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Contents:

• HOW TO KNOW IF YOU ARE GAY
• CAN SOMEONE BE HOMOSEXUAL AND NOT GAY?
• HOW TO ACCEPT THAT YOU ARE GAY
• IT'S OK TO BE GAY LYRICS
• WHY GAY IS NOT OK
• AM I GAY?
• WHY DO SOME CHRISTIANS BELIEVE ’S OK TO BE GAY, WHEN THE BIBLE SAYS ISN’T?
• IT’S “OKAY” TO BE GAY, AND YOU NEED TO KNOW WHY
• WHY ARE PEOPLE GAY? GAY BY CHOICE OR IS BEG GAY GEIC?
• GAY RIGHTS
• IT'S OKAY TO BE GAY
• HORAT LEE JENKS - IT'S OKAY TO BE GAY LYRICS
• IT’S OKAY TO BE GAYWHOUT ANDREWJUL. 31, 20151 VIEWER1 CONTRIBUTORIT’S OKAY TO BE GAY LYRICSIT'S OKAY TO BE A F*GGOTIT'S OL IF YOU WANNA BE QUEERIT'S OKAY IF YOU WANNA KISS OTHER GUYSIT'S PERFECTLY OKAY TO BE GAYWHEN THOSE KIDS BEAT YOU UP LISTENG TO (UNKNOWN)OR WAS 'E YOU WERE A BIG LIMP BIZK FAN?THERE'S SOMETHG THAT A-HOL N'T HANDLEAND 'S SUCH A SHAMESUCH A FUCKG SHAMEIT'S OKAY TO BE A F*GGOTIT'S OL IF YOU WANNA BE QUEERIT'S OKAY IF YOU WANNA KISS OTHER GUYSIT'S PERFECTLY OKAY TO BE GAYYOU BT STEP OUT THE WAY 'E BCH I'M FABULOTHAT DON'T MEAN I N'T APPRECIATE SOME BOOBISTOP ACTG LIKE ALL GAYS ARE ALIENSWE ACTUALLY HAVE FEELGS DON'T YOU KNOW?(UNKNOWN) BLEED RABOWSIT'S OKAY TO BE A F*GGOTIT'S OL IF YOU WANNA BE QUEERIT'S OKAY IF YOU WANNA KISS OTHER GUYSIT'S PERFECTLY-YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKEIT DON'T MATTER WHAT YOU PUT YOUR MOUTHAS LONG AS YOUR HEART'S THE RIGHT PLACEIT'S OKAY TO BE A F*GGOTIT'S OL IF YOU WANNA BE QUEERIT'S OKAY IF YOU WANNA KISS OTHER GUYSIT'S PERFECTLY OKAY TO BE GAYEMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUTHAVE THE SI SOP ON THIS SONG?SIGN UP AND DROP SOME KNOWLEDGESTART THE SONG BASK A QUTN ABOUT THIS SONGASK A QUTN *‌WHEN DID WHOUT ANDREW RELEASE “IT'S OKAY TO BE GAY”?CREDSRELEASE DATEJULY 31, 2015TAGSROCKPUNK ROCKEXPAND COMMENTSADD A MENTSIGN UP AND DROP KNOWLEDGE ?GENI IS THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF MIC KNOWLEDGE, CREATED BY SCHOLARS LIKE YOU WHO SHARE FACTS AND SIGHT ABOUT THE SONGS AND ARTISTS THEY LOVE.SIGN UPGENI IS THE WORLD’S BIGGT LLECTN OF SONG LYRICS AND MIL KNOWLEDGE
