A veteran came out as gay in his obituary. Now, his family is praising his final 'salute'
A veteran came out as gay in his obituary. Now, his family is praising his final 'salute'
The niece of Edward Thomas Ryan, the decorated military veteran who came out as gay in his obituary, is proud her uncle "got to open doors for other people."
I like what they have done, but it also breaks my heart that he felt like he couldn't come out. I wish nobody had to struggle like this in the dark.
The silver lining is that he had 25 years with the love of his life, which I'm glad he had. I want a future where people don't have to worry about coming out to their friends/family/society.
But this is not going to lift him up again.
It might if enough people believe hard enough.
"retirfed": can we not proofread our articles in 2024? The number of first sentence typos these days is ridiculous. It's especially bad when the article discusses something with some gravitas.