My country, my right to serve

Description:

The result of hundreds of interviews and years of research, this is an oral history of gay men and women in the military, ranging over the past five decades, describing in detail the military's long-standing persecution of lesbians and gay men. With stories from the famous (including Leonard Matlovich, Miriam Ben-Shalom, and Perry Watkins), from ordinary joes and janes living extraordinary lives, and from anonymous sources still serving.

subjects: Armed Forces,  Gays,  Gay military personnel,  Gay soldiers,  Lesbian soldiers,  Personal narratives,  Homophobia in the Armed Forces,  LGBTQ history,  Stonewall Book Awards,  United states, armed forces, gays,  Gays in the military

Places: United States