“Shadows No More – LGBT Veterans History Project and the mission to capture the largest collection of LGBT Veterans Stories is born. The documentary will follow Christopher and his film crew as they film and document the 1st stories of LGBT veterans and key members who helped to repeal the DADT policy.

The documentary will include excerpts from the interviews filmed for inclusion in the Library of Congress archive of Gulf War I Navy Veteran, Calpernia Addams, and the story of her Army boyfriend, Private Barry Winchell (101st Airborne) who, on July 4th, 1999, was savagely beaten to death at Fort Campbell, Kentucky by fellow service members for being gay and dating a transgendered woman.

Shadows No More will also include the story of Vietnam War Veteran, Rosie Del Mar (Transgender) who joined the Army at 18-years old and who has been living as a woman since 1964. Rosie, who now lives in Los Angeles at the Gay & Lesbian Center Triangle Square, will focus her story on her life before and after her military service. Rosie’ topsy-turvy life-story will explore the struggles she faced serving during wartime and being gay in the military. Her story will also explore her sexual identity, bouts with homelessness, street survival and attempted suicide.

Shadows No More will conclude with the two additional stories of one gay male and one lesbian female and a call to action for others who have served in the shadows to join the historic efforts of the LGBT Veterans History Project. The project seeks to preserve LGBT American’s legacy of service lost by the exclusion of LGBT military members forced to serve in the shadows of silence.

In conclusion, Shadows No More will bring to light the impacts of war on LGBT service members and the effect of their service on their families, communities, relationships, and on the men and women with whom they served.”