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:
- US NAVY LNCH SHIP NAMED FOR GAY RIGHTS ACTIVIST HARVEY MILK
- TELL: AN INTIMATE HISTORY OF GAY MEN THE MILARY
- ACCINTAL 'I LOVE YOU' DERAILED GAY NAVY SEAL'S CAREER
- THE U.S. NAVY HAS CHRISTENED A SHIP NAMED AFTER SLA GAY RIGHTS LEAR HARVEY MILK
US NAVY LNCH SHIP NAMED FOR GAY RIGHTS ACTIVIST HARVEY MILK
A Navy ship named for gay rights activist Harvey Milk, who was ma to rign om the force bee of his sexual orientatn, was lnched San Diego Saturday. * gay decoy navy *
A Navy ship named for gay rights activist Harvey Milk, who was ma to rign om the force bee of his sexual orientatn, was lnched San Diego Saturday. He was the first openly gay elected official the state of California. Milk served the Navy as a divg officer durg the Korean War, at a time when gay service members were not allowed to openly acknowledge their sexualy.
TELL: AN INTIMATE HISTORY OF GAY MEN THE MILARY
* gay decoy navy *
Durg his time as a divg stctor San Diego, California, the 1950s, his supervisors ught him at a park popular wh gay men, acrdg to his nephew Stuart Milk. Milk was one of the first openly gay policians elected to office the Uned Stat, and the first openly gay official elected California. While servg as a cy supervisor, Milk troduced legislatn to protect the gay muny, cludg a gay rights ordance 1978 to ban discrimatn agast LGBTQ hog or employment.
ACCINTAL 'I LOVE YOU' DERAILED GAY NAVY SEAL'S CAREER
Former Navy SEAL Brett Jon kept his sexualy secret while wh the ele ary un. Now he's g out to say he's gay, he says, hop of helpg others a siar posn. * gay decoy navy *
He and other activists also succeed strikg down Proposn 6, which would have mandated the firg of gay or lbian teachers California.
Erv Arnold, a naval machist, disvered that lol civilian homosexuals regularly ma ntact wh one another and wh Navy personnel. They were tasked wh rootg out the fairi: each was to approach spic dividuals and, if nsent was given, allow said dividual to display their homosexualy. Keep md – the agents weren’t gay, there were jt followg orrs, actg as mascule ys to entrap men to sex.
THE U.S. NAVY HAS CHRISTENED A SHIP NAMED AFTER SLA GAY RIGHTS LEAR HARVEY MILK
Although the ys engaged sexual activy wh other Navy men their actns were not emed homosexual, as they didn’t assume a female role the vtigatn. So – what nstut beg gay? Remember, the judicial system of this untry was found on the belief that all men are nocent until proven gay.
For those who do not know or unsure, LGBTQ+ stands for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, though some add qutng.
Gays and lbians have served the ary and the Navy sce their ceptn. Servg as openly gay was only possible wh the end of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy 2011. Named for Navy veteran and genr and gay rights advote Harvey Milk, the ship is the send an expected class of 20 fleet unrway replenishment ships schled to replace the agg Henry J.