• IT’S OKAY TO BE GAYJSKETRACK 5 ON ASKG FOR A FRIEND (EP) PRODUCED BYJSKEJUN. 14, 20191 VIEWER1 CONTRIBUTORIT’S OKAY TO BE GAY LYRICS[VERSE 1]I NEVER REALLY KNEW WHAT I WAS LOOKG FORBUT H ME HARD AND THREW ME RIGHT ON THE FLOORNOW THAT I GOT I ONLY WANT MOREGIVE ME MOREGIVE ME MOREGIVE ME MORE, YEAH[VERSE 2]OOOH I GOT , NOW I N'T LOOK BACKON A TIME I DIDN'T HAVE WHAT I HADCOMPLETE SPAIR, LET WASH OVER MEMAKE RA, MAKE STAY OOOH[VERSE 3]ONCE UPON A TIME, BACK THE DAYI WAS A LTLE GIRL, TRYG TO FD MY FEELGS AWAYTHEN I FOUND OUT, 'S OKAY TO BE GAYAND 'S OKAY TO BE YOU AND 'S OKAY TO BE MEI'M TRYNA TELL A STORY HERE, TRYNA MAKE A POTWE'RE ALL DIFFERENT SPECI, UNIQUE EACH FORMIF YOU'VE GOT A PROBLEM AND YOU THK THAT I'M WRONGDON'T LISTEN TO THIS SONG[OUTRO]RUN WH ME, E TO THE OTHER SI WH MEI'M FALLG FOR YOUR GAMI'M FALLG FOR YOUR GAMRUN WH ME, E TO THE OTHER SI WH MEI'M FALLG FOR YOUR GAMCSE 'S OKAY TO BE GAYYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKEEMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUTHAVE THE SI SOP ON THIS SONG?SIGN UP AND DROP SOME KNOWLEDGESTART THE SONG BASK A QUTN ABOUT THIS SONGASK A QUTN *‌WHO PRODUCED “IT'S OKAY TO BE GAY” BY JSKE?WHEN DID JSKE RELEASE “IT'S OKAY TO BE GAY”?WHO WROTE “IT'S OKAY TO BE GAY” BY JSKE?ASKG FOR A FRIEND (EP) (2019)JSKE1. INTRO2. ASKG FOR A FRIEND, PT. 13. ASKG FOR A FRIEND, PT. 24. WHO I AM5. IT’S OKAY TO BE GAYCREDSPRODUCED BYJSKEWRTEN BYJSKERELEASE DATEJUNE 14, 2019TAGSPOPEXPAND COMMENTSADD A MENTSIGN UP AND DROP KNOWLEDGE ?GENI IS THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF MIC KNOWLEDGE, CREATED BY SCHOLARS LIKE YOU WHO SHARE FACTS AND SIGHT ABOUT THE SONGS AND ARTISTS THEY LOVE.SIGN UPGENI IS THE WORLD’S BIGGT LLECTN OF SONG LYRICS AND MIL KNOWLEDGE

