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13.Sep.2007	GLBT Historical Society to Honor Queer Military Leaders at Gala
12.Sep.2007	Smithsonian ‘Treasures’ Kameny
12.Sep.2007	Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame 2007 [Chicago]
11.Sep.2007	Armed Forces to hold gay conference
10.Sep.2007	A call to duty
06.Sep.2007	Tucson Mayor, Council Call for End to Gay Troop Ban
05.Sep.2007	Metropolitan Community Churches Call for Repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
29.Aug.2007	Don’t ask, don’t tell, don’t type
26.Aug.2007	Don’t ask, don’t tell ends S.J. man’s military dream
23.Aug.2007	Discharged soldier: ’Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ is undermining U.S. security
15.Aug.2007	“Don’t ask, Don’t Tell” fodder for campaign debate
10.Aug.2007	Church reneges on gay vet’s funeral
06.Aug.2007	Congressional Support For Repeal Of Gay Military Ban At All-Time High
03.Aug.2007	Without proof, military targets man assumed to be gay
02.Aug.2007	The Personal Horror of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
01.Aug.2007	Top Military Nominee: Gay Military Ban Up To Congress
30.Jul.2007	Unitarians Call For End To Anti-Gay Military Policy
26.Jul.2007	Translating machine to replace sacked gay linguists
25.Jul.2007	Fit for service? Please, don’t ask
25.Jul.2007	Gov. says ‘Don’t Ask/Don’t Tell’ policy doesn’t work
23.Jul.2007	Foreign nationals, military, warned off domestic partnerships
18.Jul.2007	NSA History: What if Cold War defectors weren’t gay?
18.Jul.2007	Gay vets mount attack on military policy
12.Jul.2007	Ask and Tell: Gay & Lesbian Veterans Speak Out
11.Jul.2007	New Presidential Debate To Focus On Gay Issues
09.Jul.2007	Salt in the Wounds on Solomon Law
03.Jul.2007	Losing a friend in Congress
03.Jul.2007	Coming out in the line of fire
27.Jun.2007	Military Issues Revised Statement about Gay Service Personnel and ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
25.Jun.2007	State lawmakers: dump “don’t ask, don’t tell”
22.Jun.2007	Gay veterans lobby for change in military policy
20.Jun.2007	Assembly Judiciary Committee Passes Resolution Calling for End of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
18.Jun.2007	Gay Republicans Challenge DADT In Federal Court
15.Jun.2007	Gay veterans slam GOP over ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
13.Jun.2007	Tauscher backs effort to repeal military’s policy on gays, lesbians
13.Jun.2007	Don’t Ask, Who Cares
11.Jun.2007	General who opposed gays in the military leaves top job
11.Jun.2007	Navy Blocks Gay Sailor’s 3rd Return To Service
10.Jun.2007	‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’ rule translates into real losses
08.Jun.2007	Ex-sailor tells Congress her “don’t ask” story
08.Jun.2007	For ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,’ Split on Party Lines
08.Jun.2007	Dem hopefuls all back couples’ rights, ‘don’t ask’ repeal
08.Jun.2007	Don’t Ask, Don’t Translate [Op-Ed]
07.Jun.2007	Gay vets recall wartime experiences
07.Jun.2007	Out Navy Commander Zoe Dunning retires
07.Jun.2007	Discharge papers ‘don’t tell’ sailor is gay
06.Jun.2007	Gay Iraq War Vet: Steady Gay Couples Common at Camp Lejeune
03.Jun.2007	‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Not For Threesomes: Female Airman Jailed
03.Jun.2007	Gay veterans renew push to repeal `don’t ask, don’t tell’

31.May.2007	Openly gay sailor to campaign against ban
29.May.2007	State Senate Passes Resolution Calling for End of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
24.May.2007	Three More Gay Arabic Linguists Gone
24.May.2007	Gay Vets Celebrate Pride
23.May.2007	Captain reassigned after column published
