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Duffy: Don’t ask my fellow soldiers about ‘Don’t Ask’

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Thu, 13 May 2010 16:03:02 +0000

I have a lot of opinions. I am sure that we all have a lot of opinions. Why in the world would a big army open up the question of whether to repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell to(...)

Duffy: Suicide – the soldiers left behind

Kameron Zach — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:00:45 +0000

The rate of suicide by gays and lesbians is higher than that of the general population. Military gay personnel are still subject to those same problems as the rest of the homosexual population,(...)

Duffy: Coming out to fellow soldiers – or not

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:00:34 +0000

We are doing a rip now. This is when a new batch of soldiers is shipped in to take over our positions and we have to go through the motions and teach them all that we know and have learned(...)

Duffy: Should gay soldiers be segregated?

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:00:57 +0000

I was looking through the “Stripes” website to see if there were any recent stories on gays. Stripes is the online version of the free newspaper, Stars & Stripes, that soldiers have(...)

Duffy: Marching against the military ban

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:38:46 +0000

A 365gay reader asked: “It seems like everyone wants away with DADT but it is just a few blogs here and there. Where are the rallies, support and so forth?”

A while back I wrote a post on(...)

Duffy: Military ban is an incentive to lie

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Fri, 22 May 2009 15:24:47 +0000

Not only does DADT harm families, soldier’s morale, recruitment, retention, and ruin careers – it creates a culture of liars and cowards willing to sell their battle buddy to avoid stigma.

I(...)

Duffy: A gay party at the embassy in Iraq

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 19 May 2009 13:02:29 +0000

I should really check my military email more often. Apparently, the U.S. embassy in Iraq is holding a gay pride celebration. My first sergeant notified me of this when he asked, “What gay(...)

Duffy: How gay soldiers find each other

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 06 May 2009 19:12:34 +0000

I don’t know if it is everywhere, but in my infantry unit, heterosexual promiscuity is celebrated. Of course, there is a double standard when it comes to heterosexual and homosexual male(...)

Duffy: Unnecessary losses

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:49:36 +0000

Less than a month from now my tour will end and I will be leaving Iraq to head state-side, possibly for good. It will be summer and I will be able to take some of my saved funds and possibly(...)

Duffy: The military is ready for gays and lesbians to serve openly

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:42:24 +0000

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates seems to think that it would be a huge ordeal to integrat gays and lesbians into serving openly in the military “IF” DADT was repealed. (It infuriates me(...)