HOW TO KNOW IF YOU ARE GAY

If you have had romantic experienc or fantasi volvg people who are the same genr as you, then there is a good chance you are gay or bisexual, but 's okay if you're a ltle nfed. So when we therapists are nonted wh male clients, often married on, who e to wh ep nflicts about their sexual attractn to other men, we often fd that they are willg to e the word “homosexual, ” but chew the “gay” label. Unfortunately, much of our natn’s polics have long exacerbated the problem as well, shamg and vilifyg homosexualy, leadg legns of men stgglg wh sexual inty to ternalize their homophobia.

CAN SOMEONE BE HOMOSEXUAL AND NOT GAY?

I warned them of the pfalls of keepg their sexual orientatn secret: a life of creased prsn, pursug a secret life the gay unrground wh the danger of beg ught, how attemptg to supprs urg n often e them to bee even more obssed wh them.

They may need, om time to time, to seek further therapy, but wh the right therapist, one who has thoroughly unrstood the dangers of such practic of “reparative therapy” which the therapist seeks to change the client’s sexual inty om gay to straight.

HOW TO ACCEPT THAT YOU ARE GAY

Most people the LGBTQ+ muny know om experience that acceptg your sexualy will lead to your beg a happier, more open this gui, the term gay has been ed to clu all forms of non-heterosexual attractn, whether that be people who are lbian, gay, bisexual, queer, pansexual, or otherwise not straight. The laws the Bible were maly for health purpos - shunng homosexualy is right next to not gettg tattoos, not eatg pork, and not wearg mixed lens, but you n bet your bottom dollar all your neighbors do those thgs. Article SummaryXIf you stggle wh acceptg your attractn to the same sex, know that beg gay is pletely normal and you n be proud of who you are by fdg support and embracg your dividualy.

Usg this sle, the rearchers averaged figur supportg their claims that 10 percent of mal between the ag of 16 and 55 were more or ls exclively homosexual for at least three years. Gordon Muir reported that he had found "substantial evince ditg that ls than 5 percent of men and women have had any homosexual ntact their lifetime, and no more than 3 percent of men and nsirably fewer women claim to be bisexual or exclively homosexual. Even if rearchers were to suggt a heredary tie wh homosexualy, as they have wh alholism, the right tack wh this argument is not to ntend that 's false, but that promot life-threateng behavr.

IT'S OK TO BE GAY LYRICS

" While AIDS is no longer nsired jt a gay disease, s universaly often overshadows the fact that, acrdg to the Centers for Disease Control, "homosexuals ntue to make up the majory of s. " Consequently, the 1993 fdgs of three rearchers wh the Eastern Psychologil Associatn, quoted by Jefey Satover "Homosexualy and the Polics of Tth" (Baker), should e as no surprise.

WHY GAY IS NOT OK

Satover wr that "they found that the gay male lifpan, even apart om AIDS and wh a long-term partner, is signifintly shorter than that of married men general by more than three s. Mattison found that even homosexual men "permanent" relatnships tend to stray more often than heterosexual men: "Y, that wayward impulse is as evable man-to-man affairs as man-to-woman, only, for gays, starts chg faster.

Gay - While this adjective has historilly scribed men who are attracted to other men, the term now is ed to refer to anyone who experienc romantic, emotnal, or physil attractn to people of the same genr.

The Christian church has reacted to this growg unrstandg of gay, lbian, and bisexual people many ways that have not been supportive, om skepticism and fear to nmnatn and excln, and even to outright physil vlence and abe. For every verse that anti-LGBTQ Christians say nmns homosexualy, there are a dozen that clearly nmn somethg we support or support somethg we nmn (which isn’t to say that those passag even do nmn queer people).

AM I GAY?

I have a nfsn to make to you: sometim, when I lay bed on particularly rtls nights (ually when I’ve stayed up way too late and had way too many Pepsis) I stare at the ceilg and ntemplate eher (a) the vastns and meangls of the Universe or (b) “what if they are right and is a s to be gay??? Do not be ceived: neher the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexualy, nor thiev, nor the greedy, nor dnkards, nor revilers, nor swdlers will her the kgdom of God. Unrstandg this, that the law is not laid down for the jt but for the lawls and disobedient, for the ungodly and sners, for the unholy and profane, for those who strike their fathers and mothers, for murrers, the sexually immoral, men who practice homosexualy, enslavers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is ntrary to sound doctre,.

Now we know that the law is good, if one lawfully, unrstandg this, that the law is not laid down for the jt but for the lawls and disobedient, for the ungodly and sners, for the unholy and profane, for those who strike their fathers and mothers, for murrers, the sexually immoral, men who practice homosexualy, enslavers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is ntrary to sound doctre, acrdance wh the gospel of the glory of the blsed God wh which I have been entsted. It very much appears that same-sex sexual attractn is not a choice but actg on is; so if you fe gay as the mere prence of same-sex attractn, then om everythg we unrstand, beg gay is not a choice. Army service World War I, Gerber was spired to create his anizatn by the Scientific-Humanarian Commtee, a “homosexual emancipatn” group ’s small group published a few issu of s newsletter “Friendship and Freedom, ” the untry’s first gay-tert newsletter.

