Author: Mark
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Private First Class Barry Winchell, US Army
PFC Winchell was dating a trans woman, Calpernia Adams, and was beaten to death by two members of his own unit for being gay. This happened in the early morning hours of 5 July 1999. 25 years ago. Barry Winchell was 21, he was assigned to Fort Campbell KY to the 101 Airborne Division. After… Read more
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Who Am I
I was born the son of a US Soldier stationed in West Germany at the time. I traveled quite a bit as a child, including attending nine schools up through High School. I was less than a year old when the first Recognized Gay Rights event took place, the Stonewall Riots. As I look back… Read more
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Gay History
I am going to use this blog to cover things I find important in Gay History. To start with I will go cronologically starting with things that happened within my lifespan. That really means it starts with the Stonewall Riots in NY NY. This event happened when I was about 1 month old, so it… Read more
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World War III?
As I research my upcoming gay history post on Stonewall, news has broken that I feel I need to address now. When I was serving in the US Army, at the end of the Cold War, I knew the Russians would start WWIII. When they invaded Ukraine a few years ago they proved me right.… Read more