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Thursday, July 24
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Source: The Hill , Chicago Tribune , Army Times Democrats and Republicans lambasted Elaine Donnelly, the president of the Center for Military Readiness, during a hearing on Wednesday that focused on the military’s "don’t ask, don’t tell" policy. Rep. Vic Snyder (D-Ark.) chastised her for stating that gays in the military raise the risk for HIV infection. "The armed forces cannot afford the elevated risk of disruptive homosexual conduct in the ranks," Donnelly said in her statement. "That risk is even more dangerous when HIV infection enters the picture." Directly attacking...
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Tuesday, July 22
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Source: San Francisco Chronicle , USA Today , Politico Washington -- Democrats are preparing next year to lift the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" ban on gays in the military, an uneasy culture-war compromise instituted under the last Democratic administration, should Sen. Barack Obama win the presidency, San Francisco Chronicle reports. Rep. Ellen Tauscher, a Democrat representing Walnut Creek, California, said a hearing Wednesday by a House Armed Services subcommittee is aimed at educating Congress and the public in preparation for a full-scale push to end the policy, first imposed...
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Sunday, July 20
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Source: Washington Post , ABC News A poll released a week before Congress holds its first hearing on the policy in over a decade shows that public attitudes about gays in the military have shifted dramatically since President Bill Clinton unveiled what became his administration's "don't ask, don't tell" policy 15 years ago this weekend. Three-quarters of Americans now support allowing gays to serve in the military, whether they "tell" or not -- much broader support than existed when the compromise policy was put in place. In 1993 fewer than half -- 44 percent --...
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Thursday, June 19
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Source: SLDN press release , Think Progress , On Top Magazine In a White House Ceremony today, retired Gen. Peter Pace was honored with the nation's highest civil award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. It's an honor that a group working to end LGBT discrimination in the military, Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN), called "outrageous, insensitive and disrespectful to the 65,000 lesbian and gay troops currently serving on active duty in the armed forces." The Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award, recognizes exceptional meritorious service...
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Wednesday, June 11
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Source: Associated Press , Washington Post Several leading Democrats say, when forced to address the issue, that the nation should be ashamed of its ban on gays serving openly in the military because the policy discourages qualified people from joining the ranks at a time when the armed forces are stretched by two wars. But in a major analysis feature on the policy, Associated Press writer Anne Flaherty concludes that -- despite the occasional rhetoric condeming it -- Democrats have done virtually nothing to change the policy since taking control of Congress in January 2007. They have not convened...
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Tuesday, June 10
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Source: Boston Globe , ABA Journal , AFP , How Appealing blog Boston -- An appeals court has upheld the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays in a case that originated in Boston with 12 former members of the military. The Boston-based First US Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a decision by a lower court judge who had previously dismissed a lawsuit filed by the 12, who had been discharged under the policy. The plaintiffs argued that the law that bans openly gay service members violates due process, equal protection, and the First Amendment. Their case was originally...
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Wednesday, May 28
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Source: WCSH-TV , Harvard Crimson via Politico.com SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine -- Four students from Harvard protesting the government's "Don't ask, Don't tell" policy were arrested on criminal trespass charges Wednesday morning at a military recruiting center in South Portland. They were part of a group of between 20 and 30 people protesting the military policy used to discharge gay service members whose sexual orientation becomes known. Jacob Reitan, a student at the Harvard Divinity School who is gay, visited the recruiting center and asked to enlist. It was a request he knew...
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Thursday, May 22
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Source: Seattle Times , Seattle Post-Intelligencer , New York Times Seattle -- A federal appeals court has reinstated a lawsuit filed by a former Air Force major who was discharged because she is gay. A three-member panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered a Seattle trial judge to review the lawsuit filed by Maj. Margaret Witt using a higher standard of scrutiny than simply the fact that she was a lesbian in violation of the military doctrine known as "don't ask, don't tell" (DADT). The panel ruled that the trial judge must require the military to show why Witt ...
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Sunday, March 30
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Source: Salt Lake Tribune , Washington Post , Washington Blade Two recent stories of gay veterans help illustrate the pretzel-logic required of service members trying to abide by the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT) policy. One of the stories is told proudly by the Marine vet himself. The other is shrouded in questions of journalist's policy and family feelings. One is the story of a soldier who died serving his country. The other is the story of a marine who speaks loudly now so that other service members may someday be honest about an important part of their...
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Monday, February 25
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Source: AScribe (press release) and PinkNews According to a new poll, only 22 percent of U.S. military officers believe that gays and lesbians should be allowed to serve openly as a fix for recent recruiting shortfalls. The poll, conducted by the Center for a New American Security and by the journal Foreign Policy, was administered in December, 2007 and January, 2008 to 3,437 active duty and retired officers at or above the rank of major or lieutenant commander. According to Dr. Aaron Belkin, director of the Palm Center, "these new data are consistent with other surveys which show that among...
