An Organization of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender US Naval Academy Alumni and their Supporters

What's New at USNA Out?

11/30 & 12/16/2007 - Second USNA Out "National Meeting" held in Annapolis & San Francisco

left coast meeting

Left Coast - Paul Culver '74, Linda
Postenrieder '82, Jeff Petrie '89 (seated)
Steve Clark Hall '75, Eric Shangle '97,
Greer Pucket '75, Joe Soto '83

The second USNA Out "Nation Meeting" was held on Army-Navy Friday, 30 November 2007 in Memorial Hall. Because of the Joint Ethics Regulations, a request to use facilities in the Nimitz Library could not be accommodated. (If USNA Out were given permission to use government property, the Superintendent would also be obliged to provide similar services to all other groups of alumni within the same class. As many know, the USNA Alumni Association is being currently in litigation with Naval Academy Alumni Action Group (NAAAG), a faction of Alumni, in Maryland court. If USNA Out were provided with special access to government property, then NAAAG would also be allowed the same use of government property.)

Seven alumni were able to attend the a second "Left Coast Edition" of the national meeting held in San Francisco on Sunday, 16 December. Minutes of both these meetings will be posted here at usnaout.org soon.

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9/9/2007 - Second SHIPMATE Magazine Ad Campaign Announced

Next Ad Will Go Here

The Next Shipmate Ad

A few members of USNA Out have started on a concept for our next SHIPMATE ad, and we may have found some very interesting content that will help our fellow alumni take note of us and hopefully in turn send them to our website. If you would be interested in playing a role in getting this ad together and submitted, please send a note to info@usnaout.org

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8/23/2007 - USNA Out Members Show & Tell Who We Really Are

Putting a face on who we really are, the first set of USNA Out Member Profiles have been post on this website for all to read. All USNA Out members are encouraged to share your experiences as a Midshipman and in the Navy on the member profiles page. See the Member Info tab on the left for details on how to submit your profile to USNA Out.

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6/18/2007 - USNA Out Member Leads Fight to Maintain Rights in Oregon

Jim Maguire '88

Jim(r) with partner

The mission of the U. S. Naval Academy includes providing graduates who in mind and character can assume the highest responsibilities of citizenship and government. USNA Out Member Jim Maguire (on right in photo to left) has been fulfilling this role in Oregon as he fights for equal rights.

Jim may soon have a big fight coming to keep two recently passed laws from being overturned. He was appointed to the City of Beaverton's Human Rights Advisory Commission in 2002 and elected Chair by his peers in 2003, staying Chair until he had to resign when he and his partner Josh bought a house and moved to Hillsboro, Oregon. He is now a founding member of the Human Rights Council of Washington County.

Jim says "The more who know about what we're fighting for in Oregon, the better. The Academy always said it wanted to train future leaders of men"

Jim Maguire tells in his quest for a true life in the Oregonian, read the online Oregonian Story


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6/15/2007 - USNA Out for All to See

Out at the Museum

Steve Clark Hall '75, Jeff Petrie '89,
Paul Culver '74, Dr. Steve Estes (curator),
Greer Pucket '75, a zoomie & a whoopoo

USNA Out and SAGALA members gathered at the GLBT History Museum in San Francisco for the opening of "Out Ranks" - the first exhibit in the country to focus on the experiences of GLBT veterans and American military policy on homosexuality.

The exhibit includes memorabilia from USNA Out members Jeff Petrie '89 and Steve Clark Hall '75 who are both also included in the recently published book Ask and Tell, Gay and Lesbian Veterans Speak Out by Steve Estes, the curator of the exhibit (in center of the photo at right).

USNA Alumni Association Net Community Story

E-Bar article

San Francisco Chronicle article

AP Report (Navy Times)



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6/02/2007 - USNA Out for CDR Zoe Dunning's Retirement

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Tom Carpenter '70, Linda Postenrieder '82
Zoe Dunning '85, Steve Clark Hall '75,
Barb Wujciak '84, Jeff Petrie '89

USNA Out members gathered with our SAGALA comrades at the Retirement of the USNA Out Vice President Commander Zoe Dunning '85.

