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Serving in Secret. Cover Image E-video E-video

Serving in Secret.

T., Jonathan, (film director.). MSNBC Films (Firm), (Distributor). Kanopy (Firm), (Distributor).

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.

Record details

  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (streaming video file) (46 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
  • Publisher: [San Francisco, California, USA] : MSNBC Films, 2023.

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General Note:
Title from title frames.
Film
In Process Record.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Originally produced by MSNBC Films in 2023.
System Details Note:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subject: Political science.
Social sciences.
History, Military.
History, Modern.
Americans.
Foreign study.
Documentary films.
LGBTQ.
Current affairs.
Genre: Documentary films.

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