Navy christens ship after ‘first lesbian astronaut’ Sally Ride
The US Navy has christened a ship after astronaut Sally Ride, at a ceremony attended by her female partner.
Ride entered space on the Challenger shuttle in June 1983, becoming the first American woman and youngest ever American to do so.
Following Ride’s death in 2012, it was made public that the former NASA astronaut had been in a secret 27-year relationship with female partner Tam O’Shaughnessy, and she has been posthumously referred to as the first lesbian astronaut.
Dr O’Shaughnessy attended the ceremony in Anacortes, Washington on Saturday to launch the Navy’s new auxiliary general oceanographic research vessel, christened the Sally Ride.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2014/08/11/us-navy-christens-ship-after-first-lesbian-astronaut-sally-ride/
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A well deserved honor. 