Reichen Lehmkuhl's book..

Is anyone REALLY reading this? I saw it in the new non fiction section, and it caused an uproar of laughter from others near me.

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Updated On: 10/11/06 at 10:38 PM

People who read can be so hurtful.

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This is why it might interest some people, Liverpool:

Book Description

Reichen Lehmkuhl was playing the role of his life while in the Air Force. Not wanting to face a court martial for being gay, he had to live in a world where he had to watch everything he did and said for fear of being outed; and in another world where he was free to be himself. “One of the hardest things for me to reconcile was the fact that I was completely open with my family and friends but faced the very real possibility of being court martialed and going to jail if I was open with my 'work' colleagues.” As Reichen explains, “The don’t ask don’t tell policy is so contradictory to what the Air Force and all the armed forces stand for ... but they force you to lie in order to serve your country.” It was the contradictions which led Reichen to leave the Air Force once he completed his commitment.
Here's What We'll Say: Growing Up, Coming Out, and the U.S. Air Force Academy

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It's very sad that the same people on this board who scream about the unfairness of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, are so completely unsupportive as to be negative toward one of us who actually lived with that issue and was forced out.

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So Rath - have you read his book? And I have never screamed about the unfairness of the military policy. I leave that to Jerby.

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I'm just confused by the supposed encounter of three young gay boys reacting to seeing the book because I don't know a single gay boy under 30 who doesn't seem to spend their time enraptured by every reality series on television.

And it warranted a thread?

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Yes - it warrented a thread. So maybe you can be the first to post your review when you finally read the book. That would be great!

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all hail reichen, savior of the military and future pulitzer prize winner. were it not for his brave book this world would be a colder and more terrible place full of faceless zombie braineaters.

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Unfortunately, Papa's too straight for camp.
Unless he's drunk.

I don't really get what the big problem some people seem to have with Reichen is. I enjoyed the internet radio show he did about coming out and other gay related topics. If all he cared about was getting attention, he could've just written a book about being on reality tv.

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That's what I'm saying, Rath.

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I'm not sure why Reichen writing a book about his experience in the military is such a source for ridicule. If he had not won The Amazing Race, would it make the book more admirable? Or is it the fact that he is doing something constructive that seems so ridiculous? I'd rather read Reichen's book than something by Coulter, Limbaugh or Falwell.

1st boy: (referring to stack of books on floor) "Who's That? He's cute!"

2nd boy: "It's Lance Bass's boyfriend".

3rd boy: "..and THAT got him a book deal?"

Well, they just sound like ignorant queens. I wouldn't expect them to read anything outside of a bathroom stall wall or manhunter.com. I certainly don't think their comments discredit the contents of the book, either. I guess I just don't see how being a D-List celebrity makes you a bad person, no matter what you try to accomplish. If he saved children from a burning building, would that make him a publicity whore? I don't care who he's related to, I just can't find anything so terribly wrong with the guy. And I don't even find him that attractive.

"Yes Bso - I have always found Reichen hot - it's not a secret. It does not mean that his book is any good."

It doesn't mean it's bad, either. Meh. Why not read it for yourself and then judge?

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