KATU<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nPORTLAND, Ore. \u2013 D\u00e9cadas despu\u00e9s de que su hijo fuera dado de baja sin honores de la Marina de los EE. UU., el esfuerzo de una madre de Portland por restablecer sus honores militares vali\u00f3 la pena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mart\u00edn Cerezo se uni\u00f3 a la Marina en 1988 despu\u00e9s de graduarse de la escuela secundaria, siguiendo los pasos de otros hombres de su familia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTen\u00eda muchas ganas de viajar por el mundo y sent\u00eda que la Marina era la mejor manera de hacerlo\u201d, dijo Cheryle Cerezo-Gardiner, su madre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cheryle dijo que antes de alistarse, se declar\u00f3 homosexual ante ella. En ese momento, los militares rechazaron a cualquiera que se identificara como gay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSimplemente parec\u00eda una receta para el desastre. Pero \u00e9l me dijo, dijo: 'Mam\u00e1, tendr\u00e9 cuidado. Te prometo que no me meter\u00e9 en problemas'\u201d, dijo Cheryle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Martin, que era biling\u00fce, naveg\u00f3 en el USS Constellation y tradujo para su tripulaci\u00f3n a trav\u00e9s de m\u00faltiples paradas en puertos de Am\u00e9rica del Sur. Le cont\u00f3 a su madre sobre cada viaje y ten\u00eda un "registro perfecto", dijo. El potencial de Martin con la Marina parec\u00eda ilimitado.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Su carrera temprana y sus aspiraciones en el ej\u00e9rcito se detuvieron repentinamente cuando lo llamaron a una oficina de seguridad 19 meses despu\u00e9s de su servicio, en 1990.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c(A Martin) le dijeron que ten\u00edan evidencia de que era homosexual y que lo mejor que pod\u00eda hacer era confesar\u201d, dijo Cheryle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
La Marina le ofreci\u00f3 un trato a Martin: identificar a los otros oficiales navales que eran secretamente homosexuales y recibir una baja honorable. \u00c9l sostuvo su parte, sin embargo, la Marina no lo hizo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLo despojaron de su rango. Lo escoltaron fuera de la base, tomaron su tarjeta de identificaci\u00f3n, tomaron su pase\u201d, dijo Cheryle. \u201c\u00c9l dijo: 'Me sent\u00ed como un verdadero criminal'\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Martin recibi\u00f3 una baja \u201cque no sea honorable\u201d, lo que le impidi\u00f3 alistarse en otras ramas del ej\u00e9rcito o conseguir un trabajo en la aplicaci\u00f3n de la ley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Durante los siguientes a\u00f1os, Martin viaj\u00f3 por los EE. UU., encontr\u00f3 a su pareja de toda la vida, sali\u00f3 del armario con su familia y comenz\u00f3 a consumir drogas y alcohol. Su amor por la Marina se mantuvo, dijo Cheryle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEntonces, en \u00faltima instancia, la acci\u00f3n en 1990 que envi\u00f3 a mi hijo a casa, como 'que no sea honorable', creo, con todo mi coraz\u00f3n, lo mat\u00f3\u201d, dijo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Martin desarroll\u00f3 una enfermedad hep\u00e1tica grave en 2000, que finalmente se convirti\u00f3 en c\u00e1ncer. La enfermedad lo motiv\u00f3 a intentar mejorar su baja a 'honorable', pero el dolor de la discriminaci\u00f3n y el miedo a otro rechazo persistieron, seg\u00fan su madre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Una vez que la enfermedad progres\u00f3, Cheryle recuerda el deseo de Martin de arreglar su condici\u00f3n de licenciado militar incluso en su lecho de muerte.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSe est\u00e1 muriendo y eso es todo lo que quiere\u201d, dijo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cheryle prometi\u00f3 mejorar su estado para que pudiera ser enterrado en el Cementerio Nacional de Willamette.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Despu\u00e9s de trabajar con abogados pro bono para mejorar su estado de descarga, Cheryle a\u00fan necesitaba una excepci\u00f3n para enterrarlo en el cementerio debido a un requisito de servicio de dos a\u00f1os. Se comunic\u00f3 con las oficinas de los senadores de Oreg\u00f3n Ron Wyden y Jeff merkley<\/a>, quien agiliz\u00f3 la solicitud.<\/p>\n\n\n\nEl viernes 9 de junio, Cheryle vio c\u00f3mo enterraban a su hijo con honores militares.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
"Amo a mi hijo. Mi hijo nunca fue deshonrado con su familia\u201d, dijo Cheryle. \u201cSiempre tuvo su honor. Quiero que eso se sepa. Que solo las personas de mente estrecha pensaban que no era honorable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cheryle ahora est\u00e1 decidida a apoyar a otras familias de veteranos y en contra de la discriminaci\u00f3n en honor a la vida de su hijo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSi su nombre es recordado, porque de alguna manera derribamos un muro o abrimos un camino, entonces no ser\u00e1 olvidado\u201d, dijo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Durante d\u00e9cadas, el ej\u00e9rcito de EE. UU. excluy\u00f3 del servicio a las personas LGBTQ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
En 1993, el presidente Bill Clinton convirti\u00f3 en ley la pol\u00edtica com\u00fanmente conocida como \u201cNo preguntes, no digas\u201d. La pol\u00edtica permit\u00eda a los miembros del servicio LGBTQ siempre que no revelaran su orientaci\u00f3n sexual.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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