Some years before the British tabloids went into meltdown over two men kissing in the soap ‘Eastenders’, Scottish Television had two gay soldiers climbing into bed together! The STV series “House on the Hill” followed the fortunes of a large … Continue reading →
Perry Watkins was 19-years old when he received his Army call-up papers in August 1967. It was the middle of the Vietnam War so, like to most other young American men, he didn’t want to go. Watkins had been openly … Continue reading →
“The accused were slight and young and pale-faced and charged with gross indecency with each other…They are both 22 and single and look as though they haven’t started shaving yet…one serving with weapons intelligence, the other on ‘close protective duties’, … Continue reading →
The history of gays in the US military has been a long and confused one. Right up until World War Two, homosexuality was seen quite unequivocally as a crime for which people could be (and usually were) drummed out of … Continue reading →