Lt. Dan Choi, a Wt Pot graduate, Arabic-speaker and Iraq War veteran, was remend for discharge unr the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy after clarg that he is gay. But now, he's been asked to return to trag wh his Natnal Guard un. The vatn as the Defense Department reviews the possible effects of repealg the ary policy, which prohibs openly gay men and women om servg. Host Stt Simon speaks wh Choi.
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- GAY NATNAL GUARDS WON'T BE LEFT OUT THE STAT
- US ARY IS POSTG GAY PRI RABOWS ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR PRI MONTH – HERE ARE THE PICS
- GAY SOLDIER INVED BACK TO NATNAL GUARD
- OPENLY GAY NATNAL GUARD MEMBER BRIAN CARROLL RUNS FOR OFFICE IN COLORADO
- TEXAS VET SAYS SHE WAS FORCED OUT OF NATNAL GUARD FOR BEG GAY
- HISTORY OF GAYS THE MILARY--PICTURES
- GAY NATNAL GUARDS WON’T BE LEFT OUT THE STAT
- RED STAT GREENLIGHT BENEFS FOR GAY NATNAL GUARDS
- GAY NATNAL GUARD MAJOR AND HIS PARTNER ARE THE WHE HOE'S CHRISTMAS 'TREEMASTERS'
- TEXAS NATNAL GUARD REF TO PROCS ARY HOG ALLOWANCE FOR GAY UPL
GAY NATNAL GUARDS WON'T BE LEFT OUT THE STAT
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"Pri is tertg to me that I don’t necsarily feel 'proud' to be gay. 1 ncern when I enlisted was the fact that I am gay and how I would be treated for that.
MSNBC found that the Natnal Guards 25 of the 32 other stat that have siar gay marriage bans will ply wh the feral directive to treat gay upl equally.
US ARY IS POSTG GAY PRI RABOWS ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR PRI MONTH – HERE ARE THE PICS
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“To say they’re gog to ignore a feral directive when almost all of the benefs e om the feral ernment--I jt n’t see how that’s gog to endure, ” he 's an MSNBC breakdown of the stat that ban same-sex marriage and where they stand on the ary's directive to offer equal benefs for gay married wh same-sex marriage bans that will ply wh the DOD:AlabamaArizonaGeiaHawaiiIdahoIlloisKansasKentuckyMichiganMissouriMontanaNevadaNorth CarolaNorth DakotaOhOklahomaOregonPennsylvaniaSouth CarolaSouth DakotaTennseeVirgiaWt VirgiaWisnsWyomgStat wh same-sex marriage bans that are still cidg:ColoradoFloridaIndianaStat wh same-sex marriage bans that didn't rpond:AlaskaArkansasNebraskaUtahStat wh same-sex marriage bans that won't procs requts for benefs om same-sex upl:LouisianaMississippiTexas. Leonard Matlovich, who stood agast the ban on homosexuals the ary. Dan Choi, a Wt Pot graduate, Arabic-speaker and Iraq War veteran, was remend for discharge unr the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy after clarg that he is gay.
The vatn as the Defense Department reviews the possible effects of repealg the ary policy, which prohibs openly gay men and women om servg. Litenant Choi is a 28-year-old Wt Pot graduate, Arabic-speaker and Iraq War veteran who was remend for discharge unr the Dont Ask, Dont Tell policy after clarg that he is gay. The vatn as the Defense Department reviews the possible effects of repealg ary policy, which prohibs openly gay men and women om servg.
SIMON: And did you also, then, know that you were gay? "I told a heterosexual Soldier I had formed particular rpect for that I thought I was gay and need to e to terms wh . I want to be a voice for the gay muny and show them that ary is a place of acceptance and brotherhood and enurage other members of the LGBTQIA+ to step up and be a part of the 1%.
GAY SOLDIER INVED BACK TO NATNAL GUARD
A tr of stat refg to ply wh a fed directive to give equal ary benefs to married gay upl are the mory and don't have much of a se legally, say experts, bee most Natnal Guard fundg is om the feds, not the state. * gay national guard *
WASHINGTON -- Jt a few weeks ago, Army veteran Brian Carroll would not have been able to do what he's dog now: nng for office as an openly gay member of the Colorado Natnal Guard whout fear of beg kicked out of the Sept. Ary officially bid goodbye to "don't ask, don't tell, " the law barrg gay men and women om servg openly the armed forc. "Really, the repeal of 'don't ask, don't tell' provis that opportuny -- not only for myself, but for so many other openly gay members of the ary.
