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SLDN Frontlines: Making Sense of the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Puzzle

By Michael D. Magee

Just across the Potomac from the nation’s capital, the Pentagon stands as the iconic symbol of America’s strength, influence and ultimately our values as a nation. Anyone who has spent time working in the famous five-sided building or tried to master its culture understands that the reason it is called “the puzzle palace” has... »

Squid Ink: Battle to end Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell

By Jason Knight

The Military Readiness Enhancement Act, a bill which will effectively repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell and replace it with a policy of non-discrimination based on sexual orientation, was introduced today by Senators Joe Lieberman, Carl Levin, Mark Udall, Kirsten Gillibrand and Roland Burris. The effort follows a letter sent to the four military branch chiefs from... »

SLDN Frontlines: The Time to Repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell is Now

By Michael Magee

A casual observer of politics might conclude that the onerous federal law mandating the firing of lesbian and gay service members is all but gone. In the past month, the President of the United States, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen, former Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen.... »

The Slippery “Soap” Theory of Rep. Duncan Hunter

By Joseph Rocha

When cornered by reporters on the illegitimacy of his premises, Congressman Hunter Jr. has chosen to turn on the gay men and women serving honorably in our Armed Forces and resort to illicit homophobia. »

The Oracle: Have We Become Jaded?

By Stampp Corbin

This week the Obama administration’s Heath and Human Services Department awarded $900,000 to SAGE, an organization dedicated to LGBT seniors. The grant is for developing a resource center to assist communities across the country in their efforts to provide services and support for older LGBTs. While the LGBT press and blogosphere covered the historic grant, I... »

Repealing Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell: A Patriot’s Perspective

By Jason Knight

Despite government-commissioned studies from the RAND Corporation that found no data to support claims that open homosexuality would affect moral and unit cohesion, the law coined as “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” was enacted by President Clinton in 1993. This divisive law forces our military to discriminate and discharge from service those who are found out,... »

PERSPECTIVE: If you asked WTF on DADT repeal…

By Joseph Rocha

Making sense of last night's SOTUS call for Don't Ask, Don't Tell repeal amidst huge let downs caused by a media "cluster f*ck" »

SLDN issues statement on President’s call to end ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’

By Staff Report

We applaud the President tonight for his call to Congress to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” this year. We very much need a sense of urgency to get this done in 2010. We call on the President to repeal the archaic 1993 law in his defense budget currently now being drafted, that is probably the... »

BREAKING: Sources confirming Obama to call for end of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” ban

By Aaron Heier, Associate Editor

Reports circulating around the internet today are suggesting that President Obama’s State of the Union address tonight will, in fact, call for an end to the US Military’s discriminatory ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy regarding GLBT servicemembers. Sources confirming this information include CNN, the Huffington Post, Hardball with Chris Matthews and New Civil Rights Movement among others.... »

Two Cents: My Debut with Joseph Rocha

By Aaron Heier, Associate Editor

On Tuesday, January 19, about 60 people braved the chilly, wet winds, left their beloved prime time TV shows to the DVR and joined me at The Center for the debut Two Cents w/Aaron Heier – this very column’s namesake event. A new monthly addition to Men @ The Center’s programming, Two Cents is an... »

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