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keepCAblue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-25-06 07:52 PM
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Lance Bass' ('N Sync) boyfriend target of threats
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061025/ap_en_ce/people_lance_bass

NEW YORK -
Lance Bass' boyfriend, Reichen Lehmkuhl, says he and the former `N Sync star have been dealing with threats ignited by his new memoir about the trials of being gay while serving in the military.

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"I am not going to hide," says the former Air Force captain and winner of season four of CBS' "Amazing Race." "There are threats that come in from people who do not want me to be so public and expose what is going on in the military."

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Lehmkuhl's book, "Here's What We'll Say: Growing Up, Coming Out, and the U.S. Air Force Academy," recounts his time keeping his sexual orientation a secret from Air Force colleagues.

"There was definitely an institionalized acceptance of people being homophobic and telling gay jokes and making homophobic remarks — really, really mean homophobic remarks to the point of, `Kill gay people,'" Lehmkuhl, who was honorably discharged from the Air Force five years ago, told ABC News earlier this week.

He became a target when people began to suspect his sexuality, he says. One night, he told ABC News, a bag was pulled over his head and he was sexually assaulted. He didn't report the incident.


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MadMaddie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-25-06 08:08 PM
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1. Don't ask don't tell is the biggest boondogle of a law..
it allowed the military to abuse these soldiers who were willing to give their lives for their country...
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cboy4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-25-06 08:35 PM
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2. That's nice. Homophobes are sure a one trick pony,
aren't they?

Say gay sex repulses them, but then can't wait to get a look at the guy with his pants down and go at it. :wtf:
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