Serving in Secret: Love, Country and Don't Ask, Don't Tell

  Directed by: Jonathan T. Baker Released: 2024 (educational) Year of Production: 2023 Running Time: 40 min Language: English Subtitle Options: English Closed Captions Subjects: Queer Studies, Gender & Sexuality ***Digital Site Licenses exclusively available via Kanopy***              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 A