Veterans Day

This is a touching TV spot for Veterans Day sponsored by Boeing:



An Urban Institute report from 2003 states:

An estimated 1 million veterans in the United States are gay men or lesbians. Recent surveys suggest that 4 percent of U.S. adults are gay or lesbian and that 17 percent of gay men and 8 percent of lesbians have served in the military. This means that of the 27.5 million veterans counted in Census 2000, 683,000 (2 percent) are gay men and 350,000 (1 percent) are lesbians.

The Urban Institute was founded to provide "independent nonpartisan analysis of the problems facing America's cities and their residents."

At any rate, think about gay and lesbian veterans next week on Veterans Day, what they fought for, what they risked and how they are treated today by the country they served.

Boeing, incidentally, for the past four years has achieved 100% ratings in national surveys for providing an inclusive and non-discriminatory workplace.

By the way, could you pick out gay and lesbian veterans in the ad?