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mahatmakanejeeves

(57,547 posts)
Fri Sep 8, 2023, 11:21 AM Sep 2023

On this day, September 8, 1975, Leonard Matlovich appeared on the cover of Time magazine.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_8

• 1975 – Gays in the military: US Air Force Tech Sergeant Leonard Matlovich, a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War, appears in his Air Force uniform on the cover of Time magazine with the headline "I Am A Homosexual". He is given a general discharge, later upgraded to honorable.

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On this day, September 8, 1975, Leonard Matlovich appeared on the cover of Time magazine. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 OP
That was brave, man. Believe me. Joinfortmill Sep 2023 #1
A real hero yankee87 Sep 2023 #2

yankee87

(2,175 posts)
2. A real hero
Sat Sep 9, 2023, 09:30 PM
Sep 2023

I can not imagine the problems this man went through. This is what the retrogrades want to go back to.

I say it often, VOTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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