A Rerve Army general ma history Friday when she beme the U.S. ary's first openly gay general officer.
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- TAMMY SMH: FIRST OPENLY GAY U.S. GENERAL
- US ARMY GENERAL COM OUT AS GAY, INTRODUC HIS ‘HBAND’ AT PENTAGON GAY PRI EVENT
- THE REVOLUTNARY WAR HERO WHO WAS OPENLY GAY
- WOMAN BE FIRST OPENLY GAY GENERAL
- RERVIST BE FIRST OPENLY GAY US GENERAL
TAMMY SMH: FIRST OPENLY GAY U.S. GENERAL
Army Rerve officer Tammy Smh was promoted to the posn of Brigadier General last Friday. In dog so, she beme the first gay general to serve openly the U.S. ary. Gen. Smh talks wh NPR's Lynn Neary about her reer the ary and the signifince of her recent promotn. * gay us general *
Smh is now the first openly gay general the Uned Stat jos om the Pentagon jt a moment. If you are a gay or lbian member of the ary and have e out sce the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell, " please give a ll and tell your story at 800-989-8255.
She is the first openly gay general the Uned Stat ary.
US ARMY GENERAL COM OUT AS GAY, INTRODUC HIS ‘HBAND’ AT PENTAGON GAY PRI EVENT
US Army General Com Out as Gay, Introduc His 'Hband' at Pentagon Gay Pri Event * gay us general *
And I also read that, you know, before you were able to be openly gay the ary that, you know, a lot of thgs had to - everythg you did or thought about had to sort of be planned, a way. You - as a gay woman, you uldn't.
SMITH: Well - and you characterized that as a gay woman, but I would have to say more jt as a woman the ary, that are there the Hmm. But I do know that the Mare Corps do not honor gay marriag.
Well, I wanted to ask you, you are - I know that you shy away om this, but you have to know that you are a role mol as a woman, as you said, and also, aga, as a gay woman. So there will be some folks who will look up to me for beg gay - and not so much bee I'm gay, bee that's not really signifint, so much as that I upheld my personal tegry a way that is fortable for me. Go No - well, first, general, I am ecstatic that you are a general, and you beg gay has nothg to do wh you beg general.
THE REVOLUTNARY WAR HERO WHO WAS OPENLY GAY
And she was reced to Naval Intelligence and live a closeted life, fact, married a gay man when she was telligence so they uld mata their ver. Did the fay know that she was gay, but she never uld tell the ary that?
Yeah, she knew she was gay when she was eight years old. Brigadier General Tammy Smh joed om the Pentagon - as of Friday, our natn's first openly gay general.
WOMAN BE FIRST OPENLY GAY GENERAL
US Army General Randy Taylor has now e out of the foot locker and announced he is gay. Not only that but at a Pentagon-sponsored gay pri event he also troduced his “hband” to the world.
The event kicked off wh a song om a gay choir, so we have that gog for , which is nice.
RERVIST BE FIRST OPENLY GAY US GENERAL
Taylor, whose 27 years of service spanned an outright ban on gays, then “don’t ask, don’t tell” and fally, the ban’s liftg 2011.