Fighting the gay-exclusionary policy of the United States military
Military career
Allegiance
United States
Service/branch
United States Army
Rank
Sergeant First Class
Perry Watkins (August 20, 1948 – March 17, 1996) was an American soldier. A gay man, he was one of the first servicemembers to challenge the ban against homosexuals in the United States military.
the United States military. Perry James Henry Watkins was born in Joplin, Missouri, on August 20, 1948, the son of Ola Watkins, a nurse. He moved with his...
announced that Watkins would host weekend afternoon programs on Sydney and Melbourne radio station smoothfm. In October 2020, Watkins appeared in the...
of Homeland Security. (Perry was confirmed by the U.S. Senate unanimously for that position.) He is a partner at Latham & Watkins in Washington, D.C., and...
87 mph Record 11 May 2007 Fastest furniture. 148 km/h; 92 mph Broken by PerryWatkins (5 September 2010) 7 November 2008 Fastest mobile bed, "‘Street Sleeper"...
opposites of Perry's persona. In the 2005 book Stepin Fetchit: The Life and Times of Lincoln Perry, African-American critic Mel Watkins argued that the...
American science fiction neo-Western television series created by Brian Watkins. It features an ensemble cast that includes Josh Brolin, Imogen Poots,...
School and play-writing success. Watkins went on to write screenplays in Hollywood, eventually retiring to Florida. Watkins was born in Louisville, Kentucky...
John Perry Barlow (October 3, 1947 – February 7, 2018) was an American poet, essayist, cattle rancher, and cyberlibertarian political activist who had...
at the UK's Santa Pod Raceway. In September 2010, 47-year-old Briton PerryWatkins drove a racing vehicle, a 1994 Reliant Scimitar Sabre, decorated as...
Boston, Massachusetts, as Linda Mathews Watkins, the daughter of Gardiner and Elizabeth R. (née Mathews) Watkins. Her father was active in real estate in...
Rita Hassan, and directed by Russel Lewis. Scenic designs were done by PerryWatkins, the first African-American to design a Broadway show (working earlier...
The Summer Jam at Watkins Glen was a July 1973 rock festival outside Watkins Glen, New York, that featured the Allman Brothers Band, Grateful Dead and...
James Talarico, state representative from the 50th district (2018–present) Watkins, Matthew (March 1, 2024). "Donald Trump says Greg Abbott is "absolutely"...
Perry White is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He is the editor-in-chief of the Metropolis newspaper the...
Watkins had four NBA training camp/preseason stints but never played in a regular-season game for any of them. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Watkins led...
Watkins (1986) - reprinted as paperback Golgonooza Press, 2000 and 2005 ISBN 0-903880-73-3 LMNTRE Poems by Vernon Watkins Illustrated by Alan Perry (1999...
and the first actor to portray Perry White in the Superman serials Superman (1948) and Atom Man vs. Superman (1950). Watkin was born on December 29, 1887...
guard in the National Football League (NFL). Watkins' father, Todd, is a road grader. In high school, Watkins played rugby and hockey as a defenseman, but...
in California later narrowed the basis for re-instating the soldier, PerryWatkins. New York Times: Schmitt, Eric (December 30, 1993). "Eric Schmitt, "White...