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Playing By The Rules by Justin Crockett Elzie

November 1st, 2011 by Indigene / 577 views

Title: Playing By The Rules
Author: Justin Crockett Elzie
Publisher: Rebel Satori Press
Length: Novel, 260 pages
Buy the book: Publisher (print), Amazon (print and ebook)

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The military has lots of rules and they are all expected to be followed. United States Marine Corps Sergeant Justin Elzie, wanting to make a difference, followed a rule of integrity and came out publicly on ABC Evening World News in January 1993. He became the first Marine discharged under Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, and later reinstated, becoming the first Marine to challenge Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell with a federal court case and went on to serve four years openly gay.

In Playing By The Rules, Justin Elzie takes you on a journey of self-discovery from his early years growing up on a farm in Wyoming to joining the Marine Corps and finding an underground gay subculture within the military.

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