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Documentary & Discussion: Pride Month

Serving in Secret: Love, Country, and Don't Ask, Don't Tell
2025-06-14 11:00:00 2025-06-14 13:00:00 America/New_York Documentary & Discussion: Pride Month Serving in Secret: Love, Country, and Don't Ask, Don't Tell 46min NR Please see long description for full program summary. Plumsted Branch - Plumsted Meeting Room

Saturday, June 14
11:00am - 1:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-06-14 11:00:00 2025-06-14 13:00:00 America/New_York Documentary & Discussion: Pride Month Serving in Secret: Love, Country, and Don't Ask, Don't Tell 46min NR Please see long description for full program summary. Plumsted Branch - Plumsted Meeting Room

Plumsted Branch

Plumsted Meeting Room

Serving in Secret: Love, Country, and Don't Ask, Don't Tell 46min NR Please see long description for full program summary.

In 1970, Tom Carpenter graduated from the Naval Academy ready to follow his family’s lineage in the military as a US Marine Corps attack pilot. Then he met Courtland Hirschi. Tom and Court fell deeply in love, keeping their illicit relationship a secret. At that time, homosexuality – if discovered – resulted in being kicked out of the military with a dishonorable discharge, a court martial, jail time, or worse… Tom and Court’s story would be no exception.

SERVING IN SECRET features leading voices in politics, historians, civil rights activists, and retired military personnel telling the story of LGBTQ discrimination in the military, and the controversial compromise known as “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” Tom’s work towards its repeal along with many others was the Turning Point for LGBTQ+ rights, a fight that continues today. 46min. Not Rated.

AGE GROUP: | Seniors | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Movie | General |

TAGS: | PrideMonth | LGBTQ |

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(Independence Day)
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