Jo Ann Santangelo: Proud to Serve

The human face of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'

Documentary photographer Jo Ann Santangelo is putting a human face on the statistics of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’. ‘Proud to Serve’ is a portrait project featuring Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender American service members who served their country in silence or were discharged under the current law.

There are roughly 65,000 gay service members currently serving in the armed forces. Since 1994, nearly 14,000 service members have been discharged for being gay. There are more than one million gay veterans.

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