byline Posted August 17, 2007 Share Posted August 17, 2007 10%, 1%, 3%, it doesn't matter, 100% human, that's the part that matters This, folks, is wisdom. If only everyone were so wise. So true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardguy89 Posted August 17, 2007 Share Posted August 17, 2007 It was never an issue or even "hidden" when I marched in Quebec, it was just a fact of life - although when I went to march in the States in the late '80's it did seem like it was more taboo - which always perplexed me. Later, Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithHall Posted August 17, 2007 Share Posted August 17, 2007 Why is this an "Issue?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apoch003 Posted August 17, 2007 Author Share Posted August 17, 2007 Why is this an "Issue?" Because it's four interesting pages later, and you have to ask. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoreyD Posted August 17, 2007 Share Posted August 17, 2007 I wonder why it was such a stigma in my corps. I mean, by 87, all anyone could talk about was Stanley Knobb and how "flaming" he was, and the one guy from the soprano line who was openly gay, and now he was an instructor but no one should take him seriously because ya know... he's gay.... etc.It really was rather pathetic. Why would you put somebodies name out there???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kekkles Posted August 17, 2007 Share Posted August 17, 2007 Why would you put somebodies name out there???? because that person was more than likely open about it, so putting a name out there has a fairly small chance of making any negative impact on that person's life, since that person essentially put their name out to begin with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apoch003 Posted August 17, 2007 Author Share Posted August 17, 2007 (edited) a. He was openly gay and highly respected b. He wouldn't care c. He died Edited August 17, 2007 by apoch003 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuyW Posted August 17, 2007 Share Posted August 17, 2007 a) He was openly gay and highly respectedB) He wouldn't care c) He died His name is spelled "Knaub".... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
84BDsop Posted August 17, 2007 Share Posted August 17, 2007 Not an issue with me....open secret for one staff member in 84.....I cared FAR more about the great brass instruction i was getting than which way his rope swung. And more recently, I marched with someone who was so incandescently flaming you could light a cigar just by standing within 10 feet of him....didn't care about that either....cared more about the guard work he was putting together (great stuff, too) 'Course, I've had gay friends before, so it doesn't even register on my own radar. I had one friend make a light pass at me early on....told him I was straight and no thanks...he backed off and we remained good friends until he died. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scerpella Posted August 17, 2007 Share Posted August 17, 2007 I would assume Madison and Cavies had more tolerance back then. In my years there were probably a couple dozen gay guys in the guard. No one ever made an issue of it but nor were there many friendships between the guard and the rest of the corps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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