Tag: "Dan Choi"

Choi discharged from National Guard under ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’

Lt. Dan Choi, an Iraq war veteran who has emerged as one of the most outspoken critics of the "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell," the military ban on openly gay service members, has been discharged from the Army National Guard.

Study: ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ costs U.S. taxpayers half a billion dollars

A UCLA study estimates there are currently several thousand lesbian, gay, and bisexual soldiers serving in the military, and enforcing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” has cost U.S. taxpayers up to more than a half a billion dollars since its inception in 1994.

Gay service members subpoena Obama in defense of DADT protest

Two openly gay U.S. Army National Guard soldiers who were arrested for handcuffing themselves to a White House fence, have subpoenaed President Obama to defend them in court, citing they were following orders to lobby him for gay rights.

Military veterans chain themselves to White House fence in DADT protest

Six U.S. military veterans chained themselves to the White House fence Tuesday afternoon in protest of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy that prohibits gays and lesbians from opening serving in the U.S. military. [caption [...]

Gay NYC voters give Ford the cold shoulder, demand answers on anti-gay marriage votes

Harold Ford Jr., the former Tennessee congressman and potential U.S. Senate challenger to New York's Kirsten Gillibrand, got a cool reception Wednesday from gay rights advocates who are skeptical of his new found support for [...]

Openly gay soldier back in uniform following discharge order under DADT

Lt. Dan Choi, who was discharged from the military for revealing he is gay under the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, is back in uniform. Last year, an Army National Guard committee had recommended that Choi [...]