As "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" to an end, we sent Chris Heath to terview dozens of gay servicemen om the past and prent to fd out what life was really like as Ameri's ary stggled wh s last great inty crisis
Contents:
- WHEN GAY SAILOR WAS OUTED, HE FOUND HIS NAVY BUDDI HAD HIS BACK
- GAY SAILORS STOCK PHOTOS AND IMAG
- WHAT TO EXPECT OM YOUR GAY SAILG HOLIDAY?
- TELL: AN INTIMATE HISTORY OF GAY MEN THE MILARY
WHEN GAY SAILOR WAS OUTED, HE FOUND HIS NAVY BUDDI HAD HIS BACK
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I was alone at the time and tears, and I cid to e clean — y, I'm gay, I told them.
After I me over that fal hurdle, I began to live openly, and my life as a gay man flourished. This past sprg, bat trag before my ployment to Afghanistan, someone found out I was gay, walked up to me and said, "I'm glad I'm not ployg wh you, I wouldn't tst a fag wh my life. I grew up thkg that beg gay was wrong — that beg gay meant you f a stereotype.
She had asked me many tim growg up if I was gay, but beg aaid of who I was, I never uld adm . I distctly remember one day when an stctor said, "Oh look at those faggots, " and then turned to sayg, "Wa, 's OK to be gay, YOU jt n't be gay.
GAY SAILORS STOCK PHOTOS AND IMAG
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This prolonged my life the closet and I uld not be seen as gay to the rt of my class.
It's where I me out, and I learned to live an open life and grow as a gay man.
WHAT TO EXPECT OM YOUR GAY SAILG HOLIDAY?
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I feared I would be rejected by people I once was iends wh, terrified that the learship above me would look at me as ls of a man, or that any acplishment I have will be attributed to me beg gay, and not my mer. In fact, some of the most volly homophobic people end up beg my biggt supporters.
TELL: AN INTIMATE HISTORY OF GAY MEN THE MILARY
I want to prove that the gay muny is jt as strong and pable as the straight world. I was a b shocked and a lot thrilled to hear that there would be a US Sailg LGBTQ (Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer) DEI panel (Diversy, Equy, and Incln).
I have seen how homophobia, transphobia and biphobia play out the sailg world firsthand. As a genr non-nformg bisexual cis woman a relatnship wh a man, I am never gay enough and never straight enough.
Gay, lbian, and bi youth who e out and are received wh acceptance show the same trend their well-beg. This way LGBTQ youth have someone like them to look up to, and heterosexual youth unrstand that beg gay is somethg totally normal. He explaed how some rac there have been homophobic name-llg and tnts om other boats when they know a gay crew member is on board.