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Lt. Dan Choi Gets Ring Back From Harry Reid After DADT Is Repealed [VIDEO]
By David Knowles - AOL NewsThe ring is back with its rightful owner. Fulfilling a promise made to Lt. Dan Choi, an Iraq War vet who was discharged from the Army under the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid returned Choi's West Point military academy graduation ring on the day of the presidential signing ceremony that repealed the restriction that kept gays and lesbians from serving openly. Choi had given Reid his ring in July and asked the senator to keep it until "don't ask, don't tell" was repealed. A hesitant Reid agreed. Here's a chronology of the ring drama that was put ...
End of Military Gay Ban Is Pivotal Moment in History
By Andrea Stone - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (Dec. 18) -- The Senate's 65-31 vote to end the ban on gays and lesbians serving openly in the military was more than historic. It was a long time coming. But for the men and women whose lives and careers were touched for so many years by the ban, it was mostly personal. For Grethe Cammermeyer, the Vietnam combat nurse who came out as a lesbian in 1989 and whose struggle to stay in the military made her famous, the Senate vote brought tears. It's "the relief of finally seeing that we can serve with dignity and with integrity and that people no longer have to lie," she said. For ...
'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Foe Dan Choi Involuntarily Committed
By Steve Friess - AOL News(Dec. 15) -- A leading activist fighting to end the ban on gays and lesbians serving openly in the military was involuntarily committed to a Veterans Affairs psychological ward this weekend after a nervous breakdown, AOL News confirmed today. Lt. Dan Choi, who was arrested three times this year for chaining himself to the White House fence to urge the Obama administration to end the "don't ask, don't tell" policy, informed close friends via e-mail Tuesday night that he had been in the VA hospital since Friday in Brockton, Mass. Choi, reached by phone by AOL News at the facility, acknowledged ...
Gay Vet: Obama Playing Politics on 'Don't Ask'
By Deborah Hastings - AOL News
(Oct. 21) -- In the course of one day, Lt. Dan Choi, a gay Iraq war veteran, has gone from ecstatic to devastated. On Wednesday, he gleefully announced he'd begun the process of re-enlisting in the Army because the controversial "don't ask, don't tell" policy had been suspended. Today, he was back where he started after the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco granted the Obama administration's request to freeze the suspension. "President Obama is playing politics. There's no reason you should force people to lie to serve their country," Choi said today on C-SPAN's "Washington ...
Gay Vets Seek to Re-Enlist in Military
By Lauren Frayer - AOL News
(Oct. 20) -- "I passed." That's what gay Iraq war veteran Dan Choi announced today on his Twitter page after taking the skills test to re-enlist in the Army. Choi, who came out on national TV and then handcuffed himself to the White House fence to protest the "don't ask, don't tell" policy, is one of at least three gay veterans seeking to re-enlist. Last month, a federal judge issued an injunction suspending enforcement of the law that bars anyone from serving in uniform if they're openly gay. On Tuesday, recruiters for the U.S. military were told to begin accepting applications from openly ...
Will Gay Service Members Retain Re-Enlistment Bonuses if DADT Returns?
By Paul Wachter - AOL News(Oct. 20) -- Dan Choi, a prominent advocate against the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, has re-enlisted in the Army after being discharged in July for being openly gay. This was made possible by last month's injunction by a federal judge against DADT, after which military recruiters were instructed to accept applications from openly gay applicants. Several others have joined Choi, who said, "Today is a great day we can all celebrate," after filing his papers at the Times Square Recruiting Station in New York City. For re-enlisting, Choi and others are eligible for bonuses, ...
Reid Challenged at Liberal Blogger Conference
By not in system - AOL NewsLas Vegas (July 23) -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid faced protests Saturday at a convention of left-wing bloggers as he tried to explain why Congress hasn't reformed the nation's immigration laws or repealed the military's gay ban. Many attendees at the Netroots Nation conference were skeptical of the Nevada Democrat, whom they view warily as both an important ally but a less-than-full-throated advocate for their views. "I know I am told there are times I get on your nerves," Reid conceded jocularly to laughter in his opening remarks. "And there are times when you get on mine." Indeed, ...
Army Discharges 'Don't Ask' Critic Who Told
By Lauren Frayer - AOL News(July 23) -- One of the most prominent voices against the U.S. military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, who came out on national TV last year and was arrested in March for handcuffing himself to the White House fence, has now been discharged from the Army because he is gay. Lt. Dan Choi is a 2003 West Point graduate who is fluent in Arabic and served two tours in Iraq as an infantry platoon leader. Since returning from deployment, he's become one of the most vocal critics of the military's policy that bars anyone from serving in uniform if they are openly gay. Choi, 29, revealed his ...
8 Gay Activists Arrested in Reid Protest on Vegas Strip
By Steve Friess - AOL NewsLAS VEGAS (July 20) -- In a rare incidence of civil disobedience in this destination's tourism corridor, eight activists protesting Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's inaction on gay rights legislation were arrested for blocking traffic at one of the Strip's busiest intersections today. As they were being handcuffed and taken to police cars, the eight continued to chant that the Nevada Democrat had broken several vows to bring the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) to a vote. The act would bar workplace discrimination against people based on sexual orientation and gender ...
Crazy Costumes Come Out of the Closet for Gay Pride
By Ben Muessig - AOL News(June 28) -- Forget the holiday season; June is the time of year when people don their gayest apparel. Cities around the world celebrated gay pride parades last weekend, allowing gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer communities to come together, often in costume. Revelers marched through New York City, San Francisco, Chicago, Mexico City, Berlin and Guatemala City, among other locations, dressed in elaborate get-ups in all shades of the rainbow. ...
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