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![“I Don’t Want You To Go.” Gay Soldier Dares to Love Amidst a Backdrop of War & Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/071223hs.png)
“I Don’t Want You To Go.” Gay Soldier Dares to Love Amidst a Backdrop of War & Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
I came out when I was 16 and then I joined the military at 21, which was something I did not want to do because of the kind of macho culture that I grew up seeing. And I didn’t I remember the last day, the day before he left because they deployed – you go back really early in the morning. The hardest thing was getting up to go to work and he was li...
![Kicked Out of the Military for Being Gay: One Man’s Experience During “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/030123hs.png)
Kicked Out of the Military for Being Gay: One Man’s Experience During “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
Hi, my name is James Garcia and I am from New York City. In 1996, I enlisted in the Air Force. During that time, don’t ask, don’t tell was in place. That means the mI eventually gave the commander of the base at that time a letter disclosing who I am. v The conversation moved to “Well, we’re going to ask you to leave the base now,...
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Gay Veteran Reflects On Life In And Out Of The Navy.
1950s: Sailor Spends A Night In Jail After Gay Bar Is Raided. In 1952, I received what we call the SSS, Selected Service System envelope. Every young man who got one of those, of...
![Remembering Life Under “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”: “I Don’t Got Time For This. I’m Not Going To Hide It.”](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/GeorgeAgundezHeadshot.jpg)
Remembering Life Under “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”: “I Don’t Got Time For This. I’m Not Going To Hide It.”
My name is George Agundez. I am from Calexico, California. Growing up, you know, I used to go to church and I would enjoy going to church. But there was always that time where I w...
![“She Said, ‘I Feel Like I’m Married To My Brother.’”](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Keith-Uhls.jpg)
“She Said, ‘I Feel Like I’m Married To My Brother.’”
On a second date, pilot Keith Uhls enjoys taking other guys up for a flight on an airplane he built himself. While he enjoys the comfort and openness of being gay now, Keith used ...
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Gay Airman Randy Phillips Wants His Generation To Talk About AIDS.
This week, guest videographer and editor Matthew Ladensack and I are accompanying the more than 2700 riders and volunteers of the AIDS LifeCycle and collecting their stories. If...
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I’m From Spring, TX.
NOTE: Matt has written two IFD stories before. You should read both incredibly powerful and emotional stories here and here before reading his newest one below. It’s so exci...
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I’m From St. Augustine Beach, FL.
On December 22, 2010, President Obama signed the repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. The next day I brought a picture of my partner and I to work–I’m in the military–and pla...
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I’m From Seattle, WA.
I remember walking home from Scott’s little house in the bright early morning feeling triumphant, jubilant! Finally I knew! I knew and was ecstatic! In my seventeen years of dou...