Openly gay Air Force mand chief at Ramste lends voice of personal experience for Pri Month | Stars and Strip

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• OPENLY GAY AIR FORCE MAND CHIEF AT RAMSTE LENDS VOICE OF PERSONAL EXPERIENCE FOR PRI MONTH
• GAY SERGEANT CHALLENG THE AIR FORCE
• AIR FORCE HONORS GAY RIGHTS IN THE SERVICE KICKED OUT 1975

OPENLY GAY AIR FORCE MAND CHIEF AT RAMSTE LENDS VOICE OF PERSONAL EXPERIENCE FOR PRI MONTH

Beg Gay the Air Force. I gus this is geared more toward other gay folks, but jt wonrg what your experience has been like. Air Force announced the lnch of two new diversy and cln programs, cludg a Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr and Queer/Qutng iative team (LIT) and the Indigeno Natns Equaly Teams (INET).

Sce 2011, openly gay, lbian and bisexual men and women have been permted to serve the ary. It wasn’t until 1982 that the ary enacted a policy explicly banng gay men and lbians om their ranks.

And the early 1940s, was classified as a mental illns, disqualifyg gay men and lbians om service. Eighteen years later, Congrs repealed the policy, allowg openly gay, lbian and bisexual people to serve the ary.

GAY SERGEANT CHALLENG THE AIR FORCE

This allowed lbian, gay and bi-sexual ary members to serve openly the U. Grisham hop his experience of servg the Air Force for more than 20 years as a gay airman n reassure and spire other LGBTQ ary personnel. As far as he knows, he’s the only openly gay mand chief the Air Force.

AIR FORCE HONORS GAY RIGHTS IN THE SERVICE KICKED OUT 1975

Until 2011, when the repeal of the ary’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy took effect, openly gay and lbian people were barred om servg the U. Nor did beg gay hr his advancement opportuni his 20-pl years the Air Force. Gay and lbian service members have largely found acceptance the ary, he said.