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Contents:
- HISTORY’S GREATT GAY GENERAL
- ARMY’S FIRST OPENLY GAY GENERAL RETIR AFTER SPIRG OTHERS
- THE REVOLUTNARY WAR HERO WHO WAS OPENLY GAY
- TAMMY SMH: FIRST OPENLY GAY U.S. GENERAL
- HISTORY’S GREATT GAY GENERALWAR IS BORG·FOLLOWPUBLISHED WAR IS BORG·8 M READ·MAR 9, 2014--1LISTENSHARENO, NOT ALEXANR THE GREAT—FRERICK THE GREAT
- RICHARD GRENELL NOW HIGHT-RANKG OPENLY GAY OFFICIAL US ERNMENT HISTORY
- WOMAN BE FIRST OPENLY GAY GENERAL
- US ARMY GENERAL COM OUT AS GAY, INTRODUC HIS ‘HBAND’ AT PENTAGON GAY PRI EVENT
- RECLAIMG EMPIRE'S GREAT GAY HERO
- ARMY’S 1ST OPENLY GAY GENERAL CELEBRAT ADVANC DURG PRI OBSERVANCE S. KOREA
HISTORY’S GREATT GAY GENERAL
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ARMY’S FIRST OPENLY GAY GENERAL RETIR AFTER SPIRG OTHERS
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THE REVOLUTNARY WAR HERO WHO WAS OPENLY GAY
US Army General Com Out as Gay, Introduc His 'Hband' at Pentagon Gay Pri Event * the greatest gay general *
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TAMMY SMH: FIRST OPENLY GAY U.S. GENERAL
As difficult as was for her, g out publicly as gay “may not have been as easy for someone who was at a lower rank, ” Smh said an terview last week. “When I me durg the 80s, thgs were different for women and gay people, and now 2021, the societal l are different aga.
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HISTORY’S GREATT GAY GENERALWAR IS BORG·FOLLOWPUBLISHED WAR IS BORG·8 M READ·MAR 9, 2014--1LISTENSHARENO, NOT ALEXANR THE GREAT—FRERICK THE GREAT
In an era before gay marriage or open pri, ary men fell love, formed passnate iendships and had same-sex enunters. But the se of one of the ary’s foundg hero, homosexualy was always part of the story.
RICHARD GRENELL NOW HIGHT-RANKG OPENLY GAY OFFICIAL US ERNMENT HISTORY
Historians also thk he was homosexual—and served as an openly gay man the ary at a time when sex between men was punished as a crime.
He also downplayed mors that the baron had been dismissed om the Pssian ary for homosexualy.
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WOMAN BE FIRST OPENLY GAY GENERAL
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US ARMY GENERAL COM OUT AS GAY, INTRODUC HIS ‘HBAND’ AT PENTAGON GAY PRI EVENT
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RECLAIMG EMPIRE'S GREAT GAY HERO
If you are a gay or lbian member of the ary and have e out sce the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell, " please give a ll and tell your story at 800-989-8255.
She is the first openly gay general the Uned Stat ary. And I also read that, you know, before you were able to be openly gay the ary that, you know, a lot of thgs had to - everythg you did or thought about had to sort of be planned, a way.
ARMY’S 1ST OPENLY GAY GENERAL CELEBRAT ADVANC DURG PRI OBSERVANCE S. KOREA
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