Thoands of graduat om the U.S. Naval Amy returned to Annapolis this weekend for their class rnns. At least one of them walked onto mp as an openly gay man –- somethg he never uld do llege.
Contents:
- EMOTNAL RETURN: GAY NAVAL AMY GRAD CELEBRAT CLASS RNN AFTER YEARS OF HIDG
- GAY NAVAL AMY ALUMNI COMMEMORATE DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL REPEAL
- GAY NAVAL AMY GRAD CELEBRAT CLASS RNN AFTER YEARS OF HIDG
- AFTER 30 YEARS, GAY MIDSHIPMAN RETURNS TO NAVAL AMY WH NO SECRETS
- MARYLAND: OPENLY GAY CATS ATTEND NAVAL AMY LGBT ALUMNI EVENT
- GAY NNER AT COAST GUARD AMY FDS BEG THENTIC ALLOWS HIM TO THRIVE
- EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS US NAVAL AMY
EMOTNAL RETURN: GAY NAVAL AMY GRAD CELEBRAT CLASS RNN AFTER YEARS OF HIDG
At least one of the thoands of graduat returng to the U.S. Naval Amy for class rnns this weekend is g home as an openly gay man – somethg... * gay naval academy *
We are the associatn of proud Uned Stat Naval Amy Alumni who are gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr joed by our supporters and iends. Related: Ellen talks wh the first gay Navy Spoe of the Year.
GAY NAVAL AMY ALUMNI COMMEMORATE DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL REPEAL
A gay and lbian alumni group for graduat of the U.S. Naval Amy is welg the first midshipmen who will graduate unr a new policy that allows gay and lbian ary members to serve whout fear of discharge. * gay naval academy *
Steve Clark Hall, a gay graduate om the class of 1975, said he knew gay classmat who were kicked out of the Amy and uld not return home to the fai who disowned them. “If you were gay [back then], was the worst, most spible, disgtg thg, ” Hall said of society’s views at the time.
Steffan was forced to rign April 1987 — two months before his graduatn — after Amy officials learned he was gay.
GAY NAVAL AMY GRAD CELEBRAT CLASS RNN AFTER YEARS OF HIDG
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Acrdg to a 1989 story the Philalphia Gay News, he said his father did not immediately accept his sexualy. “It is obv to me that the real problem is not homosexualy, but rather, the ary’s open and officially supported prejudice agast homosexuals who have the sire and pabily to serve their untry. Not long after Steffan’s dismissal om the Amy, a new era began for gay servicepeople.
“It was OK to be gay as long as you didn’t say, ‘I am gay, ’” he said of the mentaly at the time. “So all of a sudn, was OK to be gay as long as you didn’t tell about .
While this was seen as progrs at the time, Hall poted out how part of Clton’s platform was to allow gays, lbians, and bisexuals to openly serve the ary.
AFTER 30 YEARS, GAY MIDSHIPMAN RETURNS TO NAVAL AMY WH NO SECRETS
It was an historic tone that uple David Bucher and Bce Moats wed at the U.S. Naval Amy Chapel on Saturday, the venue's first gay weddg. * gay naval academy *
“When Clton promised you uld be openly gay, I was planng on beg openly gay [while servg], ” he said.
This rulted former midshipmen and ts foundg the Service Amy Gay & Lbian Alumni (SAGALA) work 1991. The GLBT Historil Society San Francis opened a “Gays the Milary” exhib, which featured several USNA Out members on display. I felt like I wasn’t alone and I unrstood that there were other gay people out there.
MARYLAND: OPENLY GAY CATS ATTEND NAVAL AMY LGBT ALUMNI EVENT
“Now I unrstand that the numbers are higher for suici wh the ary, but beg gay and the ary fely would spike those numbers even higher. Ortiz anized a private dner for a closely guard gut list of about two dozen gay midshipmen and alumni.
At least one of them is walkg onto mp as an openly gay man – somethg he never uld be llege.
GAY NNER AT COAST GUARD AMY FDS BEG THENTIC ALLOWS HIM TO THRIVE
“Back then the Navy treated allegatns of homosexualy, they treated vtigatns of people spected of beg gay, the same way they did large crim. “The hard part of g here and beg gay, there’s an implic part dog that where you are lyg to people who you are close wh, ” he said. Sce 2011, gay men and women have been able to serve openly the U.
“This is somethg I never expected – I would be standg outsi the ma gate of the Naval Amy talkg about what was like to be a gay midshipman, ” he said. (AP) -- A gay and lbian alumni group for graduat of the U. Unr the law that was repealed September, ary personnel uld be discharged for revealg they were gay.
EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS US NAVAL AMY
"Acrdg to the feedback we have received om our midshipmen members, gay and lbian midshipmen feel more fortable and no longer mt separate their personal inty om their profsnal inty, " said Hall, who mand two nuclear powered attack subs durg his 20-year active duty reer, a statement released on the group's webse. At least one of them walked onto mp as an openly gay man –- somethg he never uld do llege.
“Back then the Navy treated allegatns of homosexualy... It’s his first vis back sce the ary end s ban on openly gay service members. “I always had to worry about havg disvered that I’m gay, ” he said.
Durg that time, Fchtbm said the Navy would vtigate what lled “allegatns of homosexualy. “I have plenty of classmat who are gay, but I didn’t know that at the time, ” he said.