Secret Service

Although 79 percent of Americans support allowing
gay and lesbian troops to serve openly,
the military continues to hunt down and discharge
qualified service members. This series
of profiles of lesbian service members shows
the flaws in the assertion that allowing gay and
lesbian service members to serve openly and
with honor will cause a breakdown of morale
and unit cohesion.

Zsa Zsa Gershick served as a reservist in the
US Army from 1978 to 1982. She is the author
of Gay Old Girls, as well as a series of articles for
The Texas Observer and The Texas Triangle profiling
high-achieving service members discharged for
being gay. She lives in Los Angeles.

Zsa Zsa Gershick served as a reservist in the U.S. Army from 1978 to 1982. She is the author of Gay Old Girls as well as a series of articles for The Texas Observer and The Texas Triangle profiling high-achieving service members who had been cashiered merely for being gay. She lives in Los Angeles.