His 25 years of Public Service has included the role of deputy undersecretary and deputy chief management officer for the Department of the Navy (2009). And Ben, your patience at home, because I know there were days that I probably was not the most pleasant person to be around.” “It’s a confusing process that makes you feel vulnerable and out there alone. military when he was appointed by President Obama as the 22nd Secretary of the Army and confirmed by the Senate in May 2016.ĭuring his swearing in ceremony, Fanning thanked his partner, Benjamin Masri-Cohen: But he was immortalized by May of the leading gay artist of the Mid-Twentieth Century.Įric Fanning became the the first out gay head of any service in the U.S.
Starkowski died in 1977 after being hit by a car after leaving a bar. Starkowski and Chuck Howard, another Lynes model, became lovers and posed together for the artist collective known as PaJaMa (Paul Cadmus, Jared French and Margaret Hoening French). Through him Starkowski was introduced to other gay artist of that era - Bernard Perlin (who also become his lover), Jared French and Paul Cadmus. Lynes was a commercial photographer who shot male nudes for his private collection (not to be revealed until after his death). Through this vocation he met George Platt Lynes. To make ends meet, he turned to hustling… performing sex with men for money. Ted Starkowski was a former GI who settled down in New York City after his stint in the army. Since gay men are often forced into the fringes of society, we’re more accepting of people who don’t meet straight norms of sexuality.
I’ve written about a few hustlers and prostitutes in this tumblr (see links below).