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Monday, February 15, 2010 - 1:05pm By Simon SheppardThanks to The Colbert Report, I now know that one of California's best and brightest young rightwing congressmen is fretting over "hermaphrodites" in the military. I'm not making this up, I promise. Representative Duncan D. Hunter told NPR...
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Friday, November 13, 2009 - 11:55am By Tim McElreavyIn 2007, Thierry Ravisé-Giard, a 15-year veteran of the French Air Force, changed gender to become Delphine Ravisé-Giard. Her new identity was accepted by her colleagues and even the military command without issue or incident. For two...
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News: "I will end Don't Ask, Don't Tell. That's my commitment to you" - Obama (Full Transcript of Speech)Sunday, October 11, 2009 - 1:37pm By John PettittPresident Obama told the Human Right Campaign Dinner (Video) in Washington Yesterday "I will end Don't Ask, Don't Tell. That's my commitment to you." The full text of the speech as released by the White House appears below. THE...
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Friday, September 18, 2009 - 2:13pm By Monica ShoresThis week, military news outlet Stars and Stripes ran a story on U.S. soldiers' current involvement in South Korean prostitution. Many of the "juicy bars" suspected of selling sex are crowded around U.S. military bases and staffed by...
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Friday, September 4, 2009 - 12:10pm By Chris HallAn investigation into a Navy unit stationed on Bahrain, an island in the Persian Gulf, that handles bomb-sniffing dogs has revealed a constant pattern of sexual harassment and homophobic abuse that was encouraged by the unit's chief master-at-arms,...
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Monday, July 27, 2009 - 10:56am By Chris HallWe've done our share of making fun of England. And it's mostly been deserved, what with their obsessions over naked gnomes and rather strangely-named towns. But still, credit where credit is due. In America, it's still possible to assert that...
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Thursday, June 25, 2009 - 5:34pm By Theresa IkardThis year’s Pride parade on Sunday, June 28th in San Francisco welcomes two first-time contingents from West Point alumni and the asexuality community. Both groups have local and visiting members, allies, and family offering support and...
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Monday, March 30, 2009 - 11:50am By Chris HallSecretary of Defense Robert Gates told Fox News this weekend that lifting the ban on gay and lesbian servicemembers is going to have to wait until the administration deals with more pressing issues. “I think the president and I feel like we've got a...
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Sunday, February 8, 2009 - 4:34pm By Chris HallQueer activists have chafed at the indignity of the military's so-called "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," policy since the early nineties, when Bill Clinton first tried to reform the armed forces to allow gays and lesbians to serve openly, and wound up...
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Wednesday, January 21, 2009 - 5:19pm By Chris HallA lot of U.S. soldiers don't seem ready to support Barack Obama's pledge to end the military's ban on gays in the armed forces. Earlier this month, Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs said that the administration definitely planned to eliminate the ban....
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