The Third Sex Joins the Army Creative Essay by scribbler

The paper begins by describing the author awaking to the smell of pancakes, which was his first hint that something wasn't as usual, then suddenly remembering that he had just joined the Army and this was Day One of the twelve-week boot camp. However, the paper indicates that his story is different, even though wanting to serve his country in uniform and to be a soldier even as a young tyke, because the author is gay or as the army states of the third sex. Using this story as a platform to discuss the status of the federal judge's ruling against the army's "don't ask, don't tell" policy even with the failure of the Congress to repeal the policy, the paper concludes that the author can still be positive knowing that these "baby steps" will pave the way for people like him to stop being seen as pariahs in the military organization.