21.May.2007	Gay Britons Serve in Military With Little Fuss
16.May.2007	GLBT Historical Society Unveils Nation’s First Historical Exhibit on the Experiences of Gay Veterans Show Opening in June as Congress Plans “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” Hearings
15.May.2007	Carter calls for end to “don’t ask, don’t tell”
14.May.2007	Gays In The Military In Britain A Different Approach
14.May.2007	Forced to serve in silence
13.May.2007	Gay veterans ask for freedom to tell
11.May.2007	Your boss is watching
11.May.2007	Gay Sailor Fired Under DADT, Called Back Up, Fired Again
10.May.2007	Army recruiter reassigned over bigoted e-mails
07.May.2007	‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’ stirs emotions
05.May.2007	Discharged gay sailor is called back to active duty
05.May.2007	Sailors say Kitty Hawk’s ‘homophobic culture’ forced them to out themselves
03.May.2007	House Passes Hate Crimes Bill By 237-180 Vote; Bush Threatens Veto
03.May.2007	Sen. McCain: Gay troops pose “intolerable risk”
03.May.2007	Dixon Osburn reflects on SLDN
02.May.2007	NJ Lawmaker Joins Effort to Repeal ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
30.Apr.2007	The Price Is Rights
30.Apr.2007	DADT Legal Challenge By Gay Republicans Moves Forward
27.Apr.2007	Speaking for the voiceless
27.Apr.2007	The first person to tell America: ‘Gay is Good’
27.Apr.2007	Ending ‘don’t ask’ is goal of AVER
26.Apr.2007	Pentagon Advised To End Spying On Gay, Other Groups
25.Apr.2007	Lawmakers renew push for ban on job discrimination against gays
23.Apr.2007	It’s time to allow gays to serve openly in the military
23.Apr.2007	Clinton backs gays in the military
23.Apr.2007	Osburn to Step Down as Executive Director of SLDN
18.Apr.2007	Democrat Frontrunners Rap Sodomy Ban
18.Apr.2007	San Antonio Marine to speak for Day of Silence
06.Apr.2007	Army suspends recruiter for anti-gay e-mail rants
04.Apr.2007	Fighting Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
03.Apr.2007	Bush Defends ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
03.Apr.2007	Hardly anyone is asking or telling in the military
27.Mar.2007	Gays take pride in military skills
26.Mar.2007	Bigoted emails from Army recruiter outrage gay man
19.Mar.2007	War on terror needs our gay military too
17.Mar.2007	NM governor, presidential candidate Bill Richardson calls for end to “don’t ask, don’t tell”
17.Mar.2007	American Gay Group ACT UP Resurrected as General Pace Targeted in New York
17.Mar.2007	GLAAD Urges Media to Turn Spotlight on Service Members Defamed by General Pace
16.Mar.2007	Would Pace call Turing “immoral”?
16.Mar.2007	An Intolerant Minority
16.Mar.2007	Retired Military Officers Come Out, Demand Apology from Gen. Pace
16.Mar.2007	Don’t ask, don’t tell and don’t serve
15.Mar.2007	Rabbi arrested at New York demo over gays in the military
15.Mar.2007	Clinton, Obama: Gays not immoral
14.Mar.2007	Joint Chiefs chairman won’t apologize for antigay remark
13.Mar.2007	‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Dismissals Decline to Record Low
13.Mar.2007	Don’t Ask The increasing incoherence of the military’s gay exclusion policy
13.Mar.2007	Top military commander’s comments on gays prompts outrage
13.Mar.2007	Don’t drop ‘don’t ask, don’t tell,’ Pace says
09.Mar.2007	How DADT Affected Military Rape Trial
08.Mar.2007	The trade-offs of ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’
07.Mar.2007	Federal Appeals Court Hears DADT Challenge
08.Mar.2007	The trade-offs of ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’
07.Mar.2007	Federal Appeals Court Hears DADT Challenge
02.Mar.2007	Wyden blasts DOD response on Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
