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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

Kev Maxen, an associate strength ach wh the Jacksonville Jaguars, has bee the first male ach a major U.S.-based profsnal league to e out as gay. * gay coast guard *

“People say I don’t look ‘gay, ’” said Fairburn.

“But what do ‘gay’ look like?

“Well, actually I look pretty ‘gay, ’” Lt.

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

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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.

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

“I jt want to be treated like everyone else – how you would have before you knew I was gay. What began as an observance of the anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall Uprisg for gay rights New York Cy has grown to a natnwi celebratn.

An advote for gay rights, Harvey Milk served the U. Milk beme one of the first openly gay elected officials the Uned Stat.

JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

Among civilian lears John Berry was the first openly gay member to head a feral agency when appoted to the Office of Personnel Management 2009; Ms. 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.

OPENLY GAY COAST GUARD NNER SETS SCHOOL RERD TRACK MEET

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. There was one problem though: I’m gay and I’ve known that sce I was very young (maybe around 10).

Though my mom equently remd me that she would love me no matter who I felt attracted to, I felt like I uldn’t tell her bee everyone school poted out how wrong beg gay was. A handful of ts found out when Melissa put together a gay unrground that preced what is now CGA Spectm, the first service amy Queer Affy Group.

COAST GUARD ENACTS PRO-GAY NON-DISCRIMATN POLICY

I don’t prent an overly “gay” way, whatever that is, so often as a surprise to lleagu and teammat when I e out to them some sual way or another.

| Eric Gay/AP Photo. Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player to be drafted when the then-St. 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.

“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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