Articles about DADT

25 April 2013
US: Connecticut Senate votes to restore benefits to veterans denied them under ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’ 3 The Senate in the US state of Connecticut on Wednesday voted to approve a bill which would restore state benefits to gay and lesbian veterans who were previously refused them under the US military's former Don't Ask Don't Tell policy.
15 April 2013
US: Gay soldier files appeal over $100 White House protest fine 12 Dan Choi – who was fined $100 for chaining himself to the White House fence in protest over America’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell law – is refusing to pay the fine.
29 March 2013
Peter Tatchell: ‘Dan Choi’s $100 fine is a victory for him but he’s been left exhausted’ 11 The decision of a judge to fine a gay former solider $100 for chaining himself to the White House fence is a “victory” for the “exhausted” defendant, says Peter Tatchell.
29 March 2013
US: Gay former solider fined $100 for White House protest 10 Former US Army lieutenant Dan Choi, who chained himself to the White House fence in protest over America’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell law, has avoided a prison sentence.
28 March 2013
US: Trial of gay former soldier who chained himself to the White House fence resumes 18 The trial of a gay soldier who chained himself to the White House fence in protest over America’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell law has resumed.
15 March 2013
Gay former US Air Force Major settles ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’ lawsuit 5 A former airman who was discharged from the US Air Force under ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’ has settled his lawsuit against the Defense Department.
23 February 2013
US: Gay soldier booed at GOP presidential debate joins Ohio equal marriage effort 5 An openly gay US soldier who was booed during a Republican presidential debate in 2011 for asking if potential candidates would undo moves towards gay equality, has joined efforts to lift the state of Ohio's ban on equal marriage.
6 February 2013
US: Pentagon set to extend benefits to gay service members 1 Reports suggest that that the Pentagon is to extend some benefits to same-sex partners of gay service members.
31 January 2013
Tony Perkins blames military suicides on the repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell 20 The President of the Family Research Council, Tony Perkins, has blamed the repeal of don't ask don't tell for suicides in the US military.
28 January 2013
US: Lesbian wife of Fort Bragg officer gets membership offer and ‘Spouse of the Year’ award 2 The lesbian wife of an officer at Fort Bragg has won the Spouse of the Year award and been invited to join the military spouses' club that originally rebuffed her.
7 January 2013
Obama: I believe Chuck Hagel’s apology for anti-gay comments and he’s the right man for the job 4 A senior White House official has said the President Barack Obama believes and accepts Chuck Hagel's apologies for his anti-gay rhetoric and support of Don't Ask, Don't Tell.
17 December 2012
US Marine Corps captain proposes to his boyfriend in the White House 15 Over the weekend, a US Marine Corp captain proposed to his partner at the White House.
24 September 2012
Paul Ryan: Re-banning gay troops would be ‘a step in the wrong direction’ 15 Republican Vice Presidential nominee, Paul Ryan, has said that he thinks reinstating the ban on LGBT troops would be wrong, that the issue is "done" and that the US should "move on".
21 June 2012
Republicans won’t reintroduce ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ if elected, one lawmaker says 22 The Republican chairman of the House Armed Services Committee announced today that the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT) was a settled issue, which neither a Romney presidency nor a Republican-majority Senate would reverse.
17 April 2012
Air Force Sergeant, discharged under ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’, reinstated 4 In a case that is likely to have repercussions for gay veterans discharged under 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' policy, an Air Force Staff Sergeant, dismissed under the policy, will be reinstated to active duty at his former rank next month.
28 February 2012
Gay marine’s homecoming kiss an online hit 72 A photo of a gay marine sharing a home-coming kiss with his boyfriend in Hawaii has become an online sensation.
1 September 2011
US gay group wants further action on military gay ban 21 A Republican gay rights group is asking a court to declare the ban on openly gay troops unconstitutional.
30 August 2011
DADT campaigner Dan Choi on trial for White House protest 13 Gay former Army lieutenant Dan Choi has appeared in federal court over a protest he held against the military gay ban.
27 May 2011
US House of Representatives passes bill to delay lifting of military gay ban 26 The US House of Representatives has approved a defence bill with amendments to delay the lifting of Don't Ask, Don't Tell. The Defense Authorization Bill was approved in a 322 to 96 vote yesterday.
18 December 2010
Video: US Senate votes to repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell ban on gays serving in the military 38 The US Senate has voted 65 to 31 to repeal of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell', the ban on openly gay people serving in the military.

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