Articles about Afghanistan

16 October 2012
Anti-gay church pickets funeral of lesbian US Army sergeant 34 Westboro Baptist Church has attempted to disrupt the funeral of US Army Staff Sergeant Donna Johnson, a married lesbian soldier who was killed this month along with several other people in a suicide bomb attack in Afghanistan.
3 April 2012
Afghanistan: US military investigates soldier raising gay pride flag 41 The US military has begun formal investigations into a series of three photographs that purport to show a soldier raising a rainbow flag, signifying gay pride, allegedly at a base in Afghanistan.
7 December 2010
US defence secretary says gay military ban unlikely to be lifted this year 4 US defence secretary Robert Gates says he doubts that the ban on out gay troops will be lifted before the end of the year.
24 November 2010
Video: Fox News refuses to air gay military ban ad 13 Fox News has refused to broadcast an advert which calls for the end of Don't Ask, Don't Tell.
23 February 2010
US Army will not accept temporary ban on gay firings 7 US Army chiefs told a Senate hearing today that they would oppose attempts to implement a temporary ban on firings of out gay servicemembers.
2 February 2010
Pentagon to begin year-long review to repeal military gay ban 10 US defence secretary Robert Gates is expected to confirm today (Tuesday) Pentagon plans to begin rolling back the ban on gays and lesbians serving openly in the military.
28 January 2010
Obama promises to end military gay ban 15 US President Barack Obama promised to end the ban on gays and lesbians serving openly in the military last night.
24 January 2010
Film Review: Brothers 4 Brokeback Mountain star Jake Gyllenhaal appears in Brothers, the latest in a line of recent war movies that attempt to look into the psyche of soldiers as well as the effect that their absence, experiences and changed personas have on their families.
15 January 2010
Pentagon lawyers advise delay on lifting military gay ban 34 Lawyers for the head of the US military have advised that the ban on gays serving openly in the armed forces should not be lifted yet.
12 January 2010
‘No right to not be offended’, says Tatchell 59 Peter Tatchell has spoken out in defence of five Islamic extremists convicted of abusive language at a march in Luton last year.
5 January 2010
Anti-gay hate preacher’s march may be banned 84 An attempt by an anti-gay Muslim preacher to hold a march in a British town may be blocked by home secretary Alan Johnson.
12 December 2009
Gay soldier Ben Rakestrow comes out on return from Afghanistan 39 A 21-year-old member of the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment (2RTR) has become one of the first British openly gay soldiers serving in a major conflict.

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