I have spoken to many gay friends here in TX, and one thing that gave us pause, today being Memorial Day, the idea of someone coming home from Iraq or Afghanistan, losing an arm or a leg, being gay and in the DADT Isolation Booth, but wanting to at least talk to someone... who is also gay.
Since in a large part, meeting other men in the gay world (and of course the straight world, but nowhere near apparently the same degree) is so predicated on looks and well-acculturated social skills, there seemed to me something particularly tragic about the plight of a 20-year-old who may be gay, has never enjoyed "going out" and meeting other guys, and because he's been injured, perhaps graphically, even if he does come out, he enters another sort of isolation.
With few exceptions, unless someone has been out and about for a while, going into a gay bar or party setting missing a leg or an arm will quickly clear a space around you. Not to mention part of your face being blown off or simply not being able to walk or hold a beer.
I'm curious if anyone has heard of a group, webspace, or other forum where volunteers to be a "buddy" for gays in the military can help out the injured?