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Gay Servicemembers Past and Present Tell GQ About Life in Uniform

GQ published a long article in its latest issue (with the Jets Mark Sanchez on the cover) about the repeal of "Do not ask, do not say." Chris Heath interviewed dozens of gay Servicemembers, Veterans of World War II in the late eighties for the military in active service for young people, about life in the military as a gay man.

(pictured - former Navy dog handler Joseph Rocha - his quotes in the article)

Here are a few quotes:

On life today as a gay serviceman:

Marines #2 (captain, nine years): "Part of what has really allowed me to hide in plain sight is the fact that I don't meet the stereotype. And you're good at your job—a gay person wouldn't be good at his job, so obviously you're not gay. You're a Marine, you don't mind getting dirty, going out into the field and not showering for weeks at a time...and, if you were gay, when you have to shower with all these other guys you'd get all excited. You're not getting excited so you're clearly not gay. I mean, if you want to hide, the Marine Corps is one of the best places to do that, because nobody wants to admit they are standing next to a gay guy. Nobody wants to admit that they have gone to war with gay people." On life seventy years ago as a gay serviceman: World War II:

Jack Strouss, 88: "We had heard about these very frightening psychiatrists who were going to grill you. We thought they were the all-seeing people. So we were a little apprehensive. But it certainly didn't happen that way. I was called in, and there was a man sitting behind this desk, and he pulled down his glasses and looked at me, and the only thing he said to me was 'Do you like girls?' I said, 'Oh yes. And I love to dance.' And he looked over at the door and said, 'Next!' " Edward Zasadil, 86: "I was not revealing my gayness to anybody. I did have one or two incidents, but no one noticed it. We were in two-man tents, a good-looking fellow from another platoon was bunked with me, and I woke up at night, finding he was playing with my penis.And we did that every night after that. He was taking a chance. But overall I kept everything very straight. There were some unpleasant remarks about gay people'homos usual "and whatnot. But I did pass. All my life. We acted as straight as possible. Listen, my life was an excuse all the time "Marine # 2". I came out of one person, when I was in my first unit. All was well, then something came I said something related to the job she took note personally. And his form of retaliation was to go and tell my officer in charge that I was gay. It's the easiest thing you can do because there's no defense against that. Thankfully, I had proven myself at that unit and his response was: 'He's a good Marine. I'm not really interested in any of this nonsense.... Mind your own business.' And that was the first, last, and only time that I ever explicitly told another Marine I was gay." Navy #3 (commander, reserves, twenty years): "A pal of mine on a carrier went to the CO and said, 'What is your policy on gays?"The CO looked at my friend and said," If someone wants to get my boat to be gay, they have come to me with two Polaroids, in both cases they must be clearly sucking c ** k and I want to be able to see their faces. "That's why I love my Marine.

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Til sidst lidt atypisk musik på Wicked i form af raggae/hiphop/dub track. Stærkt inspireret af Roots besluttet Lede Stede for nogen tid siden, at tracket ‘Morder Dem (JSL Remix)’ skulle dubbes en smule op. Der gik ikke alt for længe, førend det blev tydeligt, at nummeret ville gøre sig bedst med en rapper… men da ingen rigtig ønskede at lege med, greb han selv mikrofon – “…noget jeg ikke har gjort i mange år og med god grund.” siger han selv. I disse dage arbejder han en del sammen med sin gamle hjemmedreng, Drysse.Det var derfor Helt naturligt for ham at smid Drysse and functionality, SOM præsterede more forventning al. Er en del af Tracket Lede legeplads musikalske of Stede, men hvis det en SPRED Smule stemning god, så er demand Han en happy.

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