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Wednesday, January 16
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Source: Metro.co.uk A lesbian who endured sexual harassment in the Army has won her case against the Ministry of Defence and could now collect more than £400,000. [see Qnews summary ] LBdr Kerry Fletcher received a deluge of smutty text messages from a sergeant seeking to bed her. One message boasted about the size of his manhood and said he could turn her straight with sex. LBdr Fletcher, who was with the King's Troop regiment, is seeking £381,000 in damages and compensation. The 31-year-old has another case pending in Birmingham against a colonel, seeking £40,000 for hurt feelings. A friend...
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Tuesday, January 08
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Source: USA Today Sgt. Darren Manzella photo: Paul Morse for USA TODAY Army Sgt. Darren Manzella figured that stating he was gay on national television would surely get him booted from the military under the Pentagon's "don't ask, don't tell" policy. But Manzella has heard nothing in the three weeks since he told CBS' 60 Minutes that his fellow soldiers knew he was gay and the program aired a home video that showed him kissing a former boyfriend. "I thought I would at least be asked about the segment or approached and told I shouldn't speak to the media again...
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Thursday, January 03
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Source: Korea Times and PinkNews An officer assigned to the riot police has openly declared his homosexuality and vowed to fight social prejudice against "sexual minorities." On Dec. 30, Private Kim Hyun-jong (not his real name) posted an article about his homosexuality on the online riot police community Web site. He is the second policeman from the squad to have openly come out after YooJeong Min-shik identified himself as being gay and refused to finish his service term for which he was prisoned in 2006. In South Korea, men can serve in the riot police as part of their mandatory military...
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Wednesday, December 26
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Source: compiled by seaQwa's Qnews from Christian News Service report in Crosswalk.com At least one conservative activist agrees with gay activists that the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy should be dropped. Elaine Donnelly, president of the Center for Military Readiness, told Christian News Service that she agrees with gay activists on the need to rescind DADT. Homosexual conduct should not be tolerated at all by the military, she said. "I don't know anyone who can defend Don't Ask Don't Tell," Donnelly told Cybercast News Service. "Anybody...
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Monday, December 03
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Source: New York Times, The Board blog Retirement ceremonies for career American diplomats tend to be predictable, decorous affairs reflecting the skills of envoys who have spent years perfecting the fine art of defending often indefensible Washington policies abroad. But when Michael Guest, a former ambassador to Romania, closed out his quarter-century career recently he did what few of us do -- displayed uncommon courage and threw a rhetorical hand-grenade into his own party. Before friends, colleagues and top officials in the State Department Treaty Room, Guest took Secretary of State Condoleezza...
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Sunday, December 02
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Source: ABC News Flags placed on National Mall by HRC, Log Cabin Republicans and other groups represent service members discharged because of DADT policy AP Photos/Susan Walsh Twelve thousand miniature flags are fluttering on the National Mall through today to represent the men and women discharged from the military since Bill Clinton in 1993 signed off on the "don't ask, don't tell" compromise -- a policy that requires gays and lesbians conceal their sexual orientation or leave the military. The flags, placed by volunteers, cover six football fields of space in view of the Capitol...
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Thursday, November 29
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Source: International Herald Tribune WASHINGTON -- Marking the 14th anniversary of legislation that allowed gay men and lesbians to serve in the military but only if they kept their orientation secret, 28 retired generals and admirals plan to release a letter on Friday urging Congress to repeal the law. "We respectfully urge Congress to repeal the 'don't ask, don't tell' policy," the letter says. "Those of us signing this letter have dedicated our lives to defending the rights of our citizens to believe whatever they wish." The retired officers offer data showing...
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Thursday, November 29
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Source: seaQwa's Qnews from reports by The Politico A brigadier general who came out after retiring from the army, Kieth H. Kerr asked candidates at last night's Republican candidates debate “why you think that American men and women in uniform are not professional enough to serve with gays and lesbians.” Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.), the ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, got first crack at Kerr’s question. He said he thought having openly gay men and lesbian women in the military “would be bad for unit cohesion.” Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee , answering next...
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Tuesday, November 27
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Source: Washington Blade The fourteenth anniversary of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," the military's ban on openly gay personnel, will occur on Nov. 30. This week the Human Rights Campaign, in recognition of this event, will ask each Democratic presidential candidate which steps he or she will take to repeal this oppressive policy if elected. This feature will run in conjunction with a tribute to gay soldiers on the National Mall titled "12,000 Flags for 12,000 Patriots." Each flag on display represents a soldier discharged because of his or her sexual orientation. The...
