Congratulations Kansas Army National Guard! You just earned the honor of kicking out your first gay service member for being … oh what was it? Oh, right: gay.
The Kansas Army National Guard has discharged its first homosexual soldier under the federal “don’t ask-don’t tell” policy.
Amy Brian, who served nine years in the guard, including a stint in Iraq, was investigated and “separated” last month after a civilian co-worker told authorities they had seen her kissing a woman in a Wal-Mart.
“I’d never really tried to hide my homosexuality to the close people I worked with,” Brian said. “And they didn’t seem to care or think any different of it.”
Brian joins almost 12,500 other lesbian, gay and bisexual service members who the Pentagon has discharged from 1994 to 2007.
“I was not separated because of any type of misconduct but plain and simply because someone else had a problem with my sexuality,” Brian said. [HutchNews]
7SnowyNights
Paging President Obama:
Gitmo can wait.
Sebbe
“was investigated and “separated” last month after a civilian co-worker told authorities they had seen her kissing a woman in a Wal-Mart.”
UNREAL
Alan down in Florida
I’ve kissed women in Wal-mart and that didn’t make me heterosexual.
walt zipprian
Gay people go to Walmart?
You guys know it’s the death star right?
vernonvanderbilt
@walt zipprian: There are actually some places where it’s your only option, Walt. Wal-Mart is the only department store in my town. I hate shopping there, but it’s only a couple miles down the road, and that beats wasting gas to drive 20-30 miles to go somewhere else.
As far as this story goes…I still cannot fathom why we’d want to join the military in the first place. I can’t see myself being all gung-ho to “fight for freedom” or whatever this week’s pithy propoganda catchphrase is until my nation decides to defend me and my people.
Now that I think about it, we should start a GLBT army. Just think of the possibilities. No more having to lie about barracks sex, for one. And I’d take a couple of butch lesbians and some drag queens over a bunch of Marines in a fight any day. We could put the twinks in the infantry. The gym bunnies would make excellent propoganda tools, intimidating the enemy so long as we don’t let tham talk too much. I imagine our uniforms would be more flattering as well. Really, it makes sense.
dgz
@vernonvanderbilt:
“Now that I think about it, we should start a GLBT army. Just think of the possibilities. No more having to lie about barracks sex, for one. And I’d take a couple of butch lesbians and some drag queens over a bunch of Marines in a fight any day. We could put the twinks in the infantry. The gym bunnies would make excellent propoganda tools, intimidating the enemy so long as we don’t let tham talk too much. I imagine our uniforms would be more flattering as well. Really, it makes sense.”
called the raspberry berets? (sorry.) but seriously, i’ve always wondered if someone would get the idea to start integrating the military like they did with African Americans, sortof like a homo version of the Tuskeegee Airmen. wait, i just had a great idea for a sitcom…
vernonvanderbilt
@dgz: We’ve already got the Navy, so it really shouldn’t be much of a stretch. Raspberry Berets is amusing enough…but yeah, I can see the sitcom potential in this one. Too bad Hollywood would turn it into a sterotype-based program, most likely.
dgz
@vernonvanderbilt:
ha! true. but it would have a “straight acting” protagonist, so it would be “relatable,” right?
seriously, though, this is sad. our country needs every lesbian on deck right now; i for one would feel safer.
Sebbe
@ Waltz. I was thinking the same thing. SCARY.
@ Vernon. Time to move. and btw – I didn’t realize walmart was considered a “department store”. I’ve never been in one, but i assure you its worth the drive to the next town over to not shop there. Waltz is right, they are the Death Star.
HYHYBT
Get rid of the buggies, lower the ceiling, have more definite divides between one section and another, scatter the registers around randomly instead of all by the exit, and up the prices and it’s a department store.
rick
stop dissing wal mart. they are the only place in my area to shop without a long drive. and where else can you get a gun, ammo, a dvd player and some movies along with a tv, a gallon of milk and a loaf of bread all in one stop shopping while you get your tires changed?
Charles J. Mueller
@rick:
Will they also put some air in your, er, ah…inner tube?
Frank Butler
Thanks that was a great post!