As "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" to an end, we sent Chris Heath to terview dozens of gay servicemen om the past and prent to fd out what life was really like as Ameri's ary stggled wh s last great inty crisis
Contents:
- TELL: AN INTIMATE HISTORY OF GAY MEN THE MILARY
- 12 SLANG WORDS FOR GAY – USE THE TERMS TO ADDRS THEM!
- "COMG OUT UNR FIRE": THE STORY OF GAY AND LBIAN SERVICEMEMBERS
TELL: AN INTIMATE HISTORY OF GAY MEN THE MILARY
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The are the voic explag what has been like to be a gay man1 the Amerin ary over the prev seventy or so years, om World War II veterans their late eighti to young servicemen on active duty.
12 SLANG WORDS FOR GAY – USE THE TERMS TO ADDRS THEM!
Do you ever fd yourself pletely lost when your iends start g slang words for gay? Don't worry; you're not alone. Read this till the end... * gay slang military *
Life Today as a Gay ServicemanHow we got here: In 1992, many people thought that the discrimatn was nearly over.
"COMG OUT UNR FIRE": THE STORY OF GAY AND LBIAN SERVICEMEMBERS
"I remember beg the Castro, " says John Forrett (army rerve, 1987–99), "and watchg the TV at a bar wh some iends, watchg Al Gore and Bill Clton swearg that if they beme the tag team for Ameri they were gog to get rid of the harassment of gays and lbians servg the ary. " Gay people were allowed the ary but only as long as they didn’t reveal their sexualy; to facilate this, all members of the ary were also prohibed om quirg about anyone’s possible orientatn.