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>From a Clan Na Gael poster in the USA. > >October 22 > >On this day in 1975, Air Force sergeant Leonard >Matlovich, a decorated Vietnam veteran, is given a >"general" discharge after coming out of the closet as >a gay man. Not the kind of man to take such a thing >lying down, Matlovich launched a legal challenge >against the Air Force's no homosexuals policy, >sparking a controversy that landed him on the cover of >Time Magazine. > >Matlovich's lawsuit failed to get the ban tossed out, >but after four years in court, he succeeded in getting >his discharge upgraded to "honorable." Nine years >after that, he died of AIDS. His epitaph in the >Congressional Cemetary reads: "A gay Vietnam Veteran. >When I was in the military they gave me a medal for >killing two men and a discharge for loving one."

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