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Explaining the HIV Military Provision, With Facts
To quote Maria, “Let’s start at the very beginning.” In 1996, Rep. Bob Dornan (R-Calif.) was in Congress. The National Defense Authorization Act for 1996...
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Flight nurse Margaret Witt can’t wait to return to unit after win against gay military ban [video]
”Oh, absolutely. I can’t wait to get back to my unit and be with my unit members. They’re a wonderful group…. It was very heartfelt....
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Lady Gaga uses public video to ask elusive Senators to end gay military ban [video]
Pop singer Lady Gaga reading a statement in support of lesbian and gay members of the US Armed Forces. She has been working with the...
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West Point lesbian resigns, speaks against military’s gay-excluding policy
”The policy doesn’t withstand empirical evidence. I think the best way to go about this is to continually put pressure on Congress to follow through...
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Today’s Wedding “Modern Love” contest winners are a straight, military couple; No gays among 4 finalists
”After reviewing hundreds of applications, we’ve narrowed it down to four couples, and so here are their stories.” Ann Curry of the NBC Today Show...
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“Family Readiness” is the New “Military Readiness”
Although news that the Pentagon was going to be surveying the spouses — opposite-sex only — of current members of the military regarding the “Don’t...
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Civilian Dan Choi continues media offensive against US military’s ban on gay servicemembers [video]
” it hurts, but to do the right thing, that’s what makes us American…. The timelines of anybody’s actions should not be based on consequences...
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US Military’s gay survey seeks feelings about homosexual coworkers, neighbors, bathrooms and showers
”While it remains safe for gay and lesbian troops to participate in this survey, it is simply impossible to imagine a survey with such derogatory...
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Gay military should stay in the closet? New votes on DADT change nothing yet
”The legislation involved is a deferred repeal. In other words, it would repeal ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,’ but only after — I repeat, after! —...
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Dan Choi reamains unsatisfied with President Obama’s “compromise” on gay military ban [video]
”The use of the word ‘compromise,’ I think, is a little bit too generous. A compromise assumes both sides have done something or given something....
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Kathy Griffin does DC: Will headline HRC rally to repeal military’s ban on gay soldiers: Thurs., 12noon, Freedom Plaza
”DC! it’s ON! Rally against “don’t ask, don’t tell” Thurs march 18. Noon @ Freedom Plaza. I need u. I’m hearing anti gay groups r...
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This (Creepy) Man’s Navy: Could Eric Massa’s naughty allegations feed the Military’s anti-gay arguments? [video]
”In 1990, aboard the U.S.S. Jouett, I was awakened when a senior officer, Lt. Commander Massa, seemed to be groping me. (I was a lieutenant...
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Marine Corps commandant on DADT repeal: concern about military readiness becoming “secondary to the discussion”
“That’s what they have been built to do under the current construct and I would argue that we’ve done a pretty good job bringing that...
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Gay military ban to be repealed says President Obama; meanwhile 428 discharged in 2009 [video]
“Abroad, America’s greatest source of strength has always been our ideals. The same is true at home. We find unity in our incredible diversity, drawing...
