Friday's Labor Folklore 
Con Carbon, Minstrel of the Mine Patch
Discharged for Loving a Man  
  Matlovich grave
 
A Gay Vietnam Veteran
 
When I was in the military
they gave me a medal for killing two men
and a discharge for loving one.
  Leonard Matlovich (1943-1988)
 
Leonard Matlovich, recipient of the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star, was discharged from the Air Force in 1975 for telling his superiors that he was gay.
Photo: Congressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
 by
Labi Siffre
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