As Military Ban Persists, So Does Strain On Gays
[H]e and his partner go to great lengths to stay hidden, even, in his words, “de-gaying the house.”
“We de-gayed it so when his military friends came into the house to pick him up, they wouldn’t see any trace of me,” said Cartwright. “We took my college diploma off the wall — everything.”
Shit like this incenses me. He has to hide his existence in his own home? If that’s not heartbreaking and horrifying, I don’t know the meaning of these words.
(viaNPR)
July, 4th
