ARLINGTON, Va. — The Pentagon’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy barring gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military officially ended at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday morning after 17 years. The repeal will be greeted with celebrations in all 50 states as gay service members will be allowed to reveal for the first time their [...]
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Pentagon’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy barring gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military officially ended at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday morning after 17 years. The repeal will be greeted with celebrations in all 50 states as gay service members will be allowed to reveal for the first time their [...]
WASHINGTON — The military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy ends at midnight, and gay rights group GetEQUAL says it will sponsor protests in more than a dozen cities across the country Tuesday to draw attention to discriminatory laws that still remain on the books. GetEQUAL, a gay advocacy group that made headlines last year when military [...]
DUXBURY, Vt. — Just as the formal repeal of the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy took effect, Navy Lt. Gary Ross and his partner were married before a small group of family and friends. The two men, who’d been together 11 years, decided to marry in Vermont in part because the state is in [...]
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Pentagon’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy barring gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military officially ended at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday morning after 17 years. The repeal will be greeted with celebrations in all 50 states as gay service members will be allowed to reveal for the first time their [...]
WASHINGTON — The military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy will become history on Sept. 20, but for active-duty gays and lesbians planning to celebrate its demise, there are still plenty of do’s and don’ts to keep in mind. In a blog post Monday, the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) released guidelines on the types of parties [...]
WASHINGTON — A gay former Army lieutenant who handcuffed himself to the White House fence to protest the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy may be closer to having charges against him dismissed after a judge put his trial on hold Wednesday. Dan Choi, a West Point graduate who was dismissed from the Army after [...]
SAN DIEGO — The military’s ban on openly gay troops will be lifted within weeks, but the policy can still be re-enacted in the future. That’s why a Republican gay rights organization that sued the Obama administration to stop enforcement of the policy says it will ask the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on [...]
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