He knew that one little box could change his future. He noted there was no “maybe” or “unsure.” Just “yes” or “no.” Come out to the U.S. Sanders, who had just turned 18, lived in Arkansas. Larry Sanders writes about serving in the army, where he could have been arrested for being gay during a very unpopular warĭAVID TAFFET | Senior Staff day Larry Sanders registered for the draft, one question buried in the middle of a long questionnaire smacked him in the face: “Do you identify as a homosexual or ever had sexual feelings for persons of the same sex? _YES _NO.”