While the LGBT ary muny has seen creased reprentatn the past , stris are still beg ma to improve acceptance, tegratn and health for gay and transgenr service members.
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- I'M A GAY ARMY OFFICER—QUEER TROOPS MT FIGHT BACK
- LEADG ADVOCY GROUP FOR GAY RIGHTS THE US MILARY SHUTTG DOWN
I'M A GAY ARMY OFFICER—QUEER TROOPS MT FIGHT BACK
After beg oted om the U.S. ary for beg gay, she beme an early fighter for gay rights and a proment figure the nascent L.G.B.T.Q. rights movement. * army and gay rights *
But as a gay man, I have been fightg my whole life to enjoy the very privileg I am entled to as both a beholr and protector of them.
LEADG ADVOCY GROUP FOR GAY RIGHTS THE US MILARY SHUTTG DOWN
I was one of few soldiers who joed the service before graduatg high school, but the admistratn at the time, which I believe was homophobic, chose to act as if I never existed bee of my queer hate that I experienced growg up on Long Island was my first enunter wh how others would treat me as a queer soldier.
Ary for beg gay, she beme an early fighter for gay rights and a proment figure the nascent L.
Rights Vcenz rryg a plard prottg the ary’s ban on gay people while picketg the Pentagon July 1965. Her discharge om the ary over her homosexualy had turned her to an Tob/The New York Public LibraryPublished July 19, 2023Updated July 23, 2023Lilli Vcenz, who beme a gay rights activist the hhed, reprsive era before the Stonewall rebelln of 1969, when such a ncept srcely existed, makg a mark as a newspaper edor, documentary filmmaker and psychotherapist voted to L.