Air Force Academy Graduates First Openly Gay Cadets

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Eight months after a repeal of the military’s “don’t ask , don’t tell” policy, the U.S. Air Force Academy today graduated its first group of openly gay cadets.

As President Obama addressed the graduates, no rainbow flags could be seen on display. The LGBT students couldn’t be picked out of the crowd of white and blue.

But gay and lesbian advocates, academy alums, school officials and current students said they were there.

“The whole thing is we don’t want to be identified as anything different,” said Trish Heller, who heads the Blue Alliance, an association of LGBT Air Force Academy alumni. “We want to serve, to be professional and to be symbols of what it means to be Air Force Academy graduates.”

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/05/air-force-academy-graduates-first-openly-gay-cadets/

MSM news story, serving openly just to name a few. There is more to do, but it helps to celebrate what has been done so far.

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2. K&R!!! n/t

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3. I am hoping that the presence of openly gay folks in the military and its schools

causes rabid fundies to choose another career path. I'd much rather have LGBT soldiers than fundies who think they're on a holy crusade.