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Brave Army Veteran Lee Wardie Stopped An Angry Bus Rider From Attacking Another Passenger
London police have released a video of an altercation that happened in March in order to help find their culprit.
Around 4 am on March 25, former army soldier Lee Wardle was taking a bus towards Clapham Junction. It was during this ride that he overheard a man having an obnoxiously loud conversation on his phone.
As he told the Evening Standard:
“A guy was sat on the top deck just in front of me having a really loud, obnoxious conversation using...
Black Gay Army Veteran “Comes Out” as a Republican
Rob Smith, a former activist during the "don't ask, don't tell" era, became a conservative because of the Democratic Party's "outrage culture."
Despite his liberal upbringing and history of progressive activism, a black gay man and military veteran has “come out” as conservative.
Rob Smith, who currently works as a journalist in New York, served in the army from 2000–2005. He wrote a book about serving during the “don’t ask, don’t tell” era and was an activist for LGBT rights in...
This 100-Year-Old Gay Veteran Finally Got His Happily Ever After
"You’ve made my life complete."
After a lifetime in the closet, a pair of elderly veterans have finally found happiness together.
During a recent Storycorps interview, 100-year-old World War II veteran John Banvard and his husband, 72-year-old Vietnam vet Gerard “Jerry” Nadeau, revealed that although they’ve been together for almost 25 years, their relationship never quite felt legitimate until they made it public.
The pair met in 1993, nearly a decade after Banvard’s wife of more than 35 years passed away. Neither...
Trans Navy SEAL Veteran To Trump: ‘Let’s Meet Face To Face, And Tell Me...
A former Navy SEAL Team 6 member who is transgender, who also helped track down Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, is calling out President Donald Trump’s ban on transgender soldiers.
Kristin Beck, who served 20 years as Chris Beck in the Navy SEALS, told Business Insider in an interview on Wednesday that Trump’s military ban unfairly discriminates people like her.
“Being transgender doesn’t affect anyone else,” Beck said, alluding to Trump’s concerns that transgender service members would be a distraction.
Beck also...
WWII Veteran Comes Out As Transgender At 90-Years-Old: ‘I Have Known Since The Age...
A British WWII veteran has come out as transgender at the age of 90.
Patricia Davies says she’s known for most of her life about her true gender identity, but kept it a secret over fears about how loved ones and the authorities might respond in the 1930s and ‘40s.
“The atmosphere was not safe,” Davies told the Telegraph. “People did not understand what transgender was.”
“Really even the medical profession didn’t understand it as the treatment was to give you...
