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Monday Watercooler: Bachmann refuses to talk about gay issues

James Withers — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 12:14:44 +0000

Prayer-fest. Texas Gov. Rick Perry made a prayer pitch to evangelical Christians at Saturday’s The Response. The Christian jamboree was sponsored by the American Family Association. Know who(...)

New guide covers living as an out gay man in a post-DADT world

logointern3 — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 17:50:51 +0000

In preparation for the official repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, the gay military organization Servicemembers Legal Defense Network released a legal guide on July 28 to help gay military(...)

Troops march in San Diego’s gay pride parade

logointern3 — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 12:53:27 +0000

(San Diego) About 200 active-duty troops and veterans wearing T-shirts advertising their branch of service marched Saturday in San Diego’s gay pride parade with American flags and rainbow(...)

Military gay couples won’t enjoy benefits

logointern3 — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 12:00:26 +0000

(San Diego) – Gay service members from Army soldiers to Air Force officers are planning to celebrate the official end of the military’s 17-year policy that forced them to hide their sexual(...)

Withers: Speeding up DADT repeal

James Withers — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 13:16:48 +0000

Ever since President Barack Obama signed the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell repeal, the military has been preparing itself for open service. Aubrey Sarvis, executive director of the Servicemembers(...)

Monday Watercooler: Rumsfeld supports DADT repeal

James Withers — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 16:24:33 +0000

If you are going to say you don’t like gay people, at least be butch about it. Look at this Metro Weekly video of GOProud’s “The Big Party,” hosted by Andrew Breitbart. The affair was held on(...)

Monday Watercooler: Ugandan newspaper blocked from printing names of gay citizens

James Withers — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 16:22:15 +0000

Navy captain produced homophobic vid and broadcast it on ship. Owen Honors, Captain of the Norfolk-based U.S.S. Enterprise, is in some hot water. The officer decided in 2006 and 2007 he would(...)

Neff: 150 Obama-appointed gays and (not) counting

logointern1 — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 11:00:12 +0000

I had a “so what” moment last week.

A news release came into my Mail application, one of maybe 100 releases to arrive October 26th. The headline heralded, “Obama appoints record number of(...)

Withers: Sad story of gay soldier who leaked secret documents

James Withers — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 13:06:23 +0000

Pfc. Bradley Manning is finally getting some attention. Unfortunately it’s not the kind he wanted. The Army intelligence analyst is suspected of leaking approximately 90,000 Afghanistan war(...)

Withers: Will the Senate vote on DADT in September?

James Withers — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:37:12 +0000

Senate majority leader Harry Reid is getting some heat to schedule a firm date for a Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell vote.

“We are asking of the majority leader the same thing that we believe Senator(...)