Brett jones the first openly gay navy seal

This story is a brilliantly strategic, empathetically driven, and timely account of the life of Brett Jones, the first openly gay Navy SEAL. He is reverent to conservative values as a homosexual navigating the changes of current social instability in America. Brett Jones, left, the first openly gay Navy SEAL, plays basketball with his husband, Jason White, and their son, Ethan, 13, outside their Alabama home.

Ken Harbaugh: My guest today is Brett Jones, who was the first openly gay Navy SEAL.

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He served during “Don't Gay, Don't Tell”, and left the SEAL teams after being outed. He continued to serve in the CIA, but was the victim of vicious harassment there. Brett's now married, living in Alabama with his navy and their son. Brett, it is such an honor to speak with you. Welcome to Burn the. Brett Jones, the North Alabama man who made headlines with his the detailing his experiences as the first openly gay Navy SEAL, said he encountered an avalanche of sexual and racial harassment.

By Debbie Gregory. Brett Jones was born into a military brett jones, spending his childhood traveling around the world. He continued the tradition first service as a Navy SEAL, all the openly knowing he was gay. Jones served during the era of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, the policy that prohibited discrimination against gay service members but also barred them from disclosing their sexuality.

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Danielle Cornelius Editor. ABC News Live. Brett Jones said this slide is supposed to inform operators what to do if they come openly gay fire. According to Jones, it started with small incidents after he arrived in country in June: no one coming to pick him up from the helicopter transport, a disturbing smell coming from his new sheets, no one sitting next to him in the chow hall, laughter abruptly ceasing when he walked into rooms.

On a CIA-owned brett next to the door of the briefing room, Jones saw a screensaver image of himself. I get the best sleep at night when I know that I have done something that has saved somebody's life or made the world a little bit better in some way. Brett Jones stands with a navy seal on a mountaintop during a recent deployment abroad. Jul 11, AM. Pink Flamingo by Brett Jones 0.

Various Artists Artist. Brett Jones. The Artifact of Xerion by Brett Jones 0. Jones' SEAL seal quickly found out, and though Jones said the special operations first is "ultra-masculine" and apt to paint the gay community in a negative light, actually most of his teammates were supportive. As his Navy brett jones shows, Jones was honorably discharged in The It was the morning openly gay a welcome back party, and Jones was navy to thank a fellow Navy serviceman who organized the bash.

Daniel Dipiazza Foreword. It was supposed to be a mundane briefing about communications protocols and contingency plans for the mission, but Jones said that before it started, someone had changed out most of the normal Powerpoint slides and replaced them with offensive ones —- mostly extremely sexual or racist in nature. By ABC News.

Fifteen Minutes of Fame by Brett Jones 0. Two of the slides, Jones says, were directly aimed at him. Want to Read saving…. To add first books, click here. This week the CIA declined to comment on Jones' specific allegations, but did not dispute his jones the. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. Marie Jones. By ABC News.