All posts tagged "don’t ask don’t tell"
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Retired generals ask Mattis not to reinstate ban on transgender troops
Three retired Army generals and a group that advocates for allowing LGBTQ individuals to serve openly in the military service are calling on U.S. Secretary of...
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Carson open to reinstating LGBT military ban
Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson and his new campaign chairman, who also serves as a top advisor on military and foreign affairs, have criticized what they...
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Transgender veteran: I fought for your right to hate me
After posting a selfie to Facebook, Carla Lewis has found herself going viral. Far from the kittens, personal mishaps, or humorous memes that normally spawn...
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America ranks 40th for gay-friendliness of armed forces
A new index released by The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies in Holland has ranked 103 of the world’s armed forces based on their openness...
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Call of Duty
In July, underneath a warm Californian sun, dozens of servicemembers holding American flags marched through the streets of San Diego. On its surface, the sight...
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White House Signals Support
In a two-paragraph statement devoid of the strong arguments for the repeal of the ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' policy that have been made by repeal...
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Howard Dean on DADT Repeal [video]
Former chairman of the Democratic National Committee Howard Dean joined more than 100 people in Lafayette Park on Sunday, May 2, at a rally organized...
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Tom Goss Performs ''Who We Are'' [video]
Openly gay singer-songwriter Tom Goss gave a rich, stirring performance of ''Who We Are'' at the Human Rights Campaign's rally for repeal of ''Don't Ask,...
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Murphy's Law?
On Friday afternoon, March 19, a day before he was to be the keynote speaker at the 18th Annual National Dinner of the Servicemembers Legal...
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Sheehan's Stand
Since Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) first began hearings last month on the military's ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' policy,'' he's had many witnesses voice disagreement with...
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DADT Repeal Still Uncertain
Calling Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-Penn.) ''a tireless champion'' for the repeal of the ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' policy, Servicemembers Legal Defense Network spokesman Kevin Nix...
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Nathaniel Frank and Dan Choi on DADT Repeal Efforts [video]
Dr. Nathaniel Frank, author of Unfriendly Fire, spoke Tuesday, Feb. 23 at a Smithsonian panel on the history of African-American service in the U.S. military....
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Holding on to Discrimination
This past Saturday, David Rivkin, Jr., and Lee Casey – two longtime senior officials in the Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations – wrote in...
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No More Delays
Back in the mid-1980s, with the Cold War still peaking and the idea of the fall of the Soviet Union no more than a utopian...
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Allies Before Animosity
The No on 1 campaign lost despite a strong effort because too many Maine voters were persuaded that marriage equality would require teaching schoolchildren about...
