Media, military kept soldier in closet after death
Friends say gay man killed in Iraq would want the truth to be known
By CHRIS JOHNSON, Washington Blade | Mar 27, 12:27 PM
http://www.washblade.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=17404The death of a gay soldier in Iraq is drawing renewed attention to how the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy — and the mainstream media — help ensure that gays stay in the closet, even in death.
Maj. Alan Rogers, 40, a gay intelligence officer who served on a military transition team that trained Iraqi soldiers, died Jan. 27 in Baghdad from wounds caused by an improvised explosive device that detonated near him while he was conducting a patrol on his Humvee. He was buried at Arlington National Cemetery on March 14.