Ernment signated Gerber’s Chigo hoe a Natnal Historic Pk TriangleCorbis/Getty ImagHomosexual prisoners at the ncentratn mp at Sachsenhsen, Germany, wearg pk triangl on their uniforms on December 19, gay rights movement stagnated for the next few s, though LGBT dividuals around the world did e to the spotlight a few example, English poet and thor Radclyffe Hall stirred up ntroversy 1928 when she published her lbian-themed novel, The Well of Lonels. Addnally, 1948, his book Sexual Behavr the Human Male, Aled Ksey proposed that male sexual orientatn li on a ntuum between exclively homosexual to exclively Homophile Years In 1950, Harry Hay found the Mattache Foundatn, one of the natn’s first gay rights group.

WHY DO SOME CHRISTIANS BELIEVE ’S OK TO BE GAY, WHEN THE BIBLE SAYS ISN’T?

”Though started off small, the foundatn, which sought to improve the liv of gay men through discsn groups and related activi, expand after foundg member Dale Jenngs was arrted 1952 for solicatn and then later set ee due to a adlocked the end of the year, Jenngs formed another anizatn lled One, Inc., which weled women and published ONE, the untry’s first pro-gay magaze.

Post Office, which 1954 clared the magaze “obscene” and refed to liver Mattache Society Mattache Foundatn members rtctured the anizatn to form the Mattache Society, which had lol chapters other parts of the untry and 1955 began publishg the untry’s send gay publitn, The Mattache Review.

IT’S “OKAY” TO BE GAY, AND YOU NEED TO KNOW WHY

That same year, four lbian upl San Francis found an anizatn lled the Dghters of Bilis, which soon began publishg a newsletter lled The Ladr, the first lbian publitn of any early years of the movement also faced some notable setbacks: the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn listed homosexualy as a form of mental disorr followg year, Print Dwight D. In 1961, Illois beme the first state to do away wh s anti-sodomy laws, effectively crimalizg homosexualy, and a lol TV statn California aired the first documentary about homosexualy, lled The 1965, Dr.

WHY ARE PEOPLE GAY? GAY BY CHOICE OR IS BEG GAY GEIC?

”In fear of beg shut down by thori, bartenrs would ny drks to patrons spected of beg gay or kick them out altogether; others would serve them drks but force them to s facg away om other ctomers to prevent them om 1966, members of the Mattache Society New York Cy staged a “sip-”—a twist on the “s-” protts of the 1960s— which they vised taverns, clared themselv gay, and waed to be turned away so they uld sue.

GAY RIGHTS

They were nied service at the Greenwich Village tavern Juli, rultg much publicy and the quick reversal of the anti-gay liquor Stonewall Inn A few years later, 1969, a now-famo event talyzed the gay rights movement: The Stonewall clanste gay club Stonewall Inn was an stutn Greenwich Village bee was large, cheap, allowed dancg and weled drag queens and homels the early hours of June 28, 1969, New York Cy police raid the Stonewall Inn.

After the Stonewall Rts, a msage was pated on the outsi of the board-up bar readg, "We homosexuals plead wh out people to please help mata peaceful and quiet nduct on the streets of the village. " This sign was wrten by the Mattache Society–an early anizatn dited to fightg for gay reportg the events, The New York Daily News rorted to homophobic slurs s tailed verage, nng the headle: “Homo Nt Raid, Queen Be Are Stgg Mad. ”Over the next several nights, gay activists ntued to gather near the Stonewall, takg advantage of the moment to spread rmatn and build the muny that would fuel the growth of the gay rights movement.

IT'S OKAY TO BE GAY

1 / 12: NY Daily News Archive/Getty ImagChristopher Street Liberatn Day Shortly after the Stonewall uprisg, members of the Mattache Society spl off to form the Gay Liberatn Front, a radil group that lnched public monstratns, protts and nontatns wh polil officials.

