A decade after ‘don’t ask, don’t tell,” LGBTQ veterans say they still feel the effects – The Washington Post
He survived, but afterward, his command knew he was bisexual. They stopped talking when he walked into headquarters, he said, and they gossiped about him. Still, when he completed his term of service, the Army gave him an honorable discharge, so he reenlisted and moved to Fort Lewis, Wash. A month after he arrived, in April 2007, his unit deployed to Iraq.