Leonard Matlovich
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Technical Sergeant Leonard Phillip Matlovich was an American Vietnam War veteran, race relations instructor, and recipient of the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star. He was the first gay service member
Matlovich on the cover of Time in 1975
Matlovich's tombstone at the Congressional Cemetery, which reads: "A Gay Vietnam Veteran When I was in the military, they gave me a medal for killing two men and a discharge for loving one."
Don't ask, don't tell
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"Don't ask, don't tell" was the official United States policy on military service of homosexual people for a period of over 17 years, starting in the mid-1990s. Instituted during the presidency of Bil
Dignity and Respect, the U.S. Army's 2001 training guide on the homosexual conduct policy, gave official guidelines on what can be considered credible information of someone's homosexuality or bisexuality.
General Norton A. Schwartz, chief of staff of the United States Air Force, testifies on the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" before the Senate Armed Services Committee on December 3, 2010.
President Obama meeting in the Oval Office with Secretary Gates, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Commandant of the Coast Guard on the eve of the publication of a DoD report on the repeal of DADT
Obama signs the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010.