Gay combat
Since its inception in under President Clinton, the U.S. military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy has created quite a lot of heat between the homosexual community and the military. My views in general on homosexuality are fairly liberal.
I have many friends who are homosexual, I possess family members who are homosexual, I am for same sex marriage, and believe that in most lines of work someone’s sexuality is no one’s business but their own. Truth be told, I’d just as soon not know.
I was in the military for five years and served with some homosexuals — though none of them openly homosexual — and I saw firsthand the effects of the situation. But in the case of open homosexuality in the military, I construct an exception.
I understand the civil rights aspect of it, and in general agree, but don’t consider open homosexuality in the military is a civil rights issue. Or more accurately, I feel civil rights are trumped by national security and the shelter of our soldiers.
But I would like to be very precise here: homosexuality, as the law stands, is not allowed in the military. The “Don’t Inquire, Don’t
LGBTQ Organizations unite to combat racial violence
“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you own chosen the side of the oppressor.” Those words, written over 30 years ago by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, remind us that indifference can never bridge the divide of hate. And, today, they should assist as a dial to action to all of us, and to the Movement for LGBTQ equality.
This spring has been a stark and stinging reminder that racism, and its strategic objective, white supremacy, is as defining a characteristic of the American experience as those ideals upon which we claim to hold our democracy — justice, equality, liberty.
- We listened to the haunting pleas of George Floyd for the most basic of human needs — simply, breath — as a Minneapolis police officer kneeled with cruel indifference on his neck.
- We felt the pain of Breonna Taylor’s boyfriend as he called after plainclothes Louisville police kicked down the door of their house and shot her eight times as she slept in her bed.
- We watched the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery by white vigilantes in Brunswick, GA, aware t
Repeal of "Don&#;t Ask, Don&#;t Tell"
The discriminatory "Don't Inquire, Don't Tell" ban on queer and lesbian service members is officially in the dustbin of history. For 17 years, the law prohibited qualified gay, womxn loving womxn and bisexual Americans from serving in the armed forces and sent a message that discrimination was acceptable.
The Introduction of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
In , the U.S. adopted “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” as the official federal policy on military service by lesbian, gay and bisexual individuals. The rule was discrimination in its purest form and prevented service members from being openly queer without threat of entity discharged. DADT was based on the false assumption that the presence of LGBTQ+ individuals in any branch of the military would undermine the ability of people to carry out their duties. Over the course of the policy’s life, thousands of brave service members were discharged simply for who they were and whom they loved.
Ensuring Justice for Service Members Everywhere
HRC made repealing DADT a uppermost priority — and public se
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