Soldiers reprentg the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer muny virtually celebrated Pri Month Thursday
Contents:
- HISTORY OF GAYS THE MILARY--PICTURES
- I'M A GAY ARMY OFFICER—QUEER TROOPS MT FIGHT BACK
- NEWLY PUBLISHED PORTRAS DOCUMENT A CENTURY OF GAY MEN LOVE
- GAY SOLDIERS STOCK PHOTOS AND IMAG
HISTORY OF GAYS THE MILARY--PICTURES
* gay photo army *
Before "don't ask, don't tell" was officially repealed for gay, lbian, and bisexual ary personnel 2011, a photo of a male Mare drag uld have land him hot water.
"Lbian, gay, and bisexual ary personnel had been servg our untry for s whout receivg equal protectn, while transgenr troops are still prohibed om servg openly. "As a gay man, I n relate to what is still the opprsive stigma of homosexualy.
Army Rerve, participat a lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer panel discsn June 24, 2021.
I'M A GAY ARMY OFFICER—QUEER TROOPS MT FIGHT BACK
WASHINGTON -- Soldiers reprentg the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer muny virtually celebrated Pri Month Thursday as part of a discsn that marked another step the Army’s growg regnn toward the LGBTQ muny. Every June, Pri Month is a natnal observance that is held to memorate the Stonewall Uprisg Manhattan, New York, 1969, a historic tippg pot wh the gay liberatn movement to empower all LGBTQ Amerins.
The directive was a promise measure that barred LGBTQ-intifyg persons om ary service, but also prohibed ary personnel om discrimatg agast, or harassg, closeted gay and lbian troops. Even 2011, after lawmakers repealed the directive, the repeal only ensured gay, lbian and bisexual troops uld openly serve.
“I was explicly asked on my [enlistment] forms: Are you gay? Tammy Smh participate a lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer panel discsn June 24, 2021.
NEWLY PUBLISHED PORTRAS DOCUMENT A CENTURY OF GAY MEN LOVE
“I didn’t know whether the two uld align: me beg gay and servg the Army, ” he said. In regnn of Gay Pri Month, the Pentagon released a vio addrs of Defense Secretary Leon Pata thankg gay and lbian service members.
The addrs about ne months after the "don't ask, don't tell" policy, banng gay active-duty members om servg openly, was story began December 2010, when Congrs officially repealed the policy, but remaed place until Sept.
GAY SOLDIERS STOCK PHOTOS AND IMAG
To celebrate Gay Pri Month, we've put together a gallery of gays the ary. Former and active duty Navy sailors gather before the Gay Pri Para Saturday, July 16, 2011, San Diego.
More than 200 active duty troops and war veterans wavg small Amerin flags alongsi rabow banners marched San Diego's gay pri para what is believed to be the first time an intifiable group of active duty troops has participated such an event the U.
Ary passed a historic tone Tuday wh the repeal of the ban on gays servg openly uniform, endg a prohibn that Print Barack Obama said had forced gay and lbian service members to "lie about who they are. The photo, ma some five months after the repeal of the ary's "don't ask don't tell" policy prohibg gay servicemen om openly acknowledgg their sexualy, is among the first showg a gay active duty serviceman uniform kissg his partner at a homeg.