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Title: Media, military kept soldier in closet after death
Post by: Shana A on March 28, 2008, 09:56:43 AM
Post by: Shana A on March 28, 2008, 09:56:43 AM
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=17404 (http://www.washblade.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=17404)
The 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.
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=17404 (http://www.washblade.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=17404)
The 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.