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Secret service : untold stories of lesbians in the military / Zsa Zsa Gershick.
Van Pelt Library UB418.G38 G47 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gershick, Zsa Zsa.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lesbians--United States--Interviews.
- Lesbians.
- Gay military personnel--United States--Interviews.
- Gay military personnel.
- Armed Forces.
- United States.
- United States--Armed Forces--Women--Interviews.
- United States--Biography.
- Genre:
- Interviews.
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 305 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Los Angeles, Calif. : Alyson Books, 2005.
- Summary:
- Through interviews with active duty, reserve, and retired soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines, Secret Service underscores what people in uniform at both the highest and lowest echelons already know: Lesbians (and gay men) serve and have served proudly and well in all branches of the American armed forces (and openly in the militaries of many of our allies).
- Often they are uncommonly dedicated: the sharpest troops found anywhere, sporting the glossiest boots and earning the highest performance evaluations. They neither disrupt good order and discipline nor impair unit cohesion.
- In Secret Service readers meet the can-do troops who do battle with discrimination-from the high-ranking Washington insider who closes the door to much more than her apartment when she leaves for the Capitol each morning to the rank-and-file enlistee whose make-believe boyfriend helps her fend off daily inquisitions. These women-nurses, clerks, commanders, and artillerymen-are part of an extraordinary community of dedicated professionals whose commitment extends above and beyond. They are smart. They are skilled. They are lesbians. And that fact alone-ten years after "don't ask, don't tell" was implemented-still means discharge.
- Contents:
- Twenty-two Years of Undetected Crime: Shirley Geiling 1
- About Face: Wendi Goodman 25
- Once They Tag You, You're Always on the Edge: Diana Kerry 26
- About Face: Belle A. Pellegrino 44
- I Am a Marine 100 Percent: Lance Cpl. "Rhonnie" 45
- About Face: Judi Carey 56
- My Life Ends When I Walk Out the Door: "Major Maureen" 57
- About Face: Barbara Owens 75
- They Consider Us Less Than Human: Angel "Mousey" Ramirez 77
- About Face: Jamie P. Roberson 91
- We're Soldiers First: Brenda Hammer 92
- About Face: A.G. Flynn 108
- That's Just My Demographic: Rebecca D. 110
- About Face: Sandra A. 126
- Made in Japan: Caroline Riso 127
- About Face: Melissa S. Embser-Herbert 147
- We Were Number 1: Kelly Mohondro 149
- About Face: Barbara Owens 163
- We'll Have to Issue Soap-on-a-Rope: Lara Ballard 164
- About Face: A.G. Flynn 187
- Dinah Shore Made Me Do It: Shalanda Baker 188
- About Face: Belle A. Pellegrino 204
- Sergeant Mom: Ziva Mataric 205
- About Face: Wendi Goodman 218
- Smile and Look Pretty: Major Jane Wilson 219
- About Face: Jane 239
- Okay, I Won't Wear Shorts: Donna S. 240
- About Face: Jamie P. Roberson 255
- Pick It Up, Put It Down: Vicki Wagner 257
- About Face: A.G. Flynn 279
- Able v. United States of America: Brenda Vosbein 280.
- ISBN:
- 1555837484
- OCLC:
- 57211300
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