Is Uncle Sam gay?

Contents:

• UNCLE SAM DIDN’T WELE GAY EMPLOYE
• JONATHAN BENT WANTED TO CREATE A GAY UNCLE BUCK FOR THE HOLIDAY STER
• IS UNCLE SAM GAY?
• I WANT YOU TO BE ALL YOU CAN BE (UNCLE SAM) GAY PRIDE T-SHIRT

UNCLE SAM DIDN’T WELE GAY EMPLOYE

When to the history of the feral ernment’s treatment of gay employe, Uncle Sam should hang his head ’s history is not jt one of blockg gay men and lbians om gettg jobs or promotns.

JONATHAN BENT WANTED TO CREATE A GAY UNCLE BUCK FOR THE HOLIDAY STER

Documents dite that the ernment actively sought them out for dry language of a Jtice Department legal brief, filed July 2011 the se of a feral urt employee seekg health benefs for her same-sex wife, outl the feral ernment's "signifint and regrettable role the history of discrimatn agast gay and lbian dividuals. "“For years, the feral ernment emed gays and lbians unf for employment, barrg them om feral jobs on the basis of their sexual orientatn, ” the brief language of bigotry is not so dry.

IS UNCLE SAM GAY?

A November 1950 Senate submtee report ced the brief monstrated the gree of homophobia harsh, offensive terms. The report's tle: "Employment of Homosexuals and Other Sex Perverts Government. "After nng through one stereotype after another and sayg gay people “mt be treated as transgrsors, ” the report renrs the panel’s ncln: “In the opn of this submtee homosexuals and other sex perverts are not proper persons to be employed Government for two reasons; first, they are generally unsuable and send, they nstute secury risks.

I WANT YOU TO BE ALL YOU CAN BE (UNCLE SAM) GAY PRIDE T-SHIRT

”It’s te that gay men and lbians the closet of a homophobic world uld be blackmail targets. ”Lt one thk this reprents more bark than be, the report says “that between January 1, 1947, and Augt 1, 1950, approximately 1, 700 applints for Feral posns were nied employment bee they had a rerd of homosexualy or other sex perversn.