01.Mar.2007	Federal Appeals Court To Hear DADT Challenge
01.Mar.2007	‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Revisited
28.Feb.2007	Defending His Country, but Not Its ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Policy
28.Feb.2007	Bill To Repeal Gay Military Ban Reintroduced In Congress
23.Feb.2007	Bill To Repeal ‘DADT’ To Be Introduced Next Week In Congress
22.Feb.2007	Ros-Lehtinen: Repeal ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’
17.Feb.2007	Under Secretary of Defense, Letter to Senator Ron Wyden
16.Feb.2007	California Mil. Commander Releases Strong Endorsement of Equal Opportunity
07.Feb.2007	Rice Pressed On Fired Gay Linguists
08.Jan.2007	Gays Need Not Apply, Dead Welcome
08.Jan.2007	Israeli experience may sway Army policy on gays
08.Jan.2007	Gay soldiers don’t disrupt U.S. military
06.Jan.2007	One in Four Knows Gay Servicemember
04.Jan.2007	Zogby poll: 73 percent of servicemembers are comfortable w/gay colleagues
03.Jan.2007	Ex-Defense Secretary Cohen rips “don’t ask”
02.Jan.2007	‘Don’t ask, tell’ proponent: Military now ready for gays
02.Jan.2007	Joint Chiefs ex-chairman would rescind “don’t ask”

31 Dec	British Air Force Searches For Gay Pilots
31 Dec	Caught in Fate’s Trajectory, Along With Gerald Ford
30 Oct	Gay military rights group warns servicemembers to stay away from Internet
27 Sep	More Arrests As Military Gay Ban Protests Spread
06 Sep	Lesbians More Likely To Be Dropped From Military Than Gays Study Shows
30 Aug	Defense Dept. University Elects Openly Gay Student Council President
23 Aug	Gay Discharges Mount As Bush Orders Troop Recall
23 Aug	Three Cities, More Rejections For Gay Prospective Soldiers
13 Aug	Implementation Of DADT Varies Base To Base
10 Aug	Duckworth Steps Back On DADT Repeal Support
09 Aug	West Point senior’s thesis takes on”don’t ask” [Thesis – PDF]
04 Aug	Let Gays Serve, Soldiers Say
02 Aug	Gay Trio Confront Military Recruiters
26 Jul	Gay Military Suit Dismissed
01 Jul	Supreme Court Already Decided DADT Lesbian Major’s Lawyers Tell Judge
26 Jun	Military Admits To New Spying On Gay Groups
26 Jun	UK Gay Sailors To March In Europride
28 May	Gay Vets Remember Fallen Comrades
24 May	Military Discharging Two Soldiers Per Day For Being Gay Despite War, Group Says
02 May	Commanders Turn Blind Eye To Homophobia Report Says
28 Apr	Officer not guilty of assault of soldier who says she’s a lesbian
26 Apr	Lesbian Soldier Endured Sexual Harassment By Male Officer Out Of Fear Of Outing Herself
24 Apr	Federal Judge Dismisses Gay Military Suit
14 Apr	Gay Riders Arrested At Air Force Academy
13 Apr	‘Tip’ Leads To Lesbian Air Force Nurse’s DADT Discharge
07 Apr	Let Them Serve [op-ed]
04 Apr	Korea Moves To Ease Gay Military Restrictions
31 Mar	Congressional opposition to “don’t ask, don’t tell” growing
06 Mar	Standoff at soldier’s funeral [CNN Video] Dodge City showdown at funeral [CNN text]
06 Mar	Supreme Court Rules For Military In Gay Issues Case
24 Feb	United against hate gay community finds solidarity among Army wives and soldiers
21 Feb	Bikers roll to military funerals to oppose anti-gay protests
17 Feb	Military ban assessed on mental health angle
14 Feb	The last battle [Call to Duty]
13 Feb	Discharging Gays From Military Cost Taxpayers $363.8 Million
06 Feb	Outed in Iraq: Gay soldiers fighting in Iraq discharged despite recruiting woes; Some quit under pressure
03 Feb	Momentum in the movement
02 Feb	Out of jail, into the Army
01 Feb	Seaman Challenges Gay Ban
27 Jan	Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, Don’t Make Gay Porn
25 Jan	U.S. discharges hundreds of military officers, health care professionals under gay policy
