http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2012/04/27/43821 News, analysis and fact-checking of anti-gay rhetoric Wed, 22 May 2013 23:40:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2012/04/27/43821/comment-page-1#comment-122276 Correction Sat, 28 Apr 2012 03:04:19 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=43821#comment-122276 The AIDS Walk this weekend is in Kansas City, MO, not Kansas City, KS. The AIDS Walk this weekend is in Kansas City, MO, not Kansas City, KS.

]]> http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2012/04/27/43821/comment-page-1#comment-122227 CPT_Doom Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:13:33 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=43821#comment-122227 It is interesting you note the federal ban's role, as horrible as it was, in helping to launch the more proactively political gay rights movement. Just like in WWII, when people were first excluded up front from the draft if they were known to be homosexual, the federal ban had an ironic result - confirmation of the existence of other gay men and lesbians. For someone in the 40s and 50s, with little to no information about their sexual orientation, the mere fact of the ban was a sign that there were not only others like them, but enough to be a threat. It is interesting you note the federal ban’s role, as horrible as it was, in helping to launch the more proactively political gay rights movement. Just like in WWII, when people were first excluded up front from the draft if they were known to be homosexual, the federal ban had an ironic result – confirmation of the existence of other gay men and lesbians. For someone in the 40s and 50s, with little to no information about their sexual orientation, the mere fact of the ban was a sign that there were not only others like them, but enough to be a threat.

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