Fun fact: Though being gay in the 40s sucked, being gay in the military was easier, and pretty common. There were apparently, at one point in time time so many lesbians in the military that when they tried to crack down on it, the girls wrote back and said “Look I can give you the names, but you’ll lose some of your best officers, and half your nurses and secretaries.” And they pretty much shut up about it unless you were especially bad at subtlety. (Source: Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers. A good source for gay history from 1900s onwards.)
Sergeant Phelps worked for General Eisenhower. Four decades after Eisenhower had defeated the Axis powers, Phelps recalled an extraordinary event. One day the general told her, “I’m giving you an order to ferret those lesbians out.’ We’re going to get rid of them.”
“I looked at him and then I looked at his secretary. who was standing next to me, and I said, ‘Well, sir, if the general pleases, sir, I’ll be happy to do this investigation for you. But you have to know that the first name on the list will be mine.’
“And he kind of was taken aback a bit. And then this woman standing next to me said, ‘Sir, if the general pleases, you must be aware that Sergeant Phelps’s name may be second, but mine will be first.’
“Then I looked at him, and I said, ‘Sir, you’re right. They’re lesbians in the WAC battalion. And if the general is prepared to replace all the file clerks, all the section commanders, all of the drivers—every woman in the WAC detachment—and there were about nine hundred and eighty something of us—then I’ll be happy to make the list. But I think the general should be aware that among those women are the most highly decorated women in the war. There have been no cases of illegal pregnancies. There have been no cases of AWOL. There have been no cases of misconduct. And as a matter of fact, every six months since we’ve been here, sir, the general has awarded us a commendation for meritorious service.’
“And he said, ‘Forget the order.’
– The Gay Metropolis: The Landmark History of Gay Life in America
I’ve reblogged this before but it didn’t have these comments and HOLY HOT DAMN DID IT NEED THEM.
So, when someone sits down to write a fiction about Women commandos, and a Dudebro steps in to say “Huh, that is so unrealistic huh.”
Harold… oh, Harold…sit down, shut up, and stay out of our way.
History is infinitely gayer than a lot of people want to admit ❤
y’all be wanting a guy who is 6′4 but yet you offer nothing
Y’all be wanting a girl with big boobs, big butt, small waist, not too smart, not too dumb, not too much makeup, not barefaced, a hoe for you, not a hoe, not too clingy, clingy when you want her to be, yet you offer nothing
I’m gay
She gotta be light skinned if she Black or not Black, mentally stable, able bodied, short, cisgender, have a small waist and a fat ass and big ass titties, not asexual, have a job and her own place, have a “low body count”, be a virgin and a freak, and alllllllll this other shit but as soon as we say we don’t want no short ass baby ass top of yo head come to the bottom of my titty ass male, y’all get mad. Grow the fuck up (literally) or shut the fuck up
I’m still just out here… flaming.
If you’re gay, why did you post it in the first place?
this is such a stupid question. I don’t know how to respond to it without hurting your feelings.
Let me rephrase that
Why would you use something that’s usually used against girls if you’re gay?
I’m not 100% sure of how the gay guy community is, but I don’t usually see a height..ruckus…
I always see a height ruckus with guys against girls.
I don’t know much about the gay guy community either, but I have heard many gay guys complain about shallow gay guys, like the guys who post “no fats, no femmes” on dating sites. It wouldn’t surprise me at all if height is a similar situation.
Besides, since you’re not a gay guy according to your about, why are you arguing with a gay guy about what his community is like? He’s more likely to know than you are.
anyone here smoke weed?
Straight people lack critical thinking skills cause they’re too busy aspiring to be unhappily married and have alcoholism
Rockets in the sky 