The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) stands wh our fellow Amerins regnizg and honorg lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ+) veterans, service members and ary fai for Pri Month.
Contents:
- A GAY SOLDIER’S STORY OF VIETNAM AND AFTER
- LEONARD MATLOVICH: THE GAY MILARY HERO YOU'VE PROBABLY NEVER HEARD OF
- "COMG OUT UNR FIRE": THE STORY OF GAY AND LBIAN SERVICEMEMBERS
A GAY SOLDIER’S STORY OF VIETNAM AND AFTER
The Gay Milary Hero You've Probably Never Heard Of * gay vietnam veterans of america *
Larry Sanrs wr about servg the army, where he uld have been arrted for beg gay durg a very unpopular war.
LEONARD MATLOVICH: THE GAY MILARY HERO YOU'VE PROBABLY NEVER HEARD OF
Gay and Lbian soldiers faced extraordary discrimatn durg World War II. Most found new muni of people and thrived spe the opprsn. Disver the film Comg Out Unr Fire that shar their story. * gay vietnam veterans of america *
The day Larry Sanrs registered for the draft, one qutn buried the middle of a long qutnnaire smacked him the face: “Do you intify as a homosexual or ever had sexual feelgs for persons of the same sex? At the time Sanrs registered for the draft 1967, no one was clear about what happened to someone who admted beg gay.
When I registered for the draft jt a few years later, I was told not to say I was gay, bee they would make you prove . How do someone not datg anyone “prove” they’re gay? He didn’t really intify as homosexual.
And as a gay soldier, he didn’t particularly relate to those who served wh him. And what about beg a gay soldier an army that forba ?
"COMG OUT UNR FIRE": THE STORY OF GAY AND LBIAN SERVICEMEMBERS
"A Gay Vietnam Veteran, " reads bold letters.
C., where a clter of gay veterans are buried. It almost seemed better whout a name, like was a symbolic grave for all the gay soldiers who fought for their untry but had to hi their te selv. To the gay muny, he was the first U.