". . They gave me a medal for killing two men and a discharge for loving one."
"When I was in the military they gave me a medal for killing two men and a discharge for loving one."
These are the words Leonard Matlovich chose for his grave marker. His story is one of 50 gay veteran's stories featured in "Out Ranks," a new exhibit at the GLBT Historical Society in San Francisco, CA. To read more about the exhibit go to www.advocate.com/article/ektrid46606.asp.
What does this mean to me?
During the Regan administration, I spent many weekends defending women's clinics & the right to choose. Every week vans filled with beautiful men would come and stand with us. They were from Act Up & Queer Nation. I was young at the time & asked why? It made no sense to me that gay men cared about a woman's right to choose. Of course, they explained the right of privacy & how it made us the same and why we had to stand by each other. From that day on my life was not the same.