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Update: Death toll at Mexican gay party rises to 18

logointern1 — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:32:42 +0000

The death toll from Sunday’s shooting at a party in Mexico that was organized by a gay group has now risen to 18 men and women.

A Mexican gay group on Facebook organized a birthday party in the(...)

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.

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Duffy: “All fags should die”

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:32:51 +0000

I was just on a weeklong mission near the Baghdad Airport and was happy to be back on my own Forward Operating Base (FOB). Then I was sent on another mission lasting a few days.

“All fags(...)

Military Group: Ending DADT would ease burden on troops

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:06:37 +0000

(Washington) An organization that represents gays in the military said Tuesday that the Army’s continued use of stop loss is further evidence that the discharge of over 12,500 service members(...)

Demo against war at GOP convention results in mass arrests

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:47:25 +0000

(Minneapolis, Minnesota) Police arrested protesters Thursday night after a lengthy series of marches and sit-ins timed to coincide with Sen. John McCain’s acceptance of the Republican Party’s(...)

McCain Denies Misstating Surge Timing

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:59:49 +0000

(Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) Republican John McCain is pushing back against Democratic criticism that he misstated when the troop buildup ordered by President Bush began, saying elements were put in place before Bush announced the strategy in early 2007. He told reporters during an unscheduled stop in a super market that, what the Bush administration calls “the [...]

Hearing This Week On Repealing Military Gay Ban

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:08:03 +0000

(Washington) For the first time since it was enacted 15-years ago, a congressional hearing will be held on the impact of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, the law banning openly gay, lesbian and bisexual Americans from serving in the Armed Forces. The hearing comes as a new poll shows for the first time that a majority [...]

Analysis: McCain Insists He Was Right on Iraq

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:36:53 +0000

(Kennebunkport, Maine) Republican John McCain worked on Monday to wrestle the spotlight from rival Barack Obama’s tour of Iraq by insisting he was right and the Democrat was wrong about the war and releasing a new critical ad blaming higher gas prices on his opponent. As Obama toured the war zones trailed by U.S. network [...]

Obama: Iraq Strategy Unsound

logointern1 — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:00:18 +0000

(Washington) Contending that the U.S. is not pursuing a sound strategy for keeping Americans safe, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama laid out goals Tuesday that he argued would(...)

Make Love, Not War

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:17:32 +0000

Happy, groovy birthday wishes went out around the world April 4, when the peace symbol turned 50. Though we tend to think of the peace symbol as a defining image of America in the 1960s, the symbol debuted in London’s Trafalgar Square, designed by a WWII conscientious objector named Gerald Holtom for a “ban the [...]