Don’t Ask Don’t Tell (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 […]

Gay artists Tom Goss and Matt Alber were in D.C. this week, preparing for their upcoming joint tour when they wrote “This Is Who We Are,” an anthem against the U.S. military’s failed policy of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” which bans gays and lesbians from serving openly in the U.S. miltary. From The New Gay, […]

Retired Army Gen. Colin L. Powell, whose opposition to allowing gay men and lesbians to serve openly in the military helped lead to adoption of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” legislation 17 years ago, said this week he now believes the policy should be repealed. “Attitudes and circumstances have changed,” Powell said. “It’s been a […]

Appearing on Tuesday’s Hardball with Chris Matthews, Family Research Council spokesperson and board member Peter Sprigg said he believes that “gay behavior” should be criminalized. Sprigg appeared in the broadcast […]

The nation’s top military officer said Tuesday that he supported allowing gays to openly serve in the U.S. armed forces, invoking the words of President Obama in calling it “the right thing to do”. Appearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff added a powerful and […]

Defense Secretary Robert Gates will unveil the Pentagon’s plan to prepare for repealing the controversial “don’t ask, don’t tell” law regarding gay soldiers at a committee hearing Tuesday, according to CNN. “The Defense Department leadership is actively working on an implementation plan and the secretary will have more to say about this next week,” Pentagon […]

President Obama in his State of the Union address tonight asked the United States Congress to repeal the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy that prohibits openly gay service men and women in the military. Obama, who made repeal of the ban a campaign pledge, has long said that in a time of war the military […]

The Pentagon’s top guy is getting conflicting advice on whether to lift the ban on gays in the military. The Associated Press reports it has obtained a legal counsel’s memo advising Admiral Mike Mullen, head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, that now is not the time to lift the ban. It says the military […]

Two of Congress’s three openly gay members said Saturday that the U.S. House is poised to pass a trio of gay-friendly bills, reports the AP. Speaking to an international conference of gay politicians in San Francisco, U.S. Reps. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., and Jared Polis, D-Colo., said they expect a domestic partner benefits bill to come […]

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