{"id":15883,"date":"2015-04-07T07:05:47","date_gmt":"2015-04-07T12:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/?p=15883"},"modified":"2015-04-06T15:59:50","modified_gmt":"2015-04-06T20:59:50","slug":"closets-combat-and-coming-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/archives\/15883","title":{"rendered":"Closets, Combat, and Coming Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/robsmithonline\" title=\"link to Rob Smith on Facebook\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Rob Smith<\/strong><\/a>, openly gay Iraq war Army veteran, journalist and author of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Closets-Combat-Coming-Out-Dont\/dp\/1619291320\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1428350584&#038;sr=8-1&#038;keywords=Closets%2C+Combat%2C+and+Coming+Out\" title=\"preview (click Look Inside) Closets Combat and Coming Out at Amazon.com\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Closets, combat, and coming out<\/em><\/a>, <strong>will speak about his experiences on Tues., Apr. 7, at 6:30pm in the UC&#8217;s Hamilton Room<\/strong>. It&#8217;s a <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/lgbtforce\/2015\/cant-decide\/pride-week\/\" title=\"Pride Week events in LGBT (Task) Force blog\" target=\"_blank\">Pride Week<\/a> event!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.uww.edu\/images\/library\/blog\/lastdeploy.jpg\" alt=\"cover from The Last Deploy\" class=\"alignright\" \/>Andersen Library has resources, including books such as <em>The last deployment: How a gay, hammer-swinging twentysomething survived a year in Iraq<\/em> (3rd-floor Main Collection, HQ75.8.L46 A3 2011), <em>Conduct unbecoming: Gays and lesbians in the U.S. military: Vietnam to the Persian Gulf<\/em> (3rd-floor Main Collection, UB418.G38 S55 1993), and <em>Gays and lesbians in the military: Issues, concerns, and contrasts<\/em> (3rd-floor Main Collection, UB418.G38 G36 1994). There also are articles including &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/libproxy.uww.edu:9443\/login?url=http:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?direct=true&#038;AuthType=ip,uid&#038;db=ufh&#038;AN=77508904&#038;site=ehost-live&#038;scope=site\" title=\"UWW-only link to article online \"Don't drop the soap...\" target=\"_blank\">Don&#8217;t drop the soap&#8221;: Organizing sexualities in the repeal of the US military&#8217;s &#8220;Don&#8217;t Ask, Don&#8217;t Tell&#8221; policy<\/a>&#8221; (<em>Communication Monographs<\/em>, 2012, vol.79:no.3, pp.269-91), &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/libproxy.uww.edu:9443\/login?url=http:\/\/afs.sagepub.com\/content\/39\/4\/587\" title=\"UWW-only link to article online Readiness and DADT Repeal\" target=\"_blank\">Readiness and DADT repeal: Has the new policy of open service undermined the military?<\/a>&#8221; (<em>Armed Forces &#038; Society<\/em>, 2013, vol.39:no.4, pp.587-601), and &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/libproxy.uww.edu:9443\/login?url=http:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?direct=true&#038;AuthType=ip,uid&#038;db=psyh&#038;AN=2012-27398-006&#038;site=ehost-live&#038;scope=site\" title=\"UWW-only link to article online Gays in the Military\" target=\"_blank\">Gays in the military: How America thanked me<\/a>&#8221; (<em>Journal of Gay &#038; Lesbian Mental Health<\/em>, 2012, vol.16:no.4, pp.322-333).<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re interested in finding more materials, please <a href=\"http:\/\/library.uww.edu\/get-help\/ask-a-librarian\" title=\"Ask a Librarian (come in to the Reference Desk, call 262.472.1032, email or chat)\" target=\"_blank\">Ask a librarian<\/a> for assistance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rob Smith, openly gay Iraq war Army veteran, journalist and author of Closets, combat, and coming out, will speak about his experiences on Tues., Apr. 7, at 6:30pm in the UC&#8217;s Hamilton Room. It&#8217;s a Pride Week event! 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