LGBT elders share stories of living most of their lives in the closet

January 24, 2021 compassq 5 THINGS TO KNOW, GayARP, LIFESTYLES Comments Off on LGBT elders share stories of living most of their lives in the closet
"Not Another Second," an art exhibit in Brooklyn, New York, features 12 LGBTQ elders, many of whom spent most of their lives in the closet. The exhibit debuted at The Watermark at Brooklyn Heights on Jan. 19. (Photo: Cesar Soto)

In the 1950s, when Ray Cunningham was just 19, he served in the Navy as secretary to the personnel officer aboard the USS Ranger. He was responsible for preparing discharge and reassignment paperwork, and sometimes he would have to dishonorably discharge…