Cpl. Andrew Wilfahrt - A Gay Servicemember Remembered
The story of Cpl. Andrew Wilfahrt, a gay servicemember who died in the closet in Afghanistan, months after President Obama signed repeal of "Don't Ask,...
Petraeus Aide: If Troops Can't Deal With DADT...
WASHINGTON -- A senior aide to David Petraeus, commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan, is out with a strong statement in support of repealing Don't Ask,...
Va. delegate to Ban Gay Soldiers from Virginia...
there's always going to be morons in opposition to progress...
DADT repeal wins!
In a historic victory for the military, the Senate Dem leadership, the White House, and the civil rights of embattled gay and lesbian service-members -- and in a...
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A Ghanaian minister is "promoting hatred" by urging people to report those they suspect to be homosexual, a human rights group has told the BBC....
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An Indiana man says a blood donation center rejected him as a donor because he appears to be gay--even though he isn't. Aaron Pace, 22, recently visited...
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Sidney Lumet, a director who preferred the streets of New York to the back lots of Hollywood and whose stories of conscience — “12 Angry Men,”...
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The antigay Family Research Council has vowed to wreak vengeance on Republican Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe in the 2012 elections for indicating she’ll back a stand...
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Over the weekend, the Senate voted to repeal "Don't Ask Don't Tell," a move that will allow gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military....
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An excerpt from an article, 'Joe Lieberman, Civil Rights Hero,' written by Andrew Sullivan for The Atlantic, found at:...
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“So when are you back on active duty?” wrote a straight intelligence officer who served with him in Iraq in 2009. “LOL. I dunno,” the...
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“Lesbians should be allowed to serve [because it] would get the distaff part of our homosexual population off our collective ‘Broke Back,’ thus...
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After impassioned debate both for and against the measure, the House of Representatives today passed a standalone bill to repeal the military's "don't...
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In a landmark vote for gay rights, the Senate on Saturday voted to advance legislation that would overturn the military ban on openly gay troops known as...
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he Senate will hold a final vote on "don't ask, don't tell" at 3 p.m. Saturday. Earlier Saturday, the Senate voted 63-33 to proceed to a final...
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The Senate voted 65-31 on Saturday to end Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, defeating a 17-year policy of banning gay and lesbian service members from serving openly...
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In a major victory for gay rights advocates as well as President Obama, the Senate on Saturday repealed the ban on gay men and lesbians serving openly in the...
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Finally with a 63-33 vote the senate put an end to the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" military policy. This is a huge victory in the repeal of DADT....
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By a vote of 65 to 31, with eight Republicans joining Democrats, the Senate on Saturday ended Clinton-era law, known as “Don’t Ask, Don’t...
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Hearings Follow Release of DOD Report Finding Little Resistance Within Armed Forces to Ending Policy WASHINGTON - December 2 - The Senate Armed Services Committee...
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President Obama is obligated to defend Don't Ask Don't Tell. Failing to do so would devolve federal law into partisan anarchy. But military officers who say...
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John Stewart tackled Senator John McCain’s stand on “don’t ask, don’t tell”—and Cindy McCain’s apparent flip-flopping on the...
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ROCKDALE COUNTY, Ga. -- The pastor of a Rockdale County megachurch has publicly announced he is gay. Jim Swilley, bishop of Conyers’ Church in the Now, said...
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An Alabama supreme court justice has compared the federal judge who ruled "don't ask, don't tell" unconstitutional to Al Qaeda, Think Progress...
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