HORAT LEE JENKS - IT'S OKAY TO BE GAY LYRICS

Siar groups followed, cludg the Gay Activists Alliance, Radilbians, and Street Transvt Actn Revolutnari (STAR) 1970, at the one-year anniversary of the Stonewall Rts, New York Cy muny members marched through lol streets memoratn of the event. Activists also turned the once-disreputable Pk Triangle to a symbol of gay Polil Victori The creased visibily and activism of LGBTQ dividuals the 1970s helped the movement make progrs on multiple onts.

IT’S OKAY TO BE GAYWHOUT ANDREWJUL. 31, 20151 VIEWER1 CONTRIBUTORIT’S OKAY TO BE GAY LYRICSIT'S OKAY TO BE A F*GGOTIT'S OL IF YOU WANNA BE QUEERIT'S OKAY IF YOU WANNA KISS OTHER GUYSIT'S PERFECTLY OKAY TO BE GAYWHEN THOSE KIDS BEAT YOU UP LISTENG TO (UNKNOWN)OR WAS 'E YOU WERE A BIG LIMP BIZK FAN?THERE'S SOMETHG THAT A-HOL N'T HANDLEAND 'S SUCH A SHAMESUCH A FUCKG SHAMEIT'S OKAY TO BE A F*GGOTIT'S OL IF YOU WANNA BE QUEERIT'S OKAY IF YOU WANNA KISS OTHER GUYSIT'S PERFECTLY OKAY TO BE GAYYOU BT STEP OUT THE WAY 'E BCH I'M FABULOTHAT DON'T MEAN I N'T APPRECIATE SOME BOOBISTOP ACTG LIKE ALL GAYS ARE ALIENSWE ACTUALLY HAVE FEELGS DON'T YOU KNOW?(UNKNOWN) BLEED RABOWSIT'S OKAY TO BE A F*GGOTIT'S OL IF YOU WANNA BE QUEERIT'S OKAY IF YOU WANNA KISS OTHER GUYSIT'S PERFECTLY-YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKEIT DON'T MATTER WHAT YOU PUT YOUR MOUTHAS LONG AS YOUR HEART'S THE RIGHT PLACEIT'S OKAY TO BE A F*GGOTIT'S OL IF YOU WANNA BE QUEERIT'S OKAY IF YOU WANNA KISS OTHER GUYSIT'S PERFECTLY OKAY TO BE GAYEMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUTHAVE THE SI SOP ON THIS SONG?SIGN UP AND DROP SOME KNOWLEDGESTART THE SONG BASK A QUTN ABOUT THIS SONGASK A QUTN *‌WHEN DID WHOUT ANDREW RELEASE “IT'S OKAY TO BE GAY”?CREDSRELEASE DATEJULY 31, 2015TAGSROCKPUNK ROCKEXPAND COMMENTSADD A MENTSIGN UP AND DROP KNOWLEDGE ?GENI IS THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF MIC KNOWLEDGE, CREATED BY SCHOLARS LIKE YOU WHO SHARE FACTS AND SIGHT ABOUT THE SONGS AND ARTISTS THEY LOVE.SIGN UPGENI IS THE WORLD’S BIGGT LLECTN OF SONG LYRICS AND MIL KNOWLEDGE

Addnally, several openly LGBTQ dividuals secured public office posns: Kathy Kozachenko won a seat to the Ann Harbor, Michigan, Cy Council 1974, beg the first out Amerin to be elected to public Milk, who mpaigned on a pro-gay rights platform, beme the San Francis cy supervisor 1978, beg the first openly gay man elected to a polil office asked Gilbert Baker, an artist and gay rights activist, to create an emblem that reprents the movement and would be seen as a symbol of pri. Baker signed and stched together the first rabow flag, which he unveiled at a pri para followg year, 1979, more than 100, 000 people took part the first Natnal March on Washgton for Lbian and Gay Rights.

