Tag Archives: DADT

Open Thread Thursday

Were you in the military? Are you? Would you?

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Tony Perkins: The Repeal Of DADT Brought About The Secret Service Hooker Scandal

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Reinstated And It Feels So Good

Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) reports today that their client SSgt. Anthony Loverde will be reinstated to the Air Force. Via press release: Staff Sergeant Anthony Loverde, discharged in 2008 under the discriminatory “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” DADT law, will be reinstated in the U.S. Air Force and will return to active duty. He will take the oath in Sacramento …

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MARYLAND: Openly Gay Cadets Attend Naval Academy LGBT Alumni Event

Gay history was made this weekend. Via USNA Out: Ninety-four U.S. Naval Academy (USNA) Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) alumni, midshipmen and their guests gathered here Saturday to recognize alumni and midshipmen accomplishments over the last year, commemorating seven months since repeal of the law commonly known as “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”. Thirty-one midshipmen of all four classes and …

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Dan Choi May Represent Himself

Dan Choi has dismissed his lawyers and says he may represent himself in the case which he hopes will wind up before the U.S. Supreme Court. Choi was arrested in late 2010 for handcuffing himself to the White House fence, an action he says is protected by the First Amendment. Lou Chibarro reports at Washington Blade: “I think for activists, …

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DADT Repeal Impact: NONE

From a story in North Carolina’s Fayetteville Observer: After several months, the impact, according to the military, was summed up by Pentagon spokesman Capt. John Kirby: “Impact?” he said. “Negligible, if that.” Across the military, retention is high. Recruitment is at 100 percent of goals. Military officials say they’re unaware of any discipline issues relating to gays serving openly. Among …

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Photo Of The Day – Afghanistan Pride Flag

Just posted to the Wipeout Homophobia page of Facebook with the caption: “hubbie in afghanistan raising a gay pride flag.” I’m still in meetings at the journalists conference in Houston, so I’m hoping my flying monkeys can track down the back story behind this photo. (Tipped by JMG reader David)

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Tomorrow’s Marine Corps Times

Via Buzzfeed.

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Frothy: I’ll Bring Back DADT

At a campaign stop before a church audience in Louisiana, yesterday Rick Santorum repeated his vow to overturn the repeal of DADT should he get elected. Hosting the event was hate group leader and KKK associate Tony Perkins.

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Another Gay Military Homecoming

JMG reader Seattle Mike tips us to this: Sean Sutton, left, greets his boyfriend of 2 years, U.S. Navy sailor Jonathan Jewell, E5, with a kiss after Jewell returned from a seven month deployment aboard the USS Stennis on Friday, March 2, 2012 in Bremerton, Wash. The USS Stennis returned to its home port in Bremerton Friday, completing a seven-month …

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Quote Of The Day – Sgt. Brandon Morgan

“I used to be a very, very fanatical Christian, not that there’s anything wrong with being a Christian, but my beliefs, my core beliefs, definitely have changed as I’ve grown up because of the way I live, the way I am. I joined the Marine Corps because I felt I wanted to be the voice of God in the Marine …

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Sgt. Brandon Morgan On MSNBC

I’m so tickled to have had a tiny part in this.(Via – Igor Volsky)

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Homecoming Kissers Speak Out

UPDATE: The pair were also interviewed by Miami Herald columnist Steve Rothaus. “I honestly knew I was in love with him from the first moment I met him,” Morgan says, adding that before he came out he had made “a lot of mistakes,” including marrying a woman. During Morgan’s six months in Afghanistan, “there was nonstop letter writing every day.” …

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Ten Seconds With Sgt. Brandon Morgan

Recorded in December for a DOD holiday program.

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Quote Of The Day – Sgt. Brandon Morgan

“I’m glad I can be an inspiration to someone.” – USMC Sgt. Brandon Morgan, upon learning that his “homecoming” photo had gone viral yesterday.

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USMC Homecoming

From the Facebook page Gay Marines, where this photo has garnered over 650 comments in twelve hours. Not all of the messages are friendly, but most are. UPDATE: Stogiebear found us this link. “To everyone who has responded in a positive way. My partner and I want to say thank you. Dalan, the giant in the photo, can’t believe how …

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Elaine Donnelly Sues U.S. Navy

Ever since the repeal of DADT, we haven’t much from Elaine Donnelly and her so-called Center For Military Readiness. Probably because all those gay rapes and soldier defections never happened. But here she comes with a new angle of asshattery. Via World Net Daily: A federal Freedom of Information Act lawsuit has been filed against the U.S. Navy over the …

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FRC: Gays Ruin Everything

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FRC Cheers Military Marriage Bill

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Transgender Service: The New DADT

Recently launched OutServe Magazine tackles transgender military service in its latest issue. Chris Geidner reports at Metro Weekly: Jonathan Mills, a staff sergeant in the Air Force, serves as the executive editor of OutServe Magazine. He tells Metro Weekly that ”after the smoke cleared” from the repeal of ”Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” which took place on Sept. 20, 2011, the …

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