30 Days of Pride!

June 7: Midshipman Kay Moore

Kay Moore enlisted in the Navy in 2005, immediately after graduating from high school, and served for five years before enrolling at the U.S. Naval Academy. In September 2011, after her first year and after “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” was repealed, Kay began researching the possibilities of starting a gay-straight alliance program at USNA. After receiving overwhelming support from other Midshipmen, faculty, staff and members of the LGBT alumni group, USNA Out, Moore began to build the foundation for what she hopes one day will be Navy Spectrum.

Moore hopes that Navy Spectrum will help promote mutual respect amongst gay, straight, lesbian, bisexual service members, and their straight counterparts. Despite goals for the future, the group will not receive word of it’s status as an official student group at USNA until August.

Future officers, like Moore and others involved with these groups are essential to ensuring we can one day achieve full LGBT equality in the armed forces.