Gay generals

In , openly gay, Prussian military expert, Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben joined George Washington’s Revolutionary Army without pay. This report documents the range of abuses against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) students in secondary school. An early section dealing with this topic is accompanied by a ghostly image of von Steuben.

Von Steuben was born in Prussia and joined the military at the tender age of fourteen. No. But he was definitely a great gay general. To date, there have been five openly LGBTQ+ people who have served as a national head of government, in Iceland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Ireland, and Serbia -- but gay, bisexual, lesbian, and even.

Inspector General. The reality of slavery is also addressed. From drones to AKs, high technology to low politics, War is Boring explores how and why we fight above, on, and below an angry world. The text mentions that more slaves fought for the British empire than for the U. To date, there have been five openly LGBTQ+ people who have served as a national head of government, in Iceland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Ireland, and Serbia -- but gay, bisexual, lesbian, and even.

He waited years until he received his deferred pay and he was turned down from positions due to his nationality. The text mentions he had a fatal stroke at 84, but actually he passed at Hopefully any new printings fix this error. His boundless ambition allowed him to rise through the ranks of Prussian society until he gained the title Baron. In my U. German-Americans celebrate von Steuben Day every year. It details widespread bullying and .

A host of cities and counties around the U. There are statues in his honor at Valley Forge and in Washington D. His Blue Book was the standard training manual for the U. Nevertheless, memories of von Steuben among average Americans remain fuzzy. Think back to your history classes for some of you this might be further back in time than others.

Ben Franklin fudged his credentials to convince the Continental Congress to give him a role training the early U. Despite the vital role Baron von Steuben played in the victory of the colonists against the British, his later life was fraught with difficulty. This page book is a great expansion on that earlier story. Of those countries, two have had an openly LGBTQ head of state, who serves as the country's public persona.

I was disappointed as someone who is less than knowledgeable about this period in history that there were no suggestions on where to go to learn more. Hungary deepened its repression of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people on March 18 as the parliament passed a draconian law that will outlaw Pride .

So a gay hero? Stepping in at Valley Forge, von Steuben turned the ragtag, colonial patriots into the Continental Army trained with discipline to fight in battle and win. The Stonewall Riots marked a historic turning point for gay rights, but several smaller uprisings preceded Stonewall as LGBTQ+ communities pushed back against harassment and inequality.

He owned slaves. From drones to AKs, high technology to low politics, War is Boring explores how and why we fight above, on, and below an angry world. Stepping in at Valley Forge, von Steuben turned the ragtag, colonial patriots into the Continental Army trained with discipline to fight in battle and win. During its Universal Periodic Review cycle, the United States of America (U.S.) received recommendations from Iceland, Belgium, France, and Malta regarding .

It also makes me wonder about the sources of information that Trujilo and Hastings are pulling from. The Stonewall Riots marked a historic turning point for gay rights, but several smaller uprisings preceded Stonewall as LGBTQ+ communities pushed back against harassment and inequality. So a gay hero? Politicians openly identifying themselves as members of the LGBTQ community have served as national leaders in nine sovereign states.

Some of his relationships were with men boys, really as young as seventeen. They remark on how many stories of queer individuals have been erased or are being erased. In , openly gay, Prussian military expert, Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben joined George Washington’s Revolutionary Army without pay. Municipal officials in the town of Łańcut, Poland, have abolished the country’s last remaining “LGBT Ideology Free” zone, righting more than five years of political assault on .

No. But he was definitely a great gay general. Politicians openly identifying themselves as members of the LGBTQ community have served as national leaders in nine sovereign states. Of those countries, two have had an openly LGBTQ head of state, who serves as the country's public persona. His queer identity is much the same way.

On February 15, Muhsin Hendricks, an openly gay imam, Islamic scholar and LGBT rights activist was shot and killed in Gqeberha, South Africa as he was leaving to .