In 1981, the Centers for Disease Control and Preventn published a report about five prevly healthy homosexual men beg fected wh a rare type of 1984, rearchers had intified the e of AIDS—the human immunoficiency vis, or HIV—and the Food and Dg Admistratn licensed the first mercial blood tt for HIV 1985.

IT’S OKAY TO BE GAYJSKETRACK 5 ON ASKG FOR A FRIEND (EP) PRODUCED BYJSKEJUN. 14, 20191 VIEWER1 CONTRIBUTORIT’S OKAY TO BE GAY LYRICS[VERSE 1]I NEVER REALLY KNEW WHAT I WAS LOOKG FORBUT H ME HARD AND THREW ME RIGHT ON THE FLOORNOW THAT I GOT I ONLY WANT MOREGIVE ME MOREGIVE ME MOREGIVE ME MORE, YEAH[VERSE 2]OOOH I GOT , NOW I N'T LOOK BACKON A TIME I DIDN'T HAVE WHAT I HADCOMPLETE SPAIR, LET WASH OVER MEMAKE RA, MAKE STAY OOOH[VERSE 3]ONCE UPON A TIME, BACK THE DAYI WAS A LTLE GIRL, TRYG TO FD MY FEELGS AWAYTHEN I FOUND OUT, 'S OKAY TO BE GAYAND 'S OKAY TO BE YOU AND 'S OKAY TO BE MEI'M TRYNA TELL A STORY HERE, TRYNA MAKE A POTWE'RE ALL DIFFERENT SPECI, UNIQUE EACH FORMIF YOU'VE GOT A PROBLEM AND YOU THK THAT I'M WRONGDON'T LISTEN TO THIS SONG[OUTRO]RUN WH ME, E TO THE OTHER SI WH MEI'M FALLG FOR YOUR GAMI'M FALLG FOR YOUR GAMRUN WH ME, E TO THE OTHER SI WH MEI'M FALLG FOR YOUR GAMCSE 'S OKAY TO BE GAYYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKEEMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUTHAVE THE SI SOP ON THIS SONG?SIGN UP AND DROP SOME KNOWLEDGESTART THE SONG BASK A QUTN ABOUT THIS SONGASK A QUTN *‌WHO PRODUCED “IT'S OKAY TO BE GAY” BY JSKE?WHEN DID JSKE RELEASE “IT'S OKAY TO BE GAY”?WHO WROTE “IT'S OKAY TO BE GAY” BY JSKE?ASKG FOR A FRIEND (EP) (2019)JSKE1. INTRO2. ASKG FOR A FRIEND, PT. 13. ASKG FOR A FRIEND, PT. 24. WHO I AM5. IT’S OKAY TO BE GAYCREDSPRODUCED BYJSKEWRTEN BYJSKERELEASE DATEJUNE 14, 2019TAGSPOPEXPAND COMMENTSADD A MENTSIGN UP AND DROP KNOWLEDGE ?GENI IS THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF MIC KNOWLEDGE, CREATED BY SCHOLARS LIKE YOU WHO SHARE FACTS AND SIGHT ABOUT THE SONGS AND ARTISTS THEY LOVE.SIGN UPGENI IS THE WORLD’S BIGGT LLECTN OF SONG LYRICS AND MIL KNOWLEDGE

But after failg to garner enough support for such an open policy, Print Clton 1993 passed the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT) policy, which allowed gay men and women to serve the ary as long as they kept their sexualy a rights advot cried the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy, as did ltle to stop people om beg discharged on the grounds of their 2011, Print Obama fulfilled a mpaign promise to repeal DADT; by that time, more than 12, 000 officers had been discharged om the ary unr DADT for refg to hi their sexualy.

Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell was officially repealed on September 20, Marriage and Beyond In 1992, the District of Columbia passed a law that allowed gay and lbian upl to register as domtic partners, grantg them some of the rights of marriage (the cy of San Francis passed a siar ordance three years prr and California would later extend those rights to the entire state 1999) 1993, the hight urt  Hawaii led that a ban on gay marriage may go agast the state’s nstutn.