The press story of the ceremony was covered on Bay Area television and in the local press. See E-Bar article



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12/03/2005 - USNA Out does Army-Navy East & West

GO NAVY!

The East Coast Crowd

USNA Out members gathered with our SAGALA counterparts on both coasts to cheer on the Blue from the Brigade of Midshipmen as they took the lead 51-50 in the Army-Navy rivalry. Go Navy!

USNA Out members gathered at the home of Paula Neira '85 and her partner Mel for their third Army-Navy bash in Bowie, Maryland. Mel cooked up a tailgater's delight in their driveway, complete with burgers, hot dawgs, steak, and all the fixin's. Two West Point alums braved the "Go Navy" spirit that filled the Paula-and-Mel's home and added heat to the fire in the fireplace, only to see Navy drown the poor Black Knights with more touchdowns that we could shake a Labatt's Blue at. Thank you to our gracious hosts, Paula and Mel!

BEAT ARMY!

The Left Coast Crowd

On the left coast, USNA Out members met with some of our SAGALA whoopoo counterparts in a Noe Valley home.



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10/12/2005 - USNA Out comes out for Army-Navy

GO NAVY!

The half-page SHIPMATE Ad

Twenty seven members of USNA Out personally cheered on the Brigade of Midshipmen in an advertisement submitted to SHIPMATE MAGAZINE.



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4/18/2005 - Logo Contest Over - OSCAR is for OUT!

It's a winner. We've hijacked . . . ooops we mean hoisted the OSCAR Flag.

OSCAR is for OUT



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3/16/2005 - Expanded Website Goes Online

USNA Out launched an expanded website to better support our objectives and mission. The new site will be able to better keep the USNA Out membership and the general public up to date with the current .

Please provide your valuable feedback to webho@usnaout.org no matter how picky it may seem to you. Changes are relatively easy. Content changes are done separately from formatting changes.

And if you are interested in becoming a "backup" to webmaster, please raise your hand and volunteer!

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3/10/2005 - Members Approve Objectives and Mission Statement

By an overwhelming majority, the USNA Out membership approved the Objectives and Mission Statements which were developed at the “Meeting of Friends” held in January at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor. Additionally, the organization name “USNA Out” was retained as our best identity with witch to continue our mission

Although there was well more than a quorum of votes cast, about 20 USNA Out members failed to visit the online polling site.

Please keep your USNA Out contact data up to date!

Until the “Member's Area”of our website is upgraded, please use the “JOIN button” on the left side menu page and fill out the appropriate portions of the “Join form” using your new contact data.

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2/28/2005 USNA Out.com is now USNAOut.ORG

This change puts our organization in line with the generally accepted conventions for top level domain (gTLD) names. The .ORG domains are under the cognizance of the Public Interest Registry. For a more technical discussion of the use of gTLD's, visit About.ORG. USNA Out retains the USNA Out.com domain name which will auto forward to our new site. Additionally, we have reserved USNA Out.net for future use.

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2/20/2005 - The long awaited USNA Out Logo Contest is OPEN!

Eligibility: Open to anyone that wants to submit a logo design, whether or not you are a USNA Out member, whether or not you are a “professional” graphics designer. Entries are due by midnight Sunday April 17, 2005. See the rules for further information.

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2/16/2005 - The Castro Chapter Discussed in Shipmate Magazine.

George Watt, president and CEO of the US Naval Academy Alumni Association and Foundation discusses the proposed "Castro Chapter." Read his comments [link has been removed] in the January/February 2005 issue of Shipmate Magazine.

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12/02/2004 - Naval Academy Alumni Association Reaffirms Commitment To Diversity And Inclusiveness

At its semiannual meeting held on 2 December, 2004, in Annapolis, the board of trustees of the U. S. Naval Academy’s Alumni Association opted against certifying the proposed Castro District Chapter, concluding that it served a narrow constituency and that it violated the requirement that Alumni chapters be organized geographically. By its own definition, the proposed Castro District Chapter request would have established an official gay Alumni chapter. Read the Read the official position of the Naval Academy Alumni Association [link has been removed].



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