personnel called outserve. the pseudonym was j.d. smith. today outserve s magazine published a feature called 101 faces of courage. that includes real photos and real bios and real names of 100 other gay service members plus the real j.d. smith. joining us now live from washington, d.c., at a party hosted by the service members legal defense network for the very first time not in silhouette is united states air force first lieutenant josh seifried who will never again have to be known as j.d. smith. he s the founder of outserve and author of our time. joining us, newly retired colonel victor farenbach who came out on this program. he fought his discharge under don t ask, don t tell and won. i have to say, congratulations. thank you so much for joining us tonight. thank you, rachel. this is a great day for everyone here. all the service members across,
about whether or not and how to say who they are. it can no longer be used against them. why is it worth it to you to take the risk to speak out like this and do the work you have done with outserve? i think why it s important for me, at some point while you re serving under the military and under this policy, you see some of the atrocities that occur to people across the world including myself who was blackmailed under this policy. at some point you have to see there s something larger than yourself out there and you have to take these risks to do something like this to help others and to help create the change that s needed. i did that interview last year with an air force lieutenant using a pseudonym. as you can see there, pictured only in silhouette. i ve only done a few rare interviews like that in my life. that air force officer had been blackmailed for being gay as a young officer. he started the undergrown network of active duty u.s. personnel called outserve. the pseudonym
about whether or not and how to say who they are. it can no longer be used against them. why is it worth it to you to take the risk to speak out like this and do the work you have done with outserve? i think why it s important for me, at some point while you re serving under the military and under this policy, you see some of the atrociies that occur to people across the world including myself who was blackmailed under this policy. at some point you have to see there s something larger than yourself out there and you have to take these risks to do something like this to help others and to help create the change that s needed. i did that interview last year with an air force lieutenant using a pseudonym. as you can see there, pictured only in silhouette. i ve only done a few rare interviews like that in my life. that air force officer had been blackmailed for being gay as a young officer. he started the undergrown network of active duty u.s. personnel called outserve. the pseudonym