All posts tagged "sldn"
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Lady Gaga accepts Randy Shilts Visibility Award [video]
At the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) National Dinner on Saturday, March 19, 2011, Lady Gaga was presented with the Randy Shilts Visibility Award for...
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Rep. Barney Frank at 2011 SLDN National Dinner [video]
At the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) National Dinner on Saturday, March 19, 2011, Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) spoke to the crowd about the long...
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Aubrey Sarvis speaks at 2011 SLDN National Dinner [video]
At the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) National Dinner on Saturday, March 19, 2011, SLDN executive director Aubrey Sarvis told the crowd that the organization's...
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Rep. Steny Hoyer's Keynote Address at 2011 SLDN National Dinner [video]
At the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) National Dinner on Saturday, March 19, 2011, House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) was presented with the Anna...
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Equality Matters Snags SLDN Spokesman
Word came this evening that Equality Matters, the new Media Matters for America venture that boasts prominent LGBT commentator and former Clinton gay liaison Richard...
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Banner Day
Saturday night's holiday concert by the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington began with director Jeff Buhrman saying to roaring applause, ''Today was a historic day,''...
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Advocacy Gets a Shot of Organized — and Organizational – Chaos
When then-Lt. Dan Choi and former Army infantryman James Pietrangelo II took a group of attendees at a Human Rights Campaign rally for the repeal...
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Full Circle — With a Lot of Work
It was not a close vote. With 63 senators on one side and 33 senators on the other – and four not voting – the...
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White House Won’t Commit to Halting DADT Discharges — a Move Urged By Reid, Levin
Saying that they had been “focused” on the vote, a senior White House aide intimately familiar with the administration’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal efforts...
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DADT Repeal Q-and-A With Lieberman: “We’re on a Very Encouraging Path”
[Photo: Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) speaks about the effort to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” at a news conference on Friday, Dec. 17. Standing behind...
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BREAKING: House Passes DADT Repeal Bill
On a 250-175 vote (Roll Call No. 638), and with 15 Republicans supporting the measure, the House...
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New Chance for Repeal
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) told reporters on Dec. 14, ''Today Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-Pa.) is introducing a new standalone bill to allow for...
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DADT Goes Back to Court
On Dec. 13, lawyers for Servicemembers Legal Defense Network filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking the reinstatement of three servicemembers ousted under ''Don't Ask,...
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Marine Chief’s Stated Concern that DADT Repeal Could Cost Lives Sparks Outrage
The Marine Corps commandant, Gen. James Amos, made it clear when testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Dec. 3 that he opposed the...
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SLDN Fights Congressional Inaction With Legal Fire
This morning, lawyers for Servicemembers Legal Defense Network filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking the reinstatement of three servicemembers ousted under “Don’t Ask, Don’t...
