Because homosexuality was a disease, he refrained from going to war. The Cold War was a heavy time of anti-faggot brainwashing. Same-sex sexual acts were grounds for dismissal, as was mental illness in the sense of homosexuality. Tougher policies allowed homosexuals to be kicked out of military service by giving them “blues discharge,” the most dishonorable way to leave the military. In addition to not helping in the war, they were actually accused of “…communist threats…”³ and “…sabotage of the nation…”⁴. They were considered security risks and were even fired from government jobs because of this newly released information. Stonewall allowed gays, lesbians, and transgender humans to rebel against the forces that repressed them. The Stonewall riots marked the beginning of gay civil rights and are the cause of the progress achieved