Tag Archives: military

PATRIOTS: Tea Party Audience Boos Only U.S. Soldier To Speak At GOP Debate

After a newly out U.S. soldier posed a question from Iraq, several Tea Party audience members at tonight’s GOP debate briefly booed the young man before Frothy Mix could even launch into his usual hateful bullshit about reinstating DADT. UPDATE: I don’t know where the fuck GOProud has been during all of Santorum’s previous anti-gay rants, but tonight, for some …

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Where Gay Soldiers Serve Openly

The Advocate provides the above map of the 26 nations which now allow gay service members to serve openly. One caveat: “The Palm Center notes that some of the countries listed are ‘questionable cases’ — Czech Republic, Estonia, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Slovenia, Switzerland and Germany. In Italy, for example, a gay soldier could still be discharged if their sexual orientation …

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ABC New Covers Newly Out Soldier

The young airman’s clip of his live call to come out to his father has already had more than 1.5 million YouTube views.

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Air Force Issues DADT Repeal Memo

(Tipped by JMG reader Elizabeth)

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Sen. Gillibrand Celebrates DADT Repeal

HBO’s documentary on the repeal of DADT dedicates several minutes to Gillibrand’s work to bring the repeal to a vote in the Senate. Below, she celebrates the repeal and promises more work on behalf of gay soldiers and their spouses.

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Tony Perkins On DADT Repeal

“FRC will continue to monitor the consequences of this reversal of 236 years of American military policy, limit the damage and demand that the Defense Department do the same. Expect to see celebrations from homosexual groups and fawning stories in the media about how ‘the sky has not fallen.’ That’s only because there will be no press releases from the …

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Veterans On DADT Repeal

From President Obama’s official YouTube channel.

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Dan Choi To Re-Enlist

Dan Choi says he’s going to re-enlist. You may recall he attempted to do so last year. More than two years after former infantry officer Daniel Choi came out on a talk show as a gay service member – an event that led to his discharge – the Iraq war veteran says he will re-enlist in the U.S. Army following …

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OKLAHOMA: Marine Corps Has Recruiting Day At Tulsa LGBT Center

Yesterday Marine Corps recruiters fulfilled an invitation to set up a table at Tulsa’s LGBT community center. The Marines were the service most opposed to ending the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, but they were the only one of five invited branches of the military to turn up with their recruiting table and chin-up bar at the center Tuesday morning. …

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AFA Poll Of the Day

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Dan Savage On DADT Repeal

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Army Officer Comes Out On MSNBC

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USMC Posts Instructions To Delete Regs Banning “Homosexual Conduct”

The Marine Corps has posted a lengthy list of directions to delete numerous mentions of “homosexual conduct” and similar language from their regulations handbook. (Via JMG reader Matt, a former Marine and straight ally.)

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Faces Of Courage

OutServe Magazine is today publishing the names and photos of 101 previously closeted soldiers. What a day this will be!

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POST DADT: Soldier Comes Out To Dad

Get a tissue first.

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Official Notice Of DADT Repeal

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TONIGHT: Debut Of HBO’s DADT Film

This morning I attended a press screening of the above title at HBO’s midtown headquarters. Servicemembers Legal Defense Network head Aubrey Sarvis and DADT activists Major Mike Almy and Colonel Victor Fehrenbach joined the filmmakers for a Q&A session after the film, which debuts tonight at midnight. Highly recommended! DADT officially ends tomorrow.

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The Strange History Of DADT

Discussing the coming documentary from HBO.

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DoD Rules For Post-DADT Military

Servicemembers Legal Defense Network has posted the above post-DADT guide for gay soldiers. Soldiers may attend some gay-related events in uniform, but regulations regarding political activities will, of course, apply to gay soldiers too.

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This Week’s USMC Times

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