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Repealing Don’t Ask Don’t Tell: It’s a Thing

Lady Gaga has inspired lots of little monsters to make their own videos. Are there any senators with room on their voice mailbox? Precisely how cute does Lady Gaga look…

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Sep 19, 2010

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Lady Gaga’s Don’t Ask Don’t Tell PSA: Schumer Cannot Hear Her, Is K-Kinda Busy

Lady Gaga has a message for the U.S. Senate about the unconstitutionality of DADT and its enforcement, even though they won’t pick up her telephone call. I can only hope…

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Sep 17, 2010

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Senate Taking Up Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Repeal Next Week, With Strings Attached

Things continue to move forward remarkably rapidly in terms of a repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell! Senator Harry Reid announces that the bill dealing with a possible repeal will…

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Sep 14, 2010

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Lady Gaga Brings DADT Discharges to VMAs, Is a Dreamer, Is Not the Only One

In which things continue to happen w/r/t Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, including Lady Gaga, and we wonder to what extent they will maybe bring us incrementally closer to an actual…

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Sep 13, 2010

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DADT Ruled Unconstitutional: Don’t Ask Don’t Tell is Told Not To Ask, We’re Told

Today a US District Court judge ruled that Don’t Ask Don’t Tell violates the First and Fifth amendments, and issued an injunction to stop the military from further discharges. We…

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Sep 10, 2010

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The Long Slow March Towards A DADT Repeal: A Story Told In Screenshots

Happy Labor Day, we got you these infuriating screencaps of the Department of Defense’s “online inbox” to survey soldiers on a “possible repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell.” It’s a…

Rachel —

Sep 6, 2010

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U.S Government Really Likes Us Gays or is F*cking With Our Heads

The Pentagon has agreed to meet with a group of partners of gay servicemembers and discuss the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell repeal in addition to listening to the opinions of…

Rachel —

Aug 30, 2010

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The Internet Processes Its ‘Ken Mehlman is Gay’ Feelings

How has the coming out of former Bush campaign manager Ken Mehlman rocked your world? Or, uh, has it not? Also, a meta-discussion of Judge Walker’s sexual orientation, terrible/TERRIBLE videos…

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Aug 28, 2010

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In Other Gay News: DADT Discharge Who Didn’t Tell, Why H8ers are Surprised by Verdict

Rachel Maddow is getting tired of waiting for this Don’t Ask Don’t Tell repeal, and she wants President Obama to know it. Also, Target’s still not back in gays’ good…

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Aug 13, 2010

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Top West Point Cadet Resigns Because of Emotional Toll of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell

Katherine Miller sent a letter to her commanding officers, announcing her withdrawal from West Point because of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. She’ll be attending Yale with an LGBT scholarship in…

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Aug 11, 2010

DADT

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Wikileaks and Don’t Ask Don’t Tell: A Gay Love Story

The mainstream media is catching on to the fact that PFC Bradley Manning of Wikileaks fame is gay. The New York Times wonders whether Manning’s childhood and teen years as…

Rachel —

Aug 9, 2010

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Harry Reid Says He’ll Repeal DADT & Give Dan Choi’s West Point Ring Back. Like Soon-ish.

Over the weekend, Dan Choi (recently discharged under Don’t Ask Don’t Tell) approached Senator Harry Reid with a letter reminding him of his obligations to gay and lesbian American soldiers…

Rachel —

Jul 26, 2010