#barry winchell

•Birds of a feather, might not be forever, but...💖

Doro Bachrach Accepting the 2003 Peabody Award for “Soldier’s Girl”

Soldier’s Girl is based on the true story of Pvt. Barry Winchell, an American G.I., and Calpernia Addams, a transsexual nightclub performer, with whom he fell in love. The emotional havoc their relationship unleashed on the Army base where Winchell was stationed, the anti-gay sentiments fueled by ignorance and fear, led to Winchell’s brutal murder. On July 5, 1999, he was bludgeoned to death with a baseball bat by a fellow soldier. Nyswaner’s research into the case, including his interviews with Calpernia Addams, enabled him to avoid common stereotypes and probe the complex personal emotions of individuals involved in the love affair as well as those who could not abide it. At the same time his script laid bare larger social patterns of homophobia and the folly of a “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy.

•From the Bright Side💖