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Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben AKA "The Baron" On the day we celebrate our independence, we can look to a Gay Prussian Soldier, who transformed the American militia into a well trained army, capable of defeating the greatest army at the time.   Via Huffington Post: Historian  Nicholas Ferroni reflects , "I think it is quite comical and downright ironic that Americans, politicians and military personnel are so adamantly against allowing gays and lesbians to openly serve in the military, considering the powerful, well-trained and feared military that America has developed would not have existed if it was not for the brilliance of a homosexual soldier from Prussia. In fact, not only would we not have a worldwide military dominance as we do, but we might not even have an America if not for the gay soldier who aided Washington during the country's most crucial time."  Ferroni is referring to Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, better known as "the Baron...

Do Ask Do Tell What is hotter than a buff, gay U.S. Soldier showing us his buff torso?  Not much!! Via Huffington Post : Randy Phillips, the gay U.S. soldier who became an Internet sensation after  filming himself coming out to his father  just hours after the repeal of the military's controversial "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy in September, is finding new ways to utilize his newfound fame. Now, the 21-year-old Phillips hopes to help his viewers kick off their post-holiday workouts with a video of himself demonstrating "Oblique Side Crunches." Though he insists on his YouTube page that he was "nowhere near [his] best physical shape" at the time the clip was shot, the toned, shirtless Phillips -- who  reportedly would like to open his own gym  one day -- certainly gets our stamp of approval. View Phillips' original coming out clip, along with HuffPost Gay Voices' picks for the best LGBT-related viral videos of 2011