The Navy has designated a waterway in the Middle East as the 'Gays of Hormuz,' a move that pokes fun at the military's long history of 'gay-friendly' culture, from the Village People to questionable deployments.

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Service says designation reflects ‘longstanding traditions’ in the fleet <figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><a href="https://www.duffelblog.com/opinion-i-wouldve-joined-the-military-too-if-i-didnt-think-it-was-beneath-me/"><img alt="Navy stakes claim to contested Gays of Hormuz" class="kg-image" height="100" src="https://www.duffelblog.com/content/images/2026/03/Newsletter-sponsorship-header--2--2.png" width="1200" /></a></figure><img alt="Navy stakes claim to contested Gays of Hormuz" src="h...