Jeff Sheng’s Photos of Gay Military Personnel – NYTimes.com

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Trent
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He Asked. They Told.

A photographer uses his art to push for social change for gays in the military.

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/18/fashion/18sheng.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

AFTER he posted the first seven pictures on his Web site, Jeff Sheng could not sleep.

“I kept getting up and checking my e-mail,” he said. “I was expecting to hear from someone in the military. What if they demanded information from me? Some of the people I photographed have been serving for 20 years. They could lose their pensions.”