OPENLY GAY NATNAL GUARD MEMBER BRIAN CARROLL RUNS FOR OFFICE IN COLORADO
'"Carroll served two tours Afghanistan and one Iraq wh Army Special Forc Informatn Management Divisn, Special Operatns Command and was openly gay fiance of DADT. Carroll was out as a gay man, and ma the cisn, he said, that upon jog the Army, he wasn't "gog to go back to the closet.
" "At first, I met some opposn, the sense that my iends knew and my fay knew I was openly gay, and people my immediate surroundgs told me I uldn't do , and wasn't gog to be possible.
"While Carroll appears to be the first openly gay active-duty service member to n sce DADT's repeal, other gay veterans have n the past. It's been jt over a sce the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell, " the law that banned open service by gay, lbian and bisexual troops. When I first enlisted was still illegal to be gay and the ary.
TEXAS VET SAYS SHE WAS FORCED OUT OF NATNAL GUARD FOR BEG GAY
Seeg an out and proud gay woman that role was very empowerg for me as a closeted 18 year old. Today I say wh nfince that I am openly gay. OutFront Mnota’s missn is to create a state where lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people are ee to be who they are, love who they love, and live whout fear of vlence, harassment or discrimatn.
“I know many gay and lbian Soldiers who I’ve served wh over parts of my reer, ” Kolb said. AUSTIN, Texas (CN) – A gay veteran and civil-service employee claims urt that the Texas Natnal Guard retaliated agast her after she me out publicly an LGBT liftyle magaze four years ago by nyg her a promotn and forcg her to retire.
"I'm at the end of my reer, and I thk 's important for those of who are lears that are gay to step up and say for everyone behd , so they know that there is a large number of ', '" Millonzi said the article. Amy Cook, who had "targeted and discrimated agast gay women before, " acrdg to the plat.
HISTORY OF GAYS THE MILARY--PICTURES
Another officer had prevly acced Cook of "creatg a hostile environment" for gay women, the plat stat.
GAY NATNAL GUARDS WON’T BE LEFT OUT THE STAT
In regnn of Gay Pri Month, the Pentagon released a vio addrs of Defense Secretary Leon Pata thankg gay and lbian service members. The addrs about ne months after the "don't ask, don't tell" policy, banng gay active-duty members om servg openly, was story began December 2010, when Congrs officially repealed the policy, but remaed place until Sept. To celebrate Gay Pri Month, we've put together a gallery of gays the ary.
RED STAT GREENLIGHT BENEFS FOR GAY NATNAL GUARDS
Former and active duty Navy sailors gather before the Gay Pri Para Saturday, July 16, 2011, San Diego. More than 200 active duty troops and war veterans wavg small Amerin flags alongsi rabow banners marched San Diego's gay pri para what is believed to be the first time an intifiable group of active duty troops has participated such an event the U. Ary passed a historic tone Tuday wh the repeal of the ban on gays servg openly uniform, endg a prohibn that Print Barack Obama said had forced gay and lbian service members to "lie about who they are.
The photo, ma some five months after the repeal of the ary's "don't ask don't tell" policy prohibg gay servicemen om openly acknowledgg their sexualy, is among the first showg a gay active duty serviceman uniform kissg his partner at a homeg. (AP Photo/David Lewis) (Natnal Journal) Norwich Universy's Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Qutng, and Alli Club display is seen the library for guts and stunts to learn more about their issu and programs at the Norwich Universy Northfield, Vt.
GAY NATNAL GUARD MAJOR AND HIS PARTNER ARE THE WHE HOE'S CHRISTMAS 'TREEMASTERS'
Barely six months after the expiratn of the ary's "don't ask, don't tell" policy prohibg gay service members om servg openly, the natn's olst private ary amy is holdg s first gay pri week.
TEXAS NATNAL GUARD REF TO PROCS ARY HOG ALLOWANCE FOR GAY UPL
At Wt Pot, the alumni gay advocy group Knights Out was able to hold the first stallment March of what is tend to be an annual dner regnn of gay and lbian graduat and ts. The OutServe Learship Summ is signed to highlight the diversy of gays the ary and the challeng they face, and marks the largt gatherg of gay troops one lotn sce the ban was lifted last month. OutServe is a formerly clanste work of gay and lbian service members that lobbied the Pentagon to support repealg "don't ask, don't tell.
The Mnota Natnal Guard, for stance, is now seekg “foced advertisg that will reach the LGBT muny, ” even as US print Donald Tmp ntu to “systemilly” rid the ary of gay and transgenr members. Pl rints intify as lbian, gay, or bisexual, makg the fourth-largt LGBTQ muny Ameri. And while ary recers have targeted Ain-Amerins and Latos advertisg mpaigns attempts to boost diversy among s ranks, has never specifilly targeted the LGBTQ ary’s ban on openly gay troops end 2011, though servicemembers have ntued to face ath threats om their fellow soldiers the years sce.