly gay navy seal". BUT hreallykdanotthefirstopenlygayseal.