What a Difference 5 Years Makes: Half a Decade Since DADT Died
On this important anniversary, gay Iraq vet Rob Smith shares an excerpt from his powerful memoir, Closets, Combat + Coming Out.
September 20 2016 5:10 AM
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On this important anniversary, gay Iraq vet Rob Smith shares an excerpt from his powerful memoir, Closets, Combat + Coming Out.
Being Key West's grand marshal gave Rob Smith a new perspective on small-town America.
On the 11th anniversary of the American invasion of Iraq, gay former soldier Rob Smith remembers the harrowing events.
At the age of 17, Rob Smith enlisted in the military, just as he was figuring out his own sexual identity. What he encountered the moment he got to boot camp shocked him.
The official ban on gay service members might be over, but the battle for full equality is not.
To many people, he's Lt. Dan Choi, gay activist and the face of the movement to end "don't ask, don't tell." To a fellow former solder, he's just Dan.