Get ready to salute ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ goodbye
The stars may finally be aligning–we may be about to see DADT and the military ban on gays go the way of the dodo.
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Heath Bruce
DADT Repeal to Take Its First Steps This Week
This Thursday could prove to be the day that is the beginning of the end of the US military’s discriminatory “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy under which thousands of able-bodied military personnel have been discharged […]
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Phil Reese
Equality can’t wait… but the website can
UPDATED:The campaign tells me that they hope to grow a base of supporters who share Alexi’s support for marriage equality and an end to DOMA and DADT, so this petition is just the first of […]
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Phil Reese
Only one more Senate vote to end “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell!”
Want to know how to help end Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell? Its easier than EVER now.
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Veteran’s lobbying Congress today in DC, sleep-in canceled
UPDATED MAY 12 11:00AM: The Florida delegation of veterans confirmed that Senator Bill Nelson’s staff assured them that the Senator will likely be voting for the overturn of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell if it comes […]
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Heath Bruce
Supreme Court Nominee Elena Kagan: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
President Obama has announced his nominee to replace retiring Justice John Paul Stevens, and it’s not a very surprising choice: Solicitor General Elena Kagan. The Good: During her deanship at Harvard Law, Kagan supported policy […]
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Phil Reese
How do YOU think HRC will react to
How do YOU think HRC will react to GetEQUAL crashing on their couch?
I am flying out to Washington DC this Monday to help out with Veterans Lobby Day (no, not a vet, but I do believe in lobbying Congress) which is being put on by–among other sponsors–the […]
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Phil Reese
Alan Bounville and other activists get arrested at White House again
It happened yet again. QueerRising founder Alan Bounville (who I last week mistakenly identified during the last incident as getting arrested at McCain’s office) and other activists forced the Park Service to call the Paddy […]
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Phil Reese
Stories from the front lines: letters to Barack Obama from gay soldiers
In order to try to raise awareness about the heartbreak brought on by the discriminatory “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, Don’t pursue,” law and to garner support for the Military Readiness Enhancement Act which would repeal […]
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So… what happened at Senator McCain’s office?
In case you missed it… Today at 5:00pm in Phoenix Arizona, there is going to be a rally at Senator McCain’s office in support of the five activists who were arrested today at noon, Phoenix […]