US gay military mag hits news stands

[Brazen]

Sorry about the Fox link, but this ticks too many Languish boxes to ignore.

New Gay Military Magazine Headed for Base Newsstands

With the official repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" less than a month away, members of the military can expect to see a new gay-themed magazine available at military exchange stores on Sept. 20, the same day the repeal goes into effect.

The gay-advocacy group OutServe launched the magazine last Spring and has already produced two editions.  The group says its September edition will be available for free at select Army and Air Force bases.

According to the group's website OutServe Magazineis a publication that "highlights the contributions that actively serving LGBTs are making to the United States military, discusses and educates readers about DADT repeal policies, and advocates for the continued fight for equality for all Americans."

The new September edition will feature a photo spread of nearly 100 people who are both active duty service members and members of OutServe.  It will presumably be the first time these individuals have made their sexuality known among the military ranks.

OutServe's online magazine features a self help section called "Ask Sarge," where readers are encouraged to discuss their problems with a mental health and substance abuse expert who has experience working at a Combat Stress Clinic in Afghanistan.

"Our first objective with the magazine is to let all the gay, lesbian, bi, and trans members currently serving know that they are not alone," OutServe's co-director, an active-duty officer who goes by the pseudonym JD Smith said in a written release. "And we also want to communicate to all troops that there are capable gay military members serving honorably, and that accepting that and moving on will make our military stronger."

Lt. Col. Tom Shrader, a spokesman for the Army and Air Force Exchange Service, did not know which bases will carry the first print editions of the magazine.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/08/31/new-gay-military-magazine-headed-for-base-newsstands/#ixzz1XBEl1MfH

[The Brain]

I'm schocked that they don't think it's necessary on Navy bases.

[Brazen]

I'm schocked that they don't think it's necessary on Navy bases.

"If you can't see the shore, it's not gay."

[Malthus]

I'm schocked that they don't think it's necessary on Navy bases.

"Our first objective with the magazine is to let all the gay, lesbian, bi, and trans members currently serving know that they are not alone,"

It's unnecessary there.

[HVC]

With don't ask don't tell i can see hiding being gay, bi, or a lesbian, but how do you hide being trans? or do they re-issue birth certificates and id?

[Malthus]

With don't ask don't tell i can see hiding being gay, bi, or a lesbian, but how do you hide being trans? or do they re-issue birth certificates and id?

Hey, my dad failed to notice one of his collegues going through a sex change (true story). Said collegue started wearing makeup, then dresses, then grew breasts, thhen changed his name to a her name ... all without him noticing. 

[Syt]

[HVC]

With don't ask don't tell i can see hiding being gay, bi, or a lesbian, but how do you hide being trans? or do they re-issue birth certificates and id?

Hey, my dad failed to notice one of his collegues going through a sex change (true story). Said collegue started wearing makeup, then dresses, then grew breasts, thhen changed his name to a her name ... all without him noticing. 

Sucha  great eye for details. what did your dad do? lol

[Malthus]

With don't ask don't tell i can see hiding being gay, bi, or a lesbian, but how do you hide being trans? or do they re-issue birth certificates and id?

Hey, my dad failed to notice one of his collegues going through a sex change (true story). Said collegue started wearing makeup, then dresses, then grew breasts, thhen changed his name to a her name ... all without him noticing. 

Sucha  great eye for details. what did your dad do? lol

Professor of physiology. Seriously. 

[HVC]

With don't ask don't tell i can see hiding being gay, bi, or a lesbian, but how do you hide being trans? or do they re-issue birth certificates and id?

Hey, my dad failed to notice one of his collegues going through a sex change (true story). Said collegue started wearing makeup, then dresses, then grew breasts, thhen changed his name to a her name ... all without him noticing. 

Sucha  great eye for details. what did your dad do? lol

Professor of physiology. Seriously. 

Hope he didn't teach anything about Sexual dimorphism

[Valmy]

Professor of physiology. Seriously. 

Dude...

well the jokes just write themselves really.

[Malthus]

Professor of physiology. Seriously. 

Dude...

well the jokes just write themselves really.

Heh, my dad is famous for his cluelessness. 

Two other incidents illustrate the point ...

When he went to Russia on a scientific goodwill mission, his hosts sent a prostitute up to his room, and he had no idea what this young lady (who spoke little English) was for. He thought it was odd that they sent a tour guide up to his room at night, wearing "such odd clothes", and sent her away, telling her to come back during the day (she didn't).

When he went to give the introductory lecture at a major scientific conference, he went straight from cutting logs up at the cottage. He didn't want to leave his valuable chainsaw in his car, so he wore his kevlar chaps, and took his chainsaw up to his (fancy) hotel suite with him ... much to the consternation of the hotel staff & fellow conference-goers.

The key to understanding my dad is his odd upbringing. He grew up in the woods with his sister (the writer) in the 1950s, and mentally, he's never really left that space ...

[Martinus]

Malthus, your family is awesome.

[HVC]

When he went to Russia on a scientific goodwill mission, his hosts sent a prostitute up to his room, and he had no idea what this young lady (who spoke little English) was for. He thought it was odd that they sent a tour guide up to his room at night, wearing "such odd clothes", and sent her away, telling her to come back during the day (she didn't).

See, that right there is why Russia is cooler than us

[Malthus]

Malthus, your family is awesome.

They are ... eccentric. I'll go with eccentric.