Don’t Ask Don’t Tell is that dicey piece of legislation that’s all “Gays can serve in the military no problem” while also being all “So long as you don’t tell anyone and remain completely celibate.” And despite Barack Obama‘s promise to repeal the legislation and those West Point gays publicly coming out, DADT is still very much on the books. So when West Point’s Dan Choi, a member of Knights Out who served in Baghdad (and hid his sexuality from fellow comrades), came out on The Rachel Maddow Show last week, conspiracy theories abounded when Choi’s audio feed was cut. Fortunately, Maddow invited him back on the show on Friday.
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chris b.
wow. Courageous.
David
This is a great piece of TV, and something which should be more prominent in the media than it is.
In the UK, the LGB military community has experienced a slow butsteady progress towards recognition and acceptance.
Last year The Imperial War Museum North ran an exhibition called Military Pride, celebrating the contributions LGBTQs make to military life.
Read the stories of some of the UK’s serving and former gay & lesbian soldiers at http://www.lgf.org.uk/news/outnorthwest/features/military-pride/
koalaboy
i would serve if i could be myself
Grant
OK, really going out on a ledge here, but I’m pretty sure I went to high school with this guy. Entertainingly enough he barricaded himself in the principal’s office when the Lewinsky scandal broke and went on the school loudspeaker giving an evangelistic speech about how America needed Jesus. Funny how it all turned out, eh?