Useful Links
Demonstrates how Leonard Matlovich made history by highlighting media representation about him (newspapers, videos), and the words that people used to describe him
http://www.leonardmatlovich.com/
This text is a summary of Sgt. Leonard Matlovich's struggles with U.S. military policy as a gay man.
https://www.learningforjustice.org/classroom-resources/texts/to-serve-with-honor
Making Gay History: The Podcast
When Leonard Matlovich was thrown out of the Air Force for being gay, he sued for reinstatement. It was 1975 and it was the first case of its kind. Hear the LGBTQ rights pioneer—and startlingly frank one-time racist—in conversation with Studs Terkel.
https://makinggayhistory.com/podcast/leonard-matlovich/
Biography
https://legacyprojectchicago.org/person/leonard-matlovich
'A Perfect Soldier': Remembering A Warrior In The Battle Against Homophobiahttps://www.npr.org/2015/10/30/452849153/a-perfect-soldier-remembering-a-warrior-in-the-battle-against-homophobia
Gay Alternatives
Air Force Sgt. Leonard Matlovic : the development of a gay consciousness / interviewed by Ronald Gold.
https://archive.org/details/pra-IZ0007
http://www.leonardmatlovich.com/
This text is a summary of Sgt. Leonard Matlovich's struggles with U.S. military policy as a gay man.
https://www.learningforjustice.org/classroom-resources/texts/to-serve-with-honor
Making Gay History: The Podcast
When Leonard Matlovich was thrown out of the Air Force for being gay, he sued for reinstatement. It was 1975 and it was the first case of its kind. Hear the LGBTQ rights pioneer—and startlingly frank one-time racist—in conversation with Studs Terkel.
https://makinggayhistory.com/podcast/leonard-matlovich/
Biography
https://legacyprojectchicago.org/person/leonard-matlovich
'A Perfect Soldier': Remembering A Warrior In The Battle Against Homophobiahttps://www.npr.org/2015/10/30/452849153/a-perfect-soldier-remembering-a-warrior-in-the-battle-against-homophobia
Gay Alternatives
Air Force Sgt. Leonard Matlovic : the development of a gay consciousness / interviewed by Ronald Gold.
https://archive.org/details/pra-IZ0007