Darren Manzella is the definition of (A Urban “K”Night) a man that is trying to make a change and a point. His story will be airing on 60 minutes this sunday so tune in. Here is a article recently featured on TowleRoad on this story.
“This Sunday, on 60 Minutes, Lesley Stahl will look into the U.S. military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, offering evidence in the form of Army Sgt. Darren Manzella that the armed forces look the other way during wartime, refusing to discharge troops even in the face of "graphic proof" that they are gay.
According to CBS: "Manzella, a medic who served in Iraq for a year, currently serves as medical liaison for the 1st Cavalry Division stationed in Kuwait, where he says he is 'out' to his entire chain of command, including a three-star general. After leaving Iraq, he started receiving anonymous emails warning him about his openness that suggested he was being watched, so he went to his commander to head off an investigation he felt was coming. 'I didn’t know how else to do it,' he tells Stahl, acknowledging that he initiated an investigation of himself by violating the policy. 'I felt more comfortable being the one to say, 'This is what is real,'' Manzella says. He then says his commander reported him, as he was obliged to do, and then 'I had to go see my battalion commander, who read me my rights,' he says. He turned over pictures of him and his boyfriend, including video of a passionate kiss, to aid the investigation. But to his surprise, 'I was told to go back to work. There was no evidence of homosexuality,' says Manzella. ''You’re not gay,'' he says his superiors told him. This response confused him and, he says, the closest a superior officer came to addressing his sexuality was to say 'I don't care if you're gay or not." (More)
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