Tag Archives: Dan Choi

HomoQuotable – Lt. Dan Choi

“As we fight to repeal ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell,’ we know that this fight can easily be more painful than physical combat, as the people we fought to protect subject us to the harsh bigotry of popularity polls and the soft bigotry of political inaction. Caught in this battlefield, it is easy to claim victimhood and suffocate in the sadness …

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Lt. Dan Choi: The Bad Lieutenant

This week’s Village Voice cover story is an exhaustive look at the life and activism career of Lt. Dan Choi, whom author Steven Thrasher describes as personifying “the growing rift between gay-rights activists who want to cooperate with lobbyists and elected officials, and those who demand direct action.” An excerpt: There’s no doubt that when Choi came out last March …

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Tweet Of The Day – Lt. Dan Choi

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Valerie Jarrett Vs. Dan Choi

I think it’s time for a cage match!

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Special DADT Report From Rex Wockner

The below is a special to JMG report on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” from veteran gay reporter Rex Wockner. Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Roller Coaster The Obama administration resuscitated the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell gay ban Oct. 20 by convincing the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to temporarily stay an injunction by a federal district judge in Riverside, Calif. …

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Dan Choi Gives Up On Obama

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BREAKING: Ninth Circuit Court Stays Injunction Against Enforcing DADT

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has granted the DOJ’s emergency request for a temporary stay on Judge Virginia Phillips’ order to stop enforcing DADT. Via Chris Geidner at Metro Weekly, here’s the brief ruling. This court has received appellant’s emergency motion to stay the district court’s October 12, 2010 order pending appeal. The order is stayed temporarily in order …

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Dan Choi On Anderson Cooper

And Alex Nicholson of Servicemembers United.

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NEW YORK CITY: Army Accepts Re-Enlistment Of Lt. Dan Choi

Matthew Rettenmund reports at Boy Culture that the U.S. Army today accepted the re-enlistment of Lt. Dan Choi. It took Choi a few minutes of knocking to be admitted to the Times Square military recruitment center, which is on a traffic island between Broadway and Seventh Avenue. According to Rettenmund’s report, Choi merely has to supply some medical paperwork tomorrow …

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Tweet Of The Day – Lt. Dan Choi

Dan Choi is apparently going to test today’s directive from the Pentagon. Stand by… UPDATE: The Servicemembers Legal Defense Network urges caution. “During this interim period of uncertainty, service members must not come out and recruits should use caution if choosing to sign up,” SLDN Executive Director Aubrey Sarvis said in a statement Tuesday afternoon. “The ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ …

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Lt. Dan Choi Vs. Harry Jackson On DADT

Dan Choi FTW. For those that don’t know, Harry Jackson is the carpetbagger self-named “Bishop” who unsuccessfully fought same-sex marriage in Washington DC. Jackson must be moving on to his next anti-gay theme after his marriage fail. (Via – Pam Spaulding)

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Tweet Of The Day – Lt. Dan Choi

Lady Gaga is in Maine today to stage a rally urging the state’s Senators to support the repeal of DADT and block the expected GOP filibuster tomorrow. Kerry Eleveld reports at the Advocate: “Meet me in Portland, Maine 2moro, 9/20 to help repeal #DADT. I’m holding a Rally + speaking live in Deering Oaks Park http://bit.ly/cO4cY9,” said the tweet sent …

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Choi & Signorile Appear On CNN

The two discuss Choi’s recent official discharge, DADT-related activism, and where the movement is headed.

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Dan Choi On The Harry Reid Moment

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Lt. Dan Choi & Sen. Harry Reid: The West Point Ring Moment At Netroots Nation

The audio here is better than the clip I posted yesterday. The initial shouts of objection to Reid’s first response are from the GetEQUAL table.

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Sen. Harry Reid Prompts Standing Ovation For Dan Choi At Netroots Nation, Choi Presents Reid With His West Point Ring

Sen. Harry Reid’s opening remark at his keynote address at Netroots Nation recognized Lt. Dan Choi, who was sitting next to me in the front row. The entire room gave Choi a standing ovation. Later during the question and answer session, the moderator presented Reid with Choi’s West Point ring. Reid promised to return the ring to Choi upon the …

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LIVE VIDEO: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid At Netroots Nation

UPDATE: The Reid live stream is concluded. Sen. Al Franken will take the stage shortly for the closing keynote address.

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Lt. Dan Choi: The Closet Is A Poison

Lt. Dan Choi discusses his formal discharge from the military under DADT, which was revealed earlier this week.

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#LGBTNN10

Here’s some of the LGBT contingent here at Netroots Nation. No time to label all the photos, but you should recognize a lot of these folks. Follow along on Twitter at hashtag #LGBTNN10.

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VIDEO: GetEQUAL Blocks Vegas Strip

Here’s the video from Tuesday’s closure of the Las Vegas strip by GetEQUAL as they protested Sen. Harry Reid’s perceived inaction on ENDA.

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