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Commentary and Interviews

RADM Alan M. Steinman, USCG / USPHS (Ret)
"Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell in Today’s Military"
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Profiles in Patriotism

Willet Fields, WWII Veteran

Editorials

Sgt Denny's Rant 060704
What It Means To Be A Gay
American Veteran In 2006

MEA in the Heartland
by Pepe Johnson
Profiles in Patriotism
Pain in the Present, TM Smith
Sgt. Denny's Rant 060718
Marriage and Military
nterview with Marty Meehan
US House Rep, 5th Dist., MA
Profiles in Patriotism
Mike Rankin, Capt, USN, Ret
Norfolk Town Hall Speech 060729
Sgt Denny's Rant 060801
The Tenth Man
IMonica F. Helms,
The Forgotten Veterans
Profiles in Patriotism
Bleu Copas, up close and personal
Sgt Denny's Rant 060815
The Military Rainbow Community
Rhonda Davis,
Relaxing Standards, Still Holding Onto DADT

Letters: A Vet writes to
Rhonda Davis

Sgt Denny's Rant 060829
The Face of Freedom
Rhonda Davis: Were you TRYING to
Get Kicked Out of the Military, Rhonda?
Profiles in Patriotism
Leslie Pope, Serving Openly
Sgt Denny's Rant 061010
An Inconvenient Hero
Two Vets In Love, 38 Years And Counting
How we lived our lives in the life

Bill Farrell: A vets View
When Military Intelligence Isn't an Oxymoron

Sgt Denny's Rant 061024
The Ntl' Coming-Out Week
 Speech at Brown University
Keith H. Kerr, Brigadier General, CSMR (Ret.)
KNOW THE OPPOSITION

A Gay Soldier’s Life
John F. Medeiros,
Master Sgt (Retired), U.S. Army

Hofstra Asked, We Told
By Rhonda Davis
A Lesbian Wedding on a Navy Base
Michael Rankin, M.D. Capt., M.C., USN (Ret.)
CPO Stuart O'Brien
Australian Defence Forces
Out In Baghdad
Sgt Denny's Rant 061219
Local Initiatives
National Impact

AF Academy Professor’s Continuing Education
Jim Kinzer Major USAF (Ret.)

An Ordinary Soldier
PFC Franklin Kameny
WWII Vet

SgtDenny's Rant 070116
Ret. JCS Chair. and Fmr SECDEF Speak Reality
A Veterans Day Salute
by Rhonda Davis
The Rude Blue Yonder
by Heather Sarver, USAF Vet
Sgt Denny's Rant 070227
Momentum:The Military Readiness Enhancement
Act
Interview with James McGreevey, fmr Gov. of NJ
by Denny Meyer
Profiles in Patriotism
James Reilly, An Ordinary Sailor
1 Phone Call You Can Make, Call your Rep re DADT
Mainstream News Misses Part of the Story
by Monica Helms

The Carpenters Sing at Christmastime, by Jeff Petrie
former Lieutenant , U.S. Navy

DADT Affects The Healthcare of Servicemembers and Veterans

Gen. Shalikashvili Says Gays Should be Able to Serve Openly by Rear Admiral Alan M. Steinman, USPHS/USCG (Ret)

Sailor-Soldier  by Denny Meyer

Happy Birthday
Dr. Franklin Kameny
WWII Vet and Gay Pioneer

An Army Linguist Speaks Out
by Patrick English
Mike Brazell's Life
in the Modern Navy
Interview with
Brigadier General
Virgil 'Hawk' Richard
Gays in the Military: Connecting the Dots
byCdr. Beth F. Coye, U.S. Navy (retired)
Why We Fight, by Pepe Johnson Take Action: Write to Tell  your Rep to repeal DADT
Fundamentally Out;Chaplain (Colonel),
Paul W. Dodd, U.S. Army (Ret)
-Veteran-Chaplain-Preacher, by Denny Meyer

Chief Shipley Speaks Out
by William J. Shipley, Sr.

Happy Pride 2007
(Photos)
The Way It Was Thomas F. Field
Colonel, U.S. Army, Retired

I WAS A SOLDIER
By Joseph C. Martin

Sgt Denny's Rant 070717
In memory of a member of America's Greatest Generation - Willet Fields

Trusting People with My Life

Eric Alva; Marine

Sgt Denny's Rant 070814 Summer Musings: Debates on war and marriage, and leader's sweet summer vacations

HARVARD LAW SCHOOL LAMBDA, GALLA
Conference on Don't Ask Don't Tell, 2 Mar. 07
Bronwen Tomb; The Right Stuff The Wrong Policy; a potential leader, unselected;
by Denny Meyer
Patriot Day, Sept 11,2007
3000 More Reenlistments Per Year If Don't Ask
Don't Tell Is Repealed by  Gary J. Gates, PhD
Cleveland City Councilman
Joe Santiago
Not An Ordinary Sailor
Sgt Denny's Rant 070925
TEAM PLAYERS
An Intolerant Minority by Walter Brasch Jason Knight
No, Really, I'm Gay
The ENDA End Game

Gays in the Showers!  Oh My!
by RADM Al Steinman, USCG/USPHS (Ret)

Ty Redhouse
A Tradition of Service

History Briefs:
DADT Repeal resolutions

Homosexuals in the War: Should Gays
Be Willing to Serve in a Military that Discriminates Against Them?
by RADM Al Steinman, USCG/USPHS (Ret)

Lige Miller
An Appalachian Hero

Letter to the Editor
AVER QUESTIONS
RECRUITING OF FELONS
by James P. Donovan, HMC USN Ret., President, AVER

Presidential Candidates' Perspectives on Sodomy and DADT By: Paul Schindler,
Editor, Gay City News