22 Jan	No ‘Brokeback Mountain’ for overseas troops
07 Jan	Army discharges gay soldier, keeps his attacker
06 Jan	Gay soldier discharged

29 Dec	Frank Chastises Army Chief Over Attack On Gay Soldier
23 Dec	Dead Soldier’s Mom Accuses Military Of Ignoring Gay Attacks
18 Dec	Gay soldier leaving Army after assault at Fort Huachuca
17 Dec	U.S. military appears to be spying on “don’t ask, don’t tell” protests
23 Nov	Schofield Soldier Released After Revealing He’s Gay
22 Nov	Army’s anti-gay policy challenged at Duke
12 Nov	Ex-soldier organizes gay vets
11 Nov	Veterans call on Congress to end ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy
11 Nov	Gay Vets Remember Fallen Comrades
10 Nov	100 Members of Congress Co-Sponsor Bill to Repeal ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
10 Nov	Gay vets speak out
21 Oct	Gay Protestors Ignore Threats, March Into Naval Academy
21 Oct	St. Louis joins call to repeal military ban
10 Oct	Survey ‘casts doubt’ on recruits’ reluctance to serve with gays
10 Oct	Gay vets join in National Coming Out Day
10 Oct	1 million gay veterans come out
10 Oct	Even Conservatives Support Ending Military Gay Ban
20 Sep	DoD withholds funds from three law schools
12 Sep	British gay military get married quarters
07 Sep	SF Pitch for Navy ship includes gay museum
03 Sep	Theodore Sarbin Dies at 94
30 Aug	Air Force Bans Leaders’ Promotion of Religion
29 Aug	Mourners Enraged By Anti-Gay Protests At Soldiers’ Funerals
06 Jul	‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’ case in court
02 Jul	Gay Vets Protest At Texas Capitol
17 Jun	Gay vets to serve as Stonewall festival marshals
17 Jun	Choosing between honor and country
14 Jun	Efforts Intensify to End Gay Soldier-Ban
14 Jun	Canada: Airbase hosts 1st military gay wedding
13 Jun	Military Enlistment Continues to Plummet
10 Jun	Texas Governor Tells Gay Veterans to Move
08 Jun	San Francisco: Resolution Calling For Repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
07 Jun	Chicago: 3rd An. Salute to LGBT Veterans 80-year-old vet comes out
24 May	SGT Robert Stout’s mission Fit to Serve
08 Apr	Wounded gay soldier wants to continue serving
22 Mar	NYC Moves On ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
14 Mar	Gays in the military: It’s a question of liberty
04 Mar	US Rep introduces new bill to repeal ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
02 Mar	Move To Repeal Ban Gains Support From Retired Brass
25 Feb	Ban on Gays in Military Assailed
25 Feb	US military’s gay policy ‘costly’
22 Feb	New Course by Royal Navy: Campaign to Recruit Gays
11 Feb	Fewer Gays Being Discharged Since 9/11
10 Feb	Transgender Veterans March Takes Shape
07 Feb	Administration Wants SLDN Suit Tossed
06 Feb	Bush Budget Raises Veterans’ Prescription Cost
02 Feb	Sense of Congress
01 Feb	Gay vets’ benefits at risk?
18 Jan	Can you say ‘don’t ask don’t tell’ in Arabic?
13 Jan	Committee Chair Angers Veterans
10 Jan	Stop Hunting Gay Troops

Dec	Many Days Late, Even More Dollars Short
30 Dec	Army Works To Save Marriages
27 Dec	A Test of Values
16 Dec	Ready, Willing, Disqualified
16 Dec	Military Ins and Outs
09 Dec	Military Appeals Court Overturns Sodomy Conviction
06 Dec	Gays Challenge “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Policy
02 Dec	USNA Alumni Assoc.Reaffirms Commitment To Diversity And Inclusiveness
14 Nov	They Didn’t Ask; He Didn’t Tell -Steve Loomis on 60 Minutes
11 Nov	Naval Academy Gay Grads Apply For Alumni Chapter
19 Oct	Report Says 65,000 Gays Serve In Military
02 Oct	Log Cabin Republicans Sue To Overturn ‘Don’t Ask – Don’t Tell’
15 Sep	Gay Army Ranger Brian Hughes Participated in Jessica Lynch Rescue – CSSMM