Leonard Matlovich. He was a soldier of the Air Force and died in 1988 of AIDS.
Matlovich's grave is very 'American', ie discrete and cold. Your registration is also discrete, cold and hard: "When I was in the military they gave me a medal for killing two men and drove me to love another." Matlovich
fought in Vietnam and became a celebrity in America. But the Air Force got him accepted. The reason is that he was homosexual.
Barack Obama seems poised to end discrimination against homosexuals in the United States Armed Forces. Among other things because the rejection of homosexuals the Pentagon is expensive, useless and dangerous. A report by the Center for America Progress (CAP, according to its acronym in English), whose identification with the Democrats is total, demonstrates what it costs to U.S. policy: at least 41,000 soldiers, including those who do not join and 800 who are expelled each year. In some cases, this attitude is almost suicidal. In 2003, no less than 320 linguists with knowledge of Arabic and farsi, were expelled from the military for being gay.
Not only that: 73% of the military have no problem with gay comrades. Matlovich
now seems on the verge of victory that did not get in life. Many other heroes of the constant wars of the United States, however, lie around the country with their sexual orientation and their discharge from the armed forces hidden. Are the unknown soldiers gay.
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