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Gay former Army Lt. has trial put on hold in DC

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:00:33 +0000

(Washington) A gay former Army lieutenant who handcuffed himself to the White House fence to protest the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy may be closer to having charges against him(...)

Dan Choi: ‘Why should my free speech be curtailed?’

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 12:52:26 +0000

(Washington) A gay former Army officer arrested outside the White House for protesting the government’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy on gays in the military testified at his trial Tuesday that(...)

Dan Choi on trial in DC for protest

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 13:10:19 +0000

(Washington) A gay former Army lieutenant arrested for handcuffing himself to a White House fence during a protest is being treated differently because he is a prominent voice for gay rights,(...)

State Dept on Russia Pride arrests

Jennifer Vanasco — Tue, 31 May 2011 14:43:09 +0000

Dan Choi and other Americans were arrested this weekend in Russia while advocating for gay and lesbian rights.

Below is the official statement from the U.S. Department of State.

STATEMENT BY(...)

Withers: Choi hospitalized

James Withers — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 13:00:03 +0000

Lt. Dan Choi, the face of the DADT struggle, has been admitted into a Veteran’s Administration hospital due to mental health concerns.

“I did not initially want to publicize this but I(...)

13 protesting DADT arrested at White House

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 22:10:00 +0000

From a GetEQUAL press release:
(Washington) This afternoon, three generations of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender veterans and advocates went back to the White House fence to call for the(...)

Weekend Watercooler: Obama says It Gets Better? What about DADT?

rayhunt — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 11:00:31 +0000

• Obama It Gets Better. President Obama has added his own video to the “It Gets Better Project”.

The video is heartfelt, human and totally rings false in light of his justice departments(...)

Video: Dan Choi speaks outside Times Square

Jennifer Vanasco — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 16:27:15 +0000

Will Pulos captured this for us yesterday – a snippet of Dan Choi speaking outside the military recruitment office in Times Square.

Troops discharged for being gay try to re-enlist

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 12:03:03 +0000

At least three service members discharged for being gay have begun the process to re-enlist after the Pentagon directed the military to accept openly gay recruits for the first time in the nation's history.

Maddow: Obama needs guts to end DADT now

Jennifer Vanasco — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 16:00:22 +0000

Pretty amazing commentary from Rachel Maddow. Video and transcript below.

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