by Melanie Nathan, March 28, 2013 I joined a group U.S. service members, GetEQUAL activists, as well as well known U.K. activist Peter Tatchel at the White House today, for a rally in support of Lt. Dan Choi ,who is being tried by the U.S. Government, after he was arrested in November 2010, together with […]
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Military Newspaper Rejects Lesbian Deployment Kiss
by Melanie Nathan, August 11, 2012. This photo depicts two women kissing goodbye, prior to a deployment to Afghanistan. The soldier who took the photograph submitted it for publication during Pride time to a military newspaper but was refused permission to use the picture in the article. The picture was apparently rejected because it shows […]
While this US Secretary of Defense offers Moving Pride Message, Imagine a Romney DOD
Can you imagine Romney’s Secretary of Defense recognizing June as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Pride Month? Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta thanks gay and lesbian service members for their dedicated service to the nation. By Melanie Nathan, June 16,2012. The US Secretary of Defense, Leon Panetta, sent a special message to America and the World. […]
Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Certified
by Melanie Nathan, (San Francisco, CA, July 22, 2011) Today, President Barack Obama, U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen notified Congress that the military is ready to end “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” the discriminatory two-decade old policy that bars lesbian, gay, and bisexual people […]
BREAKING:- Log Cabin Republicans v. U.S.A. Stay Order Lifted – DADT
July 06, 2011, Posted by Melanie NathanBREAKING- WASHINGTON, D.C. – Servicemembers United, the nation’s largest organization of gay and lesbian troops and veterans, today enthusiastically applauded the order issued by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals lifting its own stay of a lower court’s injunction barring enforcement of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” law. This […]
reBlog from lezgetreal.com: Gillibrand tweets… she is meeting with DoD officials today to discuss DADT
Gillibrand tweets… she is meeting with DoD officials today to discuss DADTTagged with: Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Kirsten Gillibrand New York Twitter United States Senate Committee on Armed Serviceslezgetreal.com, Gillibrand tweets… she is meeting with DoD officials today to discuss DADT, Oct 2009 You should read the whole article.
UR-GENT Lt. Dan Choi Hearing in a matter of hours
Yesterday I met Lt. Dan Choi as the photos on my home page (scroll down) indicate. He has the heart of a soldier and now an activist. When speaking to him he exuded passon for the army and our Country and wants to serve; he suggests the very idea of booting gays from the army is detrimental to the […]
On this memorial day we remember our fallen Lesbian and Gay
On this day we remember our LGBT brothers and sister who were brave enough to serve in the Military, Navy, Army with the added burden of “dont ask, dont tell.” Your selfless willingness to die for a Country that has failed you on the very principal for which you fought. You are all true American […]
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