Gay soldiers don’t disrupt military

The Palm Center found foreign militaries opened to gays quickly without disruption.

Military lawyers say wait to end Don’t Ask

(Washington) Lawyers for the nation’s top military officer are recommending holding off on an internal Pentagon effort that could lead to the repeal of the ban on openly gay military service. The delay could push a decision by Congress to the middle of the next presidential election.

Other advisers at the …

AMA votes to seek repeal of gay military ban

(Chicago) The nation’s largest doctors’ group has agreed to join efforts to repeal the military’s ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy.

The American Medical Association also voted to declare that gay marriage bans contribute to health disparities for gay couples and their children.

Both gay-rights policies were adopted Tuesday at the AMA’s interim …

Vanasco: Gay military ban stalled?

‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ isn’t on anyone’s agenda in the near future, says Politico (hat tip: Towleroad):

“Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) says the Senate is swamped and has little time on the schedule for this fight. The Pentagon brass is reticent and wants a go-slow strategy, while a majority …

US military completes gay investigation

The US military said that it found no evidence that US soldiers helped in Iraqi gay murders.

NY Sen. to introduce bill to stop gay military discharges?

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) may introduce a bill in the Senate later this week to put an 18-month moratorium on discharges under Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.

It would be the first time since the vote on the military ban in 1993 that Senators would be forced to publicly state their stand …

Panel wants openly gay guardsman discharged

A military review panel recommended Tuesday that National Guard Lt. Dan Choi, the gay Arabic translator who became a national figure in fighting the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy after declaring his sexuality on television, be discharged from the service.

The four-member Federal Recognition Board of Army officers in Syracuse, N.Y., had no recommendation Tuesday for how the 28-year-old should be discharged.

It’s recommendation that the Army no longer recognize Choi as an officer must be approved by the First Army commander and the chief of the National Guard Bureau before Choi would be discharged.

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Nunn: Probably time to review gays in military policy

Sam Nunn, a former Democratic senator from Georgia, said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” Sunday that it’s “probably time” to review the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy concerning gay people in the military.

Nunn, a conservative Democract who was one of his party’s experts in military matters, was a key advisor to President Barack Obama during the transition.

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Nunn: Probably time to review gays in military policy

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Military still studying effects of lifting gay ban

The military is reviewing the potential effects of lifting the gay ban and will continue to enforce the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, said Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. “I think it’s important to also know that this is the law, this isn’t a policy. And for the rules to change, a law has to be changed,” Mullen said. Google/The Associated Press * Tags = gay men gay news lesbian news transgender bisexual