Despite all the grim headlines from Iraq, Derek House said he wanted to enlist in the Army Reserve.
The 19-year-old University of Wisconsin-Madison student went to an east side Madison recruiting center on Aug. 28, attempting to enlist. When the recruiter asked about “personal relationships,” House whispered “I’m openly gay,” he recalled.
“Personally, I couldn’t care less,” House remembered the recruiter saying. “We don’t have to disclose that.”