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Gay rights activist Dan Choi hospitalized
Lt. Dan Choi, the openly gay Army veteran and gay rights activist who was discharged under the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, has been hospitalized after suffering a breakdown.
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White House under severe criticism for defense of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
The Obama administration is coming under fire for its defense of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” by successfully petitioning the Ninth U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals this week for an emergency stay of U. S. District Court Judge Virginia Phillip’s injunction issued last Tuesday against the policy.
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Judge denies stay in ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ ruling — military begins accepting gay recruits
A federal judge on Tuesday denied a government request to delay her order to halt discharges under “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” and the Pentagon took the unprecedented steps to begin allowing openly gay recruits to enlist, or re-enlist, in the U.S. Armed Forces.
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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.
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Charges dropped against gay service members over DADT protests
Prosecutors have dropped all charges against two openly gay service members who twice chained themselves to a White House fence to protest the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy.
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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.
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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. Participants, who were removed from the fence and arrested around 1 p.m., included Lt. Dan Choi and Capt. Jim Pietrangelo, who […]
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Choi, Pietrangelo arrested at White House protest of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
Lt. Dan Choi was arrested Thursday after handcuffing himself to a White House fence to protest the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy. Choi, a gay rights activist […]
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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 gay marriage. Speaking at the Stonewall Democratic Club of New York, Ford was interrupted numerous times by protesters who waved […]
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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 […]