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Here's How 'Quantum Leap' Depicted Gay Rights In The Military In 1992
By
Curtis M. Wong
Writer Matt Baume examines an episode of the sci-fi series that feels particularly relevant in the wake of Donald Trump's transgender service member ban.
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POLITICS
Transgender Troops Will Hurt The Military? People Said That About Gay Troops, Too.
By
Jennifer Bendery
"It is exactly the same argument," says Barney Frank. "There have been zero negative consequences."
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QUEER VOICES
When Will My Country Fight For Me?
By
Z Shane Zaldivar
, Contributor
Indigenous Trans Man of Color and USMC Vet
Thoughts on the banning of trans military service from a USMC veteran.
QUEER VOICES
Miriam Ben-Shalom: The Woman Who Fought 'Don’t Ask Don’t Tell'
By
Julia Diana Robertson جوليا ديانا
, Contributor
Author
Back then, women who refused to fall in line with a male-dominated way of thinking, were shut down immediately.
QUEER VOICES
Gay Iraq War Vet Asks Texas Congressman Who Honored Him To Stop Voting Against Him
By
Thom Senzee
, Contributor
Thom Senzee is an experienced-trained journalist with 20 years...
Sean Sala I listened with interest as you stressed to the hundreds of veterans, service members and their families that we
QUEER VOICES
Five Years Later: Gays In The Military Paved The Way
By
Aubrey Sarvis
, Contributor
Army veteran and former Executive Director of SLDN (Servicemem...
Five years ago on September 21, 2011, lesbian, gay, and bi service members began serving openly without fear of discharge
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QUEER VOICES
Don’t Ask Don't Tell Is Still Destroying Lives
By
Cacilia Kim
and
Elizabeth Kristen
, Contributors
Repeal alone does not right the injustices suffered by thousands.
QUEER VOICES
Five Years Later: The End Of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Is Historic Progress We Must Fight To Keep
By
Stephen Peters
, Contributor
Spokesperson for the Human Rights Campaign. Founder & Presiden...
Today marks the five-year anniversary of the official end of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT) -- the archaic and deeply discriminatory
POLITICS
Air Force Injustice: The Generals - 'Self Before Service'
By
Tom Carpenter
, Contributor
Attorney, graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, former Marine an...
The United States Air Force declares its core values as "Integrity First, Service Before Self, Excellence in All We Do." However, the treatment and trial of Air Force 1st Lt. Joshua Seefried is an affront to those values.
Brendan McDermid / Reuters
QUEER VOICES
Mike Pence: Even More Extreme Than Donald Trump
By
Matt Baume
, Contributor
Seattle-based writer & storyteller
So what’s so bad about Mike Pence? Just "ask the gays."
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Here’s how.
CULTURE & ARTS
US Premiere of Manning Drama
By
Lew J Whittington
, Contributor
arts journalist
Price's visceral, sometimes surreal theatrical account of the key events leading up to Manning's imprisonment, is more impressive as an incisive character study to investigate what made Manning a born rebel with a cause.
QUEER VOICES
Life Before and After 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
By
Nate Warden
, Contributor
Coming Out, Founder & Executive Director
Being outed from duty location to duty location has become such a theme that I like to consider myself just out. It seems there is always someone before I show up at my base that does the ice breaking for me out of either curiosity or prejudice, either one has the same effect.
POLITICS
U.S. Senate: Confirm Eric Fanning as Secretary of the Army
By
Greg Cope White
, Contributor
Author, Humorist, US Marine, Cook
As a former Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps, I'm used to "hurry up and wait." As a gay man, I've waited my entire life for more public heroes. To all U.S. Senators: Let Freedom ring. Let Eric Fanning serve.
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POLITICS
Watch Bernie Sanders Demolish A Republican Over 'Homos In The Military'
By
Zach Carter
Rewind to 1995.
QUEER VOICES
Every American Is Fit to Fight, to Serve, to Be
By
Greg Cope White
, Contributor
Author, Humorist, US Marine, Cook
America is going through LGBT civil rights boot camp, and it's making our society stronger. Change, like recruit training, is hard. The results are worth it.
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POLITICS
Obama Commemorates Fifth Anniversary Of 'Dont Ask, Don't Tell' Repeal
By
Sam Levine
Still, he said there was more work to do to protect LGBT Americans.
Military Partners and Families Coalition
POLITICS
Celebrated Openly Gay Air Force Officer Among 6 Killed In Afghanistan
Air Force Major Adrianna Vorderbruggen married her wife shortly after the repeal of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy.
QUEER VOICES
Where's Log Cabin Republican Activism This Campaign Season?
By
Irene Monroe
, Contributor
Monroe’s a religion columnist, weekly commentator on Boston Pu...
I am hoping to see LGBTQ Republicans publicly bring to the fore how being anti-LGBTQ in 2015 is a huge political liability for any Republican candidate, especially one seeking the highest office in the land.
POLITICS
Restoring Honor to LGBT Veterans
By
Charles Rangel
, Contributor
Member of the US Congress since 1971, currently representing N...
Congress's repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" was a watershed moment that ended institutionalized discrimination unjustly targeting gay, lesbian and bisexual service members. Yet thousands of service members who were discharged because of their sexual orientation still bear the scars of that discrimination.
QUEER VOICES
Why Protest Someone Who Agrees With You? Here's Why.
By
Matt Baume
, Contributor
Seattle-based writer & storyteller
If you're a member of any group that's been shut out, pushed aside, forgotten or made fun of, you'll never change anything by following the rules. The rules are what marginalized you in the first place. You've got to break a few of them if you want to make history.
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