Tag: U.S. Army
Gay Vet Publishes First African-American Iraq War Memoir
In “Closets, Combat and Coming Out,” the first gay Iraq war memoir published post-DADT repeal – and the first Iraq war memoir written by an African-American, period – author and activist* Rob Smith comes to terms with his sexuality against the backdrop of the hyper-masculine and hyper-homophobic U.S. Army.
HRC Calls On Secretary Panetta to Immediately Green Light Military IDs for Same-Sex Spouses
Yesterday a U.S. Army spokesperson backed the decision by the Association of [Fort] Bragg Officers’ Spouses to deny membership to the wife of a lesbian Army officer. Yet just days before, the Marine Corps Commandant instructed clubs at all Marine bases to welcome same-sex spouses as a condition of continued operation on Marine installations.
U.S. Army fires gay officer
A gay activist has been discharged from the New York Army National Guard for breaking the U.S. military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy on homosexuality.