BASS' BOYFRIEND REVEALS GAY MILITARY NIGHTMARE

[truthpusher]

http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/bass%20boy...

BASS' BOYFRIEND REVEALS GAY MILITARY NIGHTMARE

Pop star LANCE BASS' partner, model REICHEN LEHMKUHL, has taken aim at the US military after revealing he was sexually assaulted by straight soldiers after he 'came out'. The hunky reality TV star is using his celebrity to highlight gay issues in the military, and admits he was targeted personally when he announced he was a homosexual while in the Air Force. The 32-year-old admits he tried to hide his sexuality under the military's 'don't ask, don't tell' policy, but when he came out his life was made miserable by his peers. And there was one night in particular Lehmkuhl will never forget. He recalls, "A bag was put over my head. I was stripped of my clothes. I was forced to do things sexually with two other male cadets. "That's when you start having suicidal thoughts... and you start saying, 'Oh my God, I am so stuck in this situation. I can't go to anyone.'" Lehmkuhl, who became a captain in the Air Force, talks about his experiences as a gay man in the military in his new book, HERE'S WHAT WE'LL SAY: GROWING UP, COMING OUT + THE US AIR FORCE ACADEMY.

link: http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/bass%20boy...

[EFerrari]

1. Isn't this called "rape"?

[Nikki Stone 1]

2. Yes. Gang rape.

This poor guy! I hope he is getting some therapy. And can he still file charges.

[DeSwiss]

4. I think....

...that this is covered as "unfortunate but necessary and legal" under our news military torture laws. Retroactively too.

[Nikki Stone 1]

10. Or maybe the pugs consider this

a fraternity prank

[TomInTib]

3. OH, MY GOD!!! HIS NEW BOOK???

poor guy

[Davis_X_Machina]

5. You know you're a politicial junkie..

...when the first thing you think on seeing the thread title is "Charlie Bass (R-NH01) is out and gay?

[originalpckelly]

6. Ironically, that is the most evangelical part of Colorado/America...

there is this fundie nutcase preacher who lives in Colorado Springs, and his people rag on anyone who isn't evangelical at the air force academy (which is located there, if you didn't know.) So these fellas were probably "straight" evangelicals who messed with this poor fella.

Why if you are straight, would you want to have sex with a man? It just doesn't make sense, I bet those other two are really bi or gay.

[Nikki Stone 1]

8. Because rape is not about sex--it's about power.

Women's rights advocates have been pointing this out for decades, and rape of a gay man by straight soldiers is a great support for the idea that rape is all about power.

I'll bet this happens more often than we know. Rape of females in the military does.

[gumby]

7. Isn't the Air Force Academy in Colorado

where they convert the cadets to radical, right-wing fundamentalism? Rape and Religion. USA. USA. USA.

[MrSlayer]

9. Isn't that kind of weird?

You hate gays, so you go and have gay sex with one to show it? What the fuck is up with that? I could understand beating the shit out of him or something but to rape the guy? Doesn't that make you gay too? I don't want to say this guy is lying because it could very well be true but the story doesn't really make sense to me.

[Nikki Stone 1]

11. Rape is about power, not sexuality or sexual pleasure

Male on male rape is used to humiliate the victim and demonstrate power over him.

A man doesn't have to be attracted to his victim to rape. He just has to have a sick need to dominate and humiliate.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

12. It's a fairly common form of "gay bashing."

Rape isn't about sex, it's about power.

[soothsayer]

13. homophobes are soooo often self-denying homosexuals, it's no

surprise