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Contents:
- A GAY VETERAN REMEMBERS SERVG IN SILENCE
- FOR GAY UPL HOPG FOR A ARY BURIAL, THE FIGHT FOR LOVE DON’T END WH ATH
- ARMY’S FIRST OPENLY GAY GENERAL RETIR AFTER SPIRG OTHERS
- "COMG OUT UNR FIRE": THE STORY OF GAY AND LBIAN SERVICEMEMBERS
- PRIMARY SOURCE SET: GAY MEN THE ARY
A GAY VETERAN REMEMBERS SERVG IN SILENCE
It's been 10 years sce Print Obama moved to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." Joseph Patton was discharged om the the Navy for beiendg gay men, before openly gay Amerins uld serve. * gay military reunion *
A Gay Veteran Remembers Servg In Silence.
FOR GAY UPL HOPG FOR A ARY BURIAL, THE FIGHT FOR LOVE DON’T END WH ATH
Soldiers reprentg the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer muny virtually celebrated Pri Month Thursday * gay military reunion *
Joseph Patton, at home Santa Moni, Calif., told StoryCorps last year that he was given an unsirable discharge for beg iends wh openly gay men the ary. Des before openly gay Amerins were legally allowed to serve the ary, Joseph Patton, a gay man, served silence. " The 1993 Clton-era policy known as "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" took an outright ban on gay service members and replaced wh a policy that allowed homosexual and bisexual people to serve the ary as long as they didn't reveal their sexual orientatn.
ARMY’S FIRST OPENLY GAY GENERAL RETIR AFTER SPIRG OTHERS
The right to a ary burial for gay spo was guaranteed natnwi wh the legalizatn of same-sex marriage 2015, but only a handful of known same-sex ary upl are buried across US natnal cemeteri. For most, the right to such an honor has been hard won. * gay military reunion *
When he served, Patton relled top ary brass actively enforcg the ban when he went to a gay bar San Diego wh other service members.
"They had ary police walkg around to check and see if there were any service men any of the gay bars, " he said. Although Patton kept his sexual orientatn private, he was ultimately penalized bee he was part of a social circle that clud gay men who opened up to learship about their sexualy. And I was kicked out of the service for beg iends wh a homosexual, " he relled.
"COMG OUT UNR FIRE": THE STORY OF GAY AND LBIAN SERVICEMEMBERS
Most lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr service members are still reluctant to disclose their sexual orientatn or inty. * gay military reunion *
”A earlier, the repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell” allowed gays and lbians to serve openly after centuri of hidg, persecutn and dishonorable, we salute some of the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer service members who paved the way for a more clive force.
Ralph Earl via Getty ImagWhout this gay ary geni, the Contental army might not have won the Revolutnary War.
PRIMARY SOURCE SET: GAY MEN THE ARY
WASHINGTON -- Sce Maj. Gen. Tammy Smh, the ary’s hight-rankg openly gay officer, me out 2012, she has tried beg an example of livg... * gay military reunion *
Friedrich von Stben joed the Pssian army as a teen, eventually beg an ai--mp to Frerick the Great, who was also mored to be gay.