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Contents:
- "COMG OUT UNR FIRE": THE STORY OF GAY AND LBIAN SERVICEMEMBERS
- RISHI SUNAK APOLOGIS TO LGBT VETERANS FOR PAST ARMED FORC GAY BAN
- IN U.S., BROAD, STEADY SUPPORT FOR OPENLY GAY SERVICE MEMBERS
- THE CAMERA THE CLOSET: GAY SERVICE MEMBERS SPEAK OUT TO ABC NEWS ABOUT DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL
- GAY MOSW · CY GUI
- THE 5 BEST MOSW GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS MOSW
"COMG OUT UNR FIRE": THE STORY OF GAY AND LBIAN SERVICEMEMBERS
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Gay and Lbian soldiers faced extraordary discrimatn durg World War II. Liebman and more than 9, 000 Amerin servicemembers, however, eventually were given a Sectn 8 "blue discharge" for beg homosexual.
RISHI SUNAK APOLOGIS TO LGBT VETERANS FOR PAST ARMED FORC GAY BAN
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The 1994 documentary Comg Out Unr Fire giv voice to the experienc of thoands of gay and lbian servicemembers who joed the ary durg World War II, a story that is largely ignored by historians and mms across the untry.
In 1993, the Uned Stat was batg the discrimatory “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy regardg homosexuals the morn ary. At the time, homosexualy was classified as a mental illns by the medil muny; mental illns was one ndn that disqualified young people om service. Gay and lbian recs were forced to answer qutns vaguely, or lie about their sexualy, orr to be allowed to serve; otherwise, they would n the risk of beg sent home and brand as “sex perverts.
IN U.S., BROAD, STEADY SUPPORT FOR OPENLY GAY SERVICE MEMBERS
The new data, shared exclively wh CBS News, vers the years om 1980 until the feral urts lifted the ban agast gay and lbian service members 2010. * gay service members *
By the middle of the war, the ary sought new ways to target and expel homosexuals. Instead of chargg dividuals wh sodomy, a urt-martialed offense, the ary began intifyg spected homosexuals as psychopaths.
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The majory of Amerins all key mographic subgroups ntue to favor allowg openly gay men and women to serve the ary. At the natnal level, views haven’t changed sce last year, wh 70% currently favor and 25% opposed. * gay service members *
Such a move created an efficient system of discrimatn and prosecutn of homosexual members of the ary. We were gay. Dpe the threat of persecutn, gay and lbian servicemembers thrived durg World War II.
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The new iendships gave gay and lbian GIs refuge om the hostily that surround them and allowed for a distct subculture to velop wh the ary. Servicemembers on every waront enjoyed drag show entertament; an entire gay lexin was veloped om the wrgs of Dorothy Parker; and eventually an unrground queer newspaper emerged.
Soldiers reprented female characters ary plays, and some homosexual soldiers found refuge om rigid genr rol. The irony that the ary selected two homosexuals to reprent the ial image of the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps was not lost on Abry. Eisenhower signed Executive Orr 10450, which banned homosexuals om feral employment.
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Over 5, 000 feral employe lost their jobs over accatns of homosexualy. The feral discrimatory actns drove LGBTQ people further to the shadows of society and embolned law enforcement and policians, who beme more vlent toward gay and lbian cizens. Patrons of the gay bar fought back and sparked a vlent uprisg that started the gay rights movement the Uned Stat.
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Gay and lbian veterans of World War II beme some of the first to fight ary discrimatn and blue discharg the years followg the war.