The ACLU appeared in U.S. Court of Federal Claims on Thursday representing a group of servicemembers who’d been fired under Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. In a class action lawsuit 142 gay and lesbian ex-military personnel say that they only received half of the amount due them of their severance pay after they were dismissed from [...]
(Photo courtesy of NYT) Not to be outdone by the other three branches of the military, the Marines wasted no time after the end of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell recruiting gays to become jarheads. On Tuesday Master Sgt. Anthony Henry showed up (actually he was invited) at R. Neill Equality Center in Tulsa, OK, [...]
This story ran in the New York Times (NYT) on Sept. 5. We’re running it again because it talks in-depth about the challenging process of re-enlisting in the military if a vet was honorably discharged for being gay. It’s not that easy. And success depends on need rather than qualifications. As noted in a [...]
From Wired.com: A little more than a year ago, Wired.com published excerpts from instant messenger chats between accused WikiLeaks source Bradley Manning and Adrian Lamo, the ex-hacker in whom he confided and who reported him to the authorities. It’s now time to reveal the previously unpublished portions of these conversations. Published reports from numerous news [...]
Rep. Virginia Foxx…what a hideous human being… On Wednesday three anti-LGBT amendments to the FY 2012 Department of Defense Appropriations bill were filed by House Republicans, says HRC’s Back Story blog. The amendments to the defense bill are as follows:
While Servicemembers Legal Defense Network’s Aubry Sarvis feeds panic to LGBT press about the delay of DADT repeal, active gay military personnel says no worries—–things are going along just dandy.
Pentagon confirms Air Force discharge under ”Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” on April 29 – the first and only discharge since Obama signed a bill to repeal the law.
