In its determination to sustain the myth that the men in the armed forces don't suck dick (and the women do), the US Navy recently attempted to delay the release of Conduct Unbecoming, a CD-ROM based on journalist Randy Shilts's book about gays and lesbians in the US military.
A Navy lawyer told ApolloMedia, which produced of the CD-ROM, that if it used a 1972 recruitment poster in Conduct Unbecoming, it would be "in big jeopardy."
The Navy claimed that the US Naval Academy crest was a registered trademark. The poster features Ed Graves, an Annapolis graduate and the Navy's first black poster boy. The Navy stopped using the poster after learning that Graves is gay.
Refusing to bend, ApolloMedia informed the Navy of its intent to use the image anyway, and for a moment, it looked as if neither side would blink. But after mulling over the looming publicity nightmare (ApolloMedia called a press conference to announce the Navy's actions), the Navy withdrew its threats. ApolloMedia: +1 (415) 552 7655.
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Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Even Look at This Poster
