The U.S. Army has announced the promotn of a "gay" officer to the rank of general. by Dave Bohon
Contents:
- THE REVOLUTNARY WAR HERO WHO WAS OPENLY GAY
- FRIEDRICH VON STBEN: THE OPENLY GAY WAR HERO WHO WHIPPED THE CONTENTAL ARMY INTO SHAPE
- VALLEY FE PARK TALK FOC ON GAY REVOLUTNARY WAR GENERAL
- GAY RIGHTS
- ARMY’S FIRST OPENLY GAY GENERAL RETIR AFTER SPIRG OTHERS
THE REVOLUTNARY WAR HERO WHO WAS OPENLY GAY
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Gay men have always been part of the Amerin ary. In an era before gay marriage or open pri, ary men fell love, formed passnate iendships and had same-sex enunters.
FRIEDRICH VON STBEN: THE OPENLY GAY WAR HERO WHO WHIPPED THE CONTENTAL ARMY INTO SHAPE
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But the se of one of the ary’s foundg hero, homosexualy was always part of the story.
Historians also thk he was homosexual—and served as an openly gay man the ary at a time when sex between men was punished as a crime. He also downplayed mors that the baron had been dismissed om the Pssian ary for homosexualy.
But he was gay, and homosexualy was viewed as a crimal aberratn by many of his peers. ”After the war, von Stben legally adopted both men—a mon practice among gay men an age before same-sex marriage was legal.
VALLEY FE PARK TALK FOC ON GAY REVOLUTNARY WAR GENERAL
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John Mulligan, who was also gay, served as von Stben’s secretary and is thought to have had a relatnship wh the baron.
Durg von Stben’s lifetime, the ncept of gay marriage, gay pri or g out was unthkable and there was no language or open culture of homosexualy.
GAY RIGHTS
But historil homosexual relatnships were actually don’t mean beg gay was ndoned: Sodomy was a crime lonial Ameri. We n state why he might be spected of beg gay, but aga, to suggt that he might be out as you know, as blatant has to be he has to be uched properly. In other words, we don't have enough of a enough of an accurate termology to e or enough of a shared termology for all of as a group to get together, or for strangers to e together ont of a monument and jt hear a term like he's a gay general.
I thk both you have, and I, well, sort of a ristance to a very easy label like the "gay general. In other words, von Stben is beg lled the "gay general, " part to to talk about why queer people today should have rights and should be able to serve the army.
ARMY’S FIRST OPENLY GAY GENERAL RETIR AFTER SPIRG OTHERS
So that if a reference was ma to the fact that others have referred to him as the "gay general, " other words, that's another way of dog then. And so, you know, sometim, rather than focg on you the more physil aspects of the particular relatnships, whether be hetero or whether be heterosexual or homosexual, the general foc should be stead on how they exprs their affectn towards one another and love for one another. Throughout Amerin history, homosexual soldiers have been discrimated agast the ary.
It was enacted by Print Bill Clton 1993, as a way of “liftg” the ban on homosexual service members that was put place after World War II. Friedrich Wilhelm Augt Herich Ferdand von Stben was a Pssian ary officer who was openly gay.
Walker and North lived wh him, along wh another Revolutnary War veteran, John Mulligan, who was also thought to be gay. While acceptance of LGBT people may feel like only h s stri recent years (and may still be set back), homosexualy has always been a part of Ameri.