The Pentagon's Secret Gaggle of Gays

Nancy

WNYC Studios

Gay, Documentary, Society & Culture, Sexuality, Lgtbq, Lesbian, Relationships, Asian, Politics, Conversations, Storytelling, Health & Fitness, Homosexuality

4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2017

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Even after "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" was repealed, the military wasn't an easy place to be out.

— Audrey Quinn, a WNYC health reporter, reported and produced this story.

Special thanks to Alex Wagner, Tarak Shah, Todd Breasseale, and Sue Fulton.

Episode scoring by Jeremy Bloom and Isaac Jones with additional music by Andy G. Cohen ("A Perceptible Shift"), Kevin MacLeod ("Dances and Dames," "Faster Does It," and "I Knew a Guy"), Anamorphic Orchestra ("Creature Comforts" and "Taking Dark Matter Lightly"), the U.S. Army Band ("To The Color"), and the U.S. Army Old Guard Fife & Drum Corps ("Soldier's Farewell"). Theme by Alexander Overington.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Tobes.
0:00.5	Calf.
0:01.5	I was counting the other day.
0:02.7	Oh, counting what?
0:03.9	I was counting the queer people in our office,
0:06.0	and I noticed something kind of amazing.
0:07.7	Oh, not where I thought you were going with that.
0:09.7	That makes me uneasy.
0:10.8	What did you find?
0:12.3	I found that our podcast corner, not just Nancy,
0:15.4	but sort of spreading out in our office.
0:17.6	Our area there is majority queer.
0:20.4	Oh, I like that.
0:23.4	That's nice.
0:24.3	The agenda is working.
0:26.4	The gay agenda is absolutely working.
0:28.6	Yeah, that makes me feel lucky because it
0:31.5	means that our workplace is like very queer friendly.
0:34.2	Yes.
0:34.7	No, to mean professional gaze.
0:35.5	Professional gaze.
0:36.3	Exactly.
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