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Tuesday, November 13
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Source: Military Times (includes additional material) Gay rights groups protesting the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy are to plant 12,000 flags on the National Mall on Nov. 30, they announced Tuesday, to commemorate the 12,000 service members they say have been discharged under the ban on gays in the military. "One American flag will be placed on the Mall for each discharged service member, which will serve as the backdrop for a series of events honoring LGBT Americans' service, their sacrifice, and their fight to serve with dignity," Servicemembers United explained in...
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Monday, November 12
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Source: Winnipeg Sun OTTAWA -- There was a touch of pink in the mountain of red wreaths yesterday paying special tribute to gay soldiers who fought for freedom. Fashioned in pink triangles with rose-coloured carnations in lieu of poppies, the memorials were placed at the National War Memorial by a small group of Canadian youth. Jeremy Dias, founder of Jer's Vision, Canada's Youth Diversity Initiative, said the recognition is long overdue. "A lot of our war veterans identify as gay, lesbian or transgendered, but their contributions were very much ignored because of their sexual orientation...
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Sunday, November 11
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Source: Detroit Free Press (Letters to the Editor) I am a Vietnam-era veteran (U.S. Navy submarine service) who served honorably for four years. I'm a member of my local American Legion post. I'm a resident and home owner in Oakland County. I'm also a member of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender community. I am very proud of all these affiliations. We have 65,000 gays and lesbians currently serving our country and more than 1 million gay and lesbian veterans. We have discharged more than 11,000 service members for the mere fact of their sexual orientation. There is no legitimate...
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Thursday, November 08
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Source: This Is London Kerry Fletcher photo: Ben Lack via This Is London A lesbian soldier alleged to have been caught romping in a stable with a female colleague also had sex with a male major, an employment tribunal heard today. Kerry Fletcher, who is claiming she was sexually harrassed at work, also asked male soldiers "which side they dressed on", it was alleged. The blonde 31-year-old is suing the Ministry of Defence for sexual discrimination after enduring the unwanted advances of a sergeant in a Royal Artillery regiment in North Yorkshire, where she worked in the stables. It was...
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Wednesday, November 07
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Source: Metro.co.uk A lesbian soldier was sexually harassed by a male colleague who said he could 'turn her straight', a tribunal heard. L/Bdr Kerry Fletcher received phone calls late at night with someone breathing heavily and 'a sound as if the caller was masturbating', she said. Now serving in the TA in Worcestershire, Miss Fletcher is claiming sexual and sexuality discrimination against the Army. The hearing continues. Miss Fletcher claimed her boss sent her messages which said: 'I might be able to convert you. You don't know what you are missing.' A keen horse rider...
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Monday, November 05
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Source: Associated Press via Seattle Times (includes background material from Seattle Post-Intelligencer , Seattle Times , and Washington Blade ) SEATTLE (AP) A Justice Department lawyer has asked a federal appeals court panel in Seattle to uphold the "don't ask don't tell" policy in the case of Margaret Witt. She's an Air Force nurse forced out of her job because she's a lesbian. Attorney Jonathan Cohn argued that gays in the armed forces could be disruptive. The lawyer for Witt, James Lobsenz, says the law is unfair. He says a heterosexual child molester is allowed to...
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Thursday, October 18
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Source: USA Today The Army, Navy and Air Force unwittingly advertised for recruits on a website for gays, who are barred from military service if they are open about their sexual orientation. When informed Tuesday by USA TODAY that they were advertising on GLEE.com , a networking website for gay professionals, recruiters expressed surprise and said they would remove the job listings. "This is the first I've heard about it," said Maj. Michael Baptista, advertising branch chief for the Army National Guard, which will spend $6.5 million on Internet recruiting this year. "We didn't...
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Sunday, October 14
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The Royal Navy suffered a spate of protest resignations by lower-ranking officers after the ban on gays in the military was lifted, a restricted document obtained by The Times shows. Soldiers were so reluctant to undress or be exposed in front of homosexual...
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Sunday, October 07
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QUINCY - Ciara M. Durkin was remembered yesterday as a quirky woman whose smile lit up a room, a person who considered the well-being of others before herself. She was remembered as "Ciara with the wild red hair." About 2,000 people packed St...
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Saturday, October 06
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BOSTON (AP) Family members of a National Guard soldier who died in a secure area of Afghanistan met with Army investigators for four hours and were reassured they were doing all they could to determine how the woman died, the relatives said Thursday....
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Friday, October 05
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Charles City, Ia. -- The U.S. military should scrap its "don't ask, don't tell" (DADT) policy that punishes service members who disclose they are gay or lesbian, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said here today. Obama made...
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