Photo of gay Mare kissg boyiend receiv flood of support

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The gay pri adaptatn of the World War II flag-raisg on Iwo Jima prompted outrage and a ath threat last week.

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IWO JIMA MAR, GAY PRI AND A PHOTO ADAPTATN THAT SPAWNS FURY

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Before "don't ask, don't tell" was officially repealed for gay, lbian, and bisexual ary personnel 2011, a photo of a male Mare drag uld have land him hot water. "Lbian, gay, and bisexual ary personnel had been servg our untry for s whout receivg equal protectn, while transgenr troops are still prohibed om servg openly. "As a gay man, I n relate to what is still the opprsive stigma of homosexualy.

More than a ago, photographer Ed Freeman set out to pture the gay rights stggle a photograph for the ver of Frontiers, a gay magaze. ”Reactn on Twter also clud a lot of cricism:Alterg the Amerin flag lors && tryg to remake the "Raisg the Flag on Iwo Jima" photograph wh the gay pri flag is gradg— Taylor Murry (@taymurryy) July 1, 2015. Freeman, who is gay, also was blasted on Facebook after postg his gay pri Iwo Jima image along wh a msage sayg never occurred to him that would “someday e to symbolize the victory we are celebratg today.

PHOTO OF THE DAY: A GAY MARE'S HOMEG

Five months after the ary's ban on openly gay service expired, a photo of a young gay Mare's homeg kiss has gone viral. Nearly 15,000 people have liked the picture on Facebook, which was posted a group for gay Mar on Saturday. The Mare, Brandon Man, posted a rponse on his Facebook wall acrdg [...] * gay marine photo *

“Im all for gay rights and equal for all but DO NOT DISRESPECT THOSE WHO SERVED, SACRIFICED, AND DIED FOR YOUR COUNTRY AND YOUR RIGHTS AND FREEDOM, ” wrote one mentor rponse.

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“The prciple plat that people have is that I am equatg the gay stggle wh the ntributn and sacrifice of Amerin servicemen, ” he said.

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They’re already on edge bee of the gay marriage cisn. “One of them said, ‘Well, why don’t you have an astront plantg a gay flag on the moon?

Followg the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, heartwarmg photos of gay servicemen and servicewomen returng home om war are beg a genre unto themselv, but this picture seems to be htg a nerve.

Sce was posted Saturday on the Facebook group Gay Mar, 's racked up more than 17, 000 lik (as of wrg -- keeps climbg). The photo, which shows Mare Brandon Man locked a romantic embrace wh his boyiend was ially posted on the Facebook page Gay Mar, where was met wh a great al of enthiasm.

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The Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act, which allowed for gays and lbians to serve openly the ary, was signed to law by Print Obama on Dec. It overturned the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy, which had banned openly gay, lbian or bisexual people om servg the ary sce Dec. "The Inspectn" is a new feature about a young man who turns his life around the Mare Corps after beg kicked out of the hoe as a teen for beg gay and livg homels for several years.

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Bratton lived on the streets for a after beg kicked out of the hoe for beg gay. The trailer for Bratton's film brgs a lot of the Mare Corps' re valu, so looks like we n expect a movie that portrays lead character Ellis French's ary experience a posive light spe of the herent problems a gay Mare would have faced that era.

Photography by Cedric TerrellAlthough the stereotype has been that the branch of the Uned Stat ary mt be homophobic--impossible to feel fortable beg gay--wh the Mar at the top of that heap. Although Msky is straight, he had begun to reach a large dience, growg populary among gay men bee of his unrwear molg.

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""Of urse we photographed him some unrwear; he knows his biggt followg is gay men, " Terrell says. "Jt time for the new year, YouTube filmmakers Gay Fay Valu sat down wh Sgt. Five months after the ary's ban on openly gay service expired, a photo of a young gay Mare's homeg kiss has gone 15, 000 people have liked the picture on Facebook, which was posted a group for gay Mar on Mare, Brandon Man, posted a rponse on his Facebook wall acrdg to the JoeMyGod blog.

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WASHINGTON — The ary sndal volvg sharg of sexually explic imag of troops has expand beyond the private social media se Mar Uned to a slew of gay pornography web pag wh imag of men wearg ary uniforms engaged sex acts, USA TODAY has broaned vtigatn to an creasg number of webs unrsr the plexy of policg social media s where sensive imag n be upload an stant for all to see. In the se of the s wh gay pornography, ary vtigators will be tasked wh termg whether active-duty troops were volved nduct that uld brg discred on their service, a potential vlatn of ary Mare Corps is not the only service affected. Victims of so-lled revenge porn the Mar Uned se have limed protectn unr ary law if the photographs or vios were taken origally wh their Pentagon has tablished a jot ary task force to handle the growg vtigatn, said MaryAnn Cummgs, a spokwoman for the Naval Crimal Invtigative, Mare, Army, Air Force and Coast Guard vtigators have "tablished a multi-service task force to expand the vtigatn, " she more:Senators rip top Mare over onle nu photo shargMar nu photo sndal volv all branch of ary: ReportsLawmakers nmn explic photos of female Mar posted on social mediaMilary officials briefed Congrs on Thursday about the Mar Uned sndal, which hundreds of active-duty Mar have viewed photos of servicewomen taken whout their nsent and cyberbullied some of some of the gay Tumblr s, fully drsed troops appear photos wh their name tags visible.

On Monday morng, the Facebook page of Mare Corps Rec Depot Parris Island posted an illtratn of a Mare nng, standg for the I Pri, wh photos behd of gay rights activists terspersed a cloud of rabow-like lor.

The ptn noted was the 10-year anniversary of the repeal of “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, ” a Clton-era policy that allowed gay and lbian people to serve the ary as long as their sexualy was kept secret. “The current day Mar that also disagree will have this thrown their fac and bee they disagree they will likely be ridiculed, ” he add, ncludg that the Corps had succumbed to fluenc that “do not belong, ” prumably meang gay and lbian people. “Bee the Commandant says so, ” me the rponse, which lked to a Mare admistrative msage, published earlier this month, explag that lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr Pri Month is celebrated each year June.

PHOTO OF GAY MARE KISSG BOYIEND RECEIV FLOOD OF SUPPORT

Although the Pentagon do not mata statistics on the number of LGBT service members currently the ranks, one study timated 2016 there were between 63, 000 and 105, 000 lbian, gay, or bisexual service members. The gay mare whose homeg kiss wh his boyiend went viral yterday has revealed that their passnate embrace was the uple's first ever.

A photo of a gay Mare locked a passnate wele home kiss wh his boyiend has gone viral, sparkg a groundswell of support om backers of the ary's policy of allowg openly gay men and women to serve the photo, which shows Sgt. Brandon Man lockg lips wh partner Dalan Wells durg a recent homeg Hawaii, was posted to a Gay Mar Facebook page on then, the shot has received tens of thoands of "lik, " shar and ments, promptg the young soldier to send a grateful msage to all of his supporters. "As a gay veteran that pic drew tears to my ey, " one menter wrote on Facebook.

Part of Gaona’s motivatn for jog the armed forc was the abily to supprs his gay thoughts and feelgs. “I also hontly never thought I would e out, bee I didn’t want to be gay. Intertgly enough, Gaona beiend many gay men after his stt the Mar, spe the apprehensn he was feelg about his own sexualy.

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1 gay ally. “I surround myself around more and more gay iends until fally I started g out, ” he said. “It was actually really difficult to e out to my gay iends, bee I had built such a iendship as their straight ally.

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