{"id":129862,"date":"2020-03-25T18:21:22","date_gmt":"2020-03-25T22:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/a-gay-vietnam-veteran\/"},"modified":"2020-03-25T18:21:22","modified_gmt":"2020-03-25T22:21:22","slug":"a-gay-vietnam-veteran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/a-gay-vietnam-veteran\/","title":{"rendered":"A GAY VIETNAM VETERAN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>A GAY VIETNAM VETERAN<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/people\/186537283@N05\/\">josephmf<\/a> posted a photo:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/186537283@N05\/49699021657\/\" title=\"A GAY VIETNAM VETERAN\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49699021657_0cea22d077_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"171\" alt=\"A GAY VIETNAM VETERAN\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When I was in the military they gave me a medal for killing two <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">men<\/a> and a discharge for loving one&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>This headstone belongs to Leonard Matlovich, the first <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> service member to intentionally out himself to his command to combat the ban on <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gays<\/a> in the military. 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