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First Place
Barbara Davidson
The Los Angeles Times

Second Place
James Oatway
The Sunday Times
(South Africa)

Third Place
Lacy Atkins
San Francisco Chronicle

Award of Excellence
Craig F. Walker
The Denver Post

Award of Excellence
Matt McClain
The Washington Post

Award of Excellence
Craig F. Walker
The Denver Post


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"Cecil and Carl, In Sickness and in Health"

Cecil and Carl ride in a 1972 Cadillac Eldorado during the Memorial Day parade in Denver. The couple was invited to join the American Veterans for Equal Rights GLBT Color Guard, a group made of both gay veterans and gay service men and women who are active duty. Both Cecil and Carl served in the United States Air Force at a time when being gay was reason for dismissal. Cecil was a First Lieutenant in the Air Police, and Carl was an Airman First Class and a nuclear weapons instructor. "You just didn't do [or say] anything," Cecil said. "What's worse than being kicked out of the military would be going home and telling your family why...  we just didn't talk about it."


 

 

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