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• US ARY IS POSTG GAY PRI RABOWS ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR PRI MONTH – HERE ARE THE PICS
• GAY ARMY VETERAN ANDRéS HERNANZ OPENS UP ABOUT COMG OUT
• @GAYARY
• BELLA RAMSEY PRAISED THEIR "GAY ARMY" OF SOCIAL MEDIA SUPPORTERS
• I'M A GAY ARMY OFFICER—QUEER TROOPS MT FIGHT BACK
• MAX EMERSON AND ANDR CAO’S GAY ARMY PROM PHOTOS ARE UNIFORMLY ROMANTIC
• TELL: AN INTIMATE HISTORY OF GAY MEN THE MILARY
• ARMY’S FIRST OPENLY GAY GENERAL RETIR AFTER SPIRG OTHERS
• THE LAST OF US STAR BELLA RAMSEY LOV "GAY ARMY" OF SUPPORTERS ONLE (EXCLIVE)

US ARY IS POSTG GAY PRI RABOWS ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR PRI MONTH – HERE ARE THE PICS

Leonard Matlovich, who stood agast the ban on homosexuals the ary. Naval Hospal Rota Spa posted a Pri graphic created by the Milary Health System, and said, “The Defense Health Agency (DHA) regniz the work of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr Amerins tablishg a ee natn that valu diversy, a val ponent of a ee natn.

Andrés Hernanz opens up about gay Army life and beyond. In 2019, on an episo of the PRIDE Podst, host Levi Chambers spoke wh openly gay Army veteran and fluencer, Andrés Hernanz. While on tour, he thought he uldn’t be open about beg gay.

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GAY ARMY VETERAN ANDRéS HERNANZ OPENS UP ABOUT COMG OUT

While Ramsey and the show have alt wh their fair share of trolls, the actor, who recently me out as nonbary and any pronouns, has exprsed their gratu for the “gay army” backg a March 6 appearance on The Last of Pods podst, Ramsey admted that although seri creator Craig Maz told them not to read ments about themselv or the show, they’ve “slightly, dramatilly blown open that oath” and disvered a large, supportive queer fandom. “I’m very aware that there’s a gay army on Twter who are supportg me and Ellie, and feels like they’re so much lour than any people who still hate , or hate the show, the homophobic trolls, ” Ramsey said.

”Ramsey prevly addrsed homophobic trolls a Febary terview wh GQ. “If you don’t want to watch the show bee has gay storyl, bee has a trans character, that’s on you, and you’re missg out.

@GAYARY

Although the character Bill’s gayns was only allud to the origal game and his former partner Frank was never shown onscreen, episo 3 (tled “Long Long Time”) sistepped that backstory and stead turned the duo’s relatnship to a s-spanng character study that many crics have already hailed as one of the bt TV episos of the year th far. “Ellie’s gayns is one of the reasons I love playg her so much, ” Ramsey told Them a recent terview.

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. Army Rerve, participat a lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer panel discsn June 24, 2021. WASHINGTON -- Soldiers reprentg the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer muny virtually celebrated Pri Month Thursday as part of a discsn that marked another step the Army’s growg regnn toward the LGBTQ muny.

BELLA RAMSEY PRAISED THEIR "GAY ARMY" OF SOCIAL MEDIA SUPPORTERS

Every June, Pri Month is a natnal observance that is held to memorate the Stonewall Uprisg Manhattan, New York, 1969, a historic tippg pot wh the gay liberatn movement to empower all LGBTQ Amerins.

The directive was a promise measure that barred LGBTQ-intifyg persons om ary service, but also prohibed ary personnel om discrimatg agast, or harassg, closeted gay and lbian troops. Even 2011, after lawmakers repealed the directive, the repeal only ensured gay, lbian and bisexual troops uld openly serve.

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

“I was explicly asked on my [enlistment] forms: Are you gay? Tammy Smh participate a lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer panel discsn June 24, 2021. “I didn’t know whether the two uld align: me beg gay and servg the Army, ” he said.

The are the voic explag what has been like to be a gay man1 the Amerin ary over the prev seventy or so years, om World War II veterans their late eighti to young servicemen on active duty.

Life Today as a Gay ServicemanHow we got here: In 1992, many people thought that the discrimatn was nearly over. "I remember beg the Castro, " says John Forrett (army rerve, 1987–99), "and watchg the TV at a bar wh some iends, watchg Al Gore and Bill Clton swearg that if they beme the tag team for Ameri they were gog to get rid of the harassment of gays and lbians servg the ary. " Gay people were allowed the ary but only as long as they didn’t reveal their sexualy; to facilate this, all members of the ary were also prohibed om quirg about anyone’s possible orientatn.

MAX EMERSON AND ANDR CAO’S GAY ARMY PROM PHOTOS ARE UNIFORMLY ROMANTIC

Gay people were only acceptable, effect, to the gree to which they uld succsfully masquera as nongay. Seventeen years which gay servicemen have existed a paradoxil kd of herworld.

TELL: AN INTIMATE HISTORY OF GAY MEN THE MILARY

Servicemen were advised that until then the policy would still apply, and that they uld potentially face s sanctns if they intify themselv publicly as gay. ’ "Air Force #1: "Two of my iends were disvered, both officers—’s a long and arduo procs for an officer to get kicked out for beg gay.

"Air Force #2 (senr airman, three years): "No one at my job would ever, ever spect that I was gay at all.

ARMY’S FIRST OPENLY GAY GENERAL RETIR AFTER SPIRG OTHERS

And you’re good at your job—a gay person wouldn’t be good at his job, so obvly you’re not gay.

You’re a Mare, you don’t md gettg dirty, gog out to the field and not showerg for weeks at a, if you were gay, when you have to shower wh all the other guys you’d get all exced.

THE LAST OF US STAR BELLA RAMSEY LOV "GAY ARMY" OF SUPPORTERS ONLE (EXCLIVE)

You’re not gettg exced so you’re clearly not gay. I mean, if you want to hi, the Mare Corps is one of the bt plac to do that, bee nobody wants to adm they are standg next to a gay guy.

Nobody wants to adm that they have gone to war wh gay people. I had ma about halfway through and the recer was trated wh how long was takg me, and he said, ’Well, basilly, are you gay?

One Man’s Operatn Iraqi FreedomMany gay servicemen the morn era—cludg Eric Alva (Mar, 1991–2004)—have pleted long ary reers whout their sexualy ever beg revealed. And therefore few people realized that the first Amerin serly wound the vasn of Iraq durg the send Gulf war was a gay Alva signed up, before "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, " he had to lie on his paperwork. Lbians have suffered unr the same prohibns and prejudic and share many of the same experienc, as well as some that are distct, but this article ncentrat on the experience of gay men.