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Gay U.S. Marine Drama From Norman Lear a Depart at Netflix
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Netflix has greenlit a series — which counts the famous Norman Lear among its executive producers — that will follow a lgbtq+ teenager who enlists in the U.S. Marine Corps.
The streamer has ordered 10 episodes of The Corps, a drama that will follows Cameron Cope (Miles Heizer), a bullied gay teen who joins the Marines with his straight best ally, Ray McCaffey (Liam Oh), in 1990 — a pre-Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell era when being gay in the military could signify jail time or worse. The series comes from Sony Pictures Telelvision and Lear’s Sony-based Act III Productions and is inspired by Greg Cope White’s memoir The Pink Marine.
Vera Farmiga and Max Parker also celestial body as, respectively, Cameron’s mother and a Marine sergeant who sees himself in Cameron. The cast also includes Cedrick Cooper, Ana Ayora, Angus O’Brien, Dominic Goodman, Kieron Moore, Nicholas Logan, Rico Paris, Blake Burt, Logan Gould, Zach Roerig, Johnathan Nieves, Brandon Tyler Moore, Ivan Hoey Jr., Anthony Marble and Joy Osmanski.
The Corps is the latest plan for the 100-year-o
Babylon was developed from my Iraq War journals and parts of letters written from Iraq. At the time I was making those journal entries, I probably would have told you I was writing mostly so that if I was killed over there, my loved ones could have some concept of what I was going through. Now I know that I was more likely writing to some future version of myself.
My time in Iraq was the most intensely spiritual time of my life. Sometimes, after a sleepless night on duty, I would stare into the rising sun and feel like the secrets of the ages had been whispered to me. No matter what the politics and the truths of the American intervention in Iraq, I felt that when I took the face of an Iraqi child into my hands and we looked into each other’s eyes, that child could glimpse my deepest intention: that I had come to this country with an intense desire to assist its people. I had heard the stories of Saddam Hussein’s brutality from the Iraqis themselves, and I believed them. But even as I witnessed kindness toward the Iraqis by some of my fellow Marines, I watched brokenhearted as the government, the military and the infrastructure of the state were destroyed. The sickening
Marines respond to anti-gay posts after recognizing Pride Month: ‘Have a meritorious day!’
Every June, the LGBTQ+ society and allies celebrate what has become "Pride Month."
PARRIS ISLAND, S.C. - The Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island in South Carolina is getting much attention over the way Marines are responding to those who opposed the depot’s Facebook post acknowledging Pride Month.
"During the month of June, the Marine Corps takes #Pride in recognizing and honoring the contributions of our LGBTQ service members," the depot posted on Facebook on June 1. "We stay committed to fostering an environment free from discrimination, and defend the beliefs of treating all equally, with dignity and respect."
The post has received more than 2,000 likes, 480 shares and nearly 2,000 comments — but not all were supportive.
"Seems today sir in this politically correct society anybody can join my beloved Corps, men that like men, women who like women," one user commented.
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Gay Marine helps alter history
He was the first American injured in the Iraq War, hit by an exploding land mine that broke his left leg, caused long-term nerve damage in his right hand, and so severely impacted his right leg that it had to be amputated to preserve his life. He had been in Iraq for only three hours.
While those injuries were severe, they were not the only things tormenting Marine Eric Alva while he served his country. As a gay man, had his sexuality been known, he would have been discharged from the Marines.
Alva was the final of three speakers for the academic year’s last Faculty of Arts and Sciences Diversity Dialogues, “Overcoming Obstacles: Managing Complex Intersectionality.”
“It’s an absorbing story, the intersectionality of my life,” said the retired staff sergeant. “I am a gay gentleman. I am a Merged States Marine. … I am also disabled and I am also Hispanic.”
Alva decided he wanted to join the Marines while he was still in high school. After graduation, he went to the local recruiters’ office. At 5-foot-1 and only 90 pounds, he said the Marine recruiters “laughed at me and told me ‘the Air Force is down the hall.’” That was frustrating, he admitted, “
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