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The "don't ask, don't tell" policy that barred openly gay men and women om servg the U.S. ary end last September. Some personnel returng om overseas are celebratg their new-found permissn to kiss by postg photos and vios.

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GAY MARE’S HOMEG KISS GO VIRAL

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 military homecoming *

Before "don't ask, don't tell" was officially repealed for gay, lbian, and bisexual ary personnel 2011, a photo of a male Mare drag uld have land him hot water.

GAY NAVY SAILOR'S HOMEG KISS WH HBAND AFTER 7-MONTH DEPLOYMENT SETS OFF OUTRAGE

The gay mare whose homeg kiss wh his boyiend went viral yterday has revealed that their passnate embrace was the uple's first ever. Sgt Brandon Man, of Oakdale, California, told how a four year iendship wh Wdward O * gay military homecoming *

"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. 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.

But immediately after the kiss aired on WJXT, viewers began to ll and wre angry letters about showg a photo of a gay uple. “How sad that your statn has dropped to such a low as to show a gay uple kissg on your newsst, ” wrote one viewer. Sce 2011, openly gay, lbian and bisexual men and women have been permted to serve the ary.

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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 homecoming *

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Eighteen years later, Congrs repealed the policy, allowg openly gay, lbian and bisexual people to serve the ary.

ARMY’S FIRST OPENLY GAY GENERAL RETIR AFTER SPIRG OTHERS

Mare Corps Sgt. Brandon Man's passnate kiss wh his boyiend at an on-base ary-fay homeg was photographed and posted on the "Gay Mare" Facebook page, triggerg an outpourg of support — and some dissent. * gay military homecoming *

The gay mare whose homeg kiss wh his boyiend went viral yterday has revealed that their passnate embrace was the uple's first ever. Tammy Smh, the ary’s hight-rankg openly gay officer, me out 2012, she has tried beg an example of livg thentilly while also beg a bean of visibily to other Soldiers and their fai. The policy banned lbians, gay men and bisexuals om servg the ary.

It terrified her to e out as gay such a public way, but she felt a rponsibily to do , she said.

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As difficult as was for her, g out publicly as gay “may not have been as easy for someone who was at a lower rank, ” Smh said an terview last week. “When I me durg the 80s, thgs were different for women and gay people, and now 2021, the societal l are different aga. “People mt fd fort and ph back some of that ternalized homophobia, and build a b on the journey between hont and thentic.

If any event marks the day the ary’s gay ban was really over, me last week, when Mare Corps Sgt. A iend photographed the embrace, which later was posted on the “Gay Mare” Facebook page and triggered an outpourg of support — and some dissent.

GAY MARE’S KISS SPARKS PRAISE, ANGER

Mare Corps Sgt. Brandon Man's passnate kiss wh his boyiend at an on-base ary-fay homeg was photographed and posted on the "Gay Mare" Facebook page, triggerg an outpourg of support — and some dissent. * gay military homecoming *

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“The photo humaniz who currently serve the ary and are gay, ” said Air Force Lt. Josh Seeied, who -directs the gay ary group Outserve. Said Zeke Stok, spokman for Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, which worked for the gay ban’s repeal: “This photo and the reactn to once aga unrsr that the repeal of ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ is beg implemented succsfully and is supported wily by the Amerin people.

“Don’t ask, don’t tell, ” or DADT, was the policy adopted durg the Clton admistratn that allowed gays to serve the ary as long as they did not reveal their sexual orientatn and thori did not quire about . Mare recers have been required to attend at least one gay pri event. “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 ary.

Wells said: “A iend asked, ‘Can we post on the Gay Mar Facebook page?

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“Aga, gay or straight, do not matter.

The “Gay Mare” Facebook page posted the photo Saturday, triggerg 41, 229 “lik” as of Wednday afternoon, and 10, 020 ments. “The most sid enemy we face the stggle for equaly is ternalized homophobia.

VIO: ‘ALL MEN N BE HBANDS’. EMOTNAL HOMEG OF A GAY MILARY MAN

Sce the Gay Mar Facebook page posted on Saturday, a photo of Sgt.

Includg one om Steve Roths at The Miami Herald's Gay South Florida blog wh this msage om Man: "I'm glad I n be an spiratn to someone. The "don't ask, don't tell" policy that had barred openly gay men and women om servg the U.

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Comg Out Unr Fire, the product of more than 10 years of rearch, of diggg to archiv and terviewg sr of veterans, is the story of how--out of necsy--the ary ped wh this large flux of homosexuals, and how gay men and women ped wh the ary.... What is most fascatg about Bébé's book are not the s of gay opprsn but the evince of official acknowledgment of a gay prence wh the ary... [and adds] important rmatn to the current bate over the ary's battle to keep homosexuals out of the armed servic.

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