A gay hero soldier and the 'Wash Post'

The paper's ombud takes up the question (raised by blogs and The Washington Blade) of why the Post refused to mention that a recent casualty in Iraq was quite well-known as gay -- in fact, according to some, he was the "first openly gay" soldier killed in the war. Here's the linky:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/28/AR2008032803062.html