Antonio Agnone
Just Another Brave Marine

Sgt. Denny's Rant 0807
Film Review: ASK NOT

The first person to tell America: 'Gay is Good'; When the Army fired Frank Kameny
50 years ago,
he began an era,
by Eric Resnick

Chicago's Salute to America's LGBT Veterans
by RADM Alan M. Steinman (ret)
LGBT Veterans' Pride 08 Photos
The wrong side of history: 'Don't ask, don't tell' is as repugnant as the 'separate but equal' pact before it; by Geoffrey R. Stone Elmer and Gus
Since 1945
Pride Month Memories Leonard Matlovich: an Inconvenient Hero

What are we fighting for? by Brian Fricke

Long Time Passing by Wes Davey MSG, USAR (Ret.) Congressional Hearing
on Don't Ask Don't Tell
Red State Progress by Michael Rankin, M.D.
Capt., MC. USN (Ret.)
Scott West
A man of God
Not good enough to fly

Letter to the Editor
Landmines,  an equal opportunity killer by Robert Stout Combat Engineer

Op-Ed: Equality in the Military: 
"A Social Experiment?" by
Wes Davey MSG, USAR (Ret.)
Chief Hospital Corpsman, USN, Ret. James Patrick Donovan
President of American
Veterans For Equal Rights
Photo Essay: Matches (LGBT Vet Weddings)
Ninety Gay and Lesbian Servicemembers
Killed in Iraq and Afghanistan
Cecil Sinclair, A Life Well Lived LGBT Vets Memorial Service, Congressional Cemetery DC, Nov 11, 08
Tucson Arizona enacts DADT repeal resolution Don’t Ask Us to Lie About Who We Are,  Don’t Tell Us We Aren’t
Good Enough to Serve
by Rhonda Davis
Veterans' Day 2008
Photo Essay
A New Look at the Zogby /Palm Center Data
on Gays in the Military
By RADM Alan M. Steinman,
USPHS / USCG (Ret)
TUCSON TRANS VET
SPEAKS OUT

Milk Memories;
by Denny Meyer

The Forgotten Veterans, by Monica Helms A CALL TO SERVE
Sandra L. Bochonok

Inauguration Memories
By
Denny Meyer

Transgender Veterans: Beyond ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,’ transgender vets face different
discriminations in the armed services
 
by Joseph Peņa

A CALL DENIED
Lea Brown

Flag Memories
by Denny Meyer
12000 Flags and 28 Flag Officers
Make a Powerful Statement

By RADM Alan M. Steinman  (Ret)
Kevin Wegener
Another Leader Lost
Kameny Memories
By Denny Meyer
Statement by 28 Generals and Admirals
Calling for Lifting the Ban
A Soldier Speaks Danny Ingram
AVER Southern Region VP
The Gay Veterans Movement To Achieve Equality In America's Armed Forces, by
James Darby & Patrick Bova
Family under fire
by Dana Rudolph
Live from Iraq: An Anonymous
Army of One
Letter to the Editor:
a gay soldier's husband
An Interview with Col. James McDonough (Ret.)
Director of the NY State Div of Veterans Affairs
James Credle
Some Kind of Hero
Jared Polis
openly gay freshman
Colorado Congressman
Retired West Point Professor Speaks Out On LGBT Rights, Again; LTC Al Bishop, ret. Sgt. Laquetta Nelson
Some Kind of Leader
Democracy, diversity, and Equality; Our American Armed Forces
New York City Council holds hearing
on second DADT repeal resolution
Steve Clark Hall, Sub Skipper

And a Discharge for Loving One—34 Years and Counting: Leonard Matlovich By Michael Bedwell

Sexual Orientation and Military Preparedness
An International Perspective
Conference at Georgetown Univ.  Law Center
Robaire Watson;
Designing Freedom

Gay Vets Helped Form Backbone of LGBT
Equality Movement
By Michael Bedwell

Our Whole Self And Whole Story:
Honoring My Friend and Hero,
Major Alan G. Rogers, By Tony Smith

A Gay Soldier
Capt. Avner Even-Zohar
Israeli Defense Forces

Conversations with veterans
by Denny Meyer
Defending Don’t Ask Don’t Tell
by Michael Rankin, M.D., Capt., MC, USN (Ret.)

KEVIN SCOTT
Military's Loss; Corporate Gain

An Aching Is Soothed; Washington DC
October 10th, 2009;  by Michael Bedwell
The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)
and Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT)
by RADM Alan M. Steinman, ret.

The Few, The Proud,
One Less
; by Julianne Sohn
former Captain, USMC

There's good news and bad news, by Denny Meyer
Memorial Day: Remembering Alan Rogers
By Sharon Alexander

My Experiences at Sheridan Kaserne in Germany by
Spec 5 David Williams

Politics and Treason,
Sacred and Profane
The Times They Are A-Changin'
by Aubrey Sarvis

Chief Petty Officer
Stuart O’Brien
Australian Defence Forces
a sailor's sailor

DADT: Duty and Dishonor
by Paul Cross, SFC retired
News Brief:
Court Reinstates Lawsuit Challenging Discharge on Grounds of Sexual Orientation
by Julianne Sohn

Friends and Colleagues
by CPO Stuart O’Brien
Australian Defence Forces

Repeal Don’t Ask Don’t Tell 'this year' Presidential State of the Union address
by Danny Ingram

Flag Officers Call Anew for
Repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
by RADM Alan M. Steinman
USPHS/USCG (Ret)

 Robert Stout
(President, BRAVER)
an ordinary hero
LT Dan Choi:I never felt freer than being in that prison
Representative Joe Sestak
Retired Admiral,turned Congressman
fighting to end Don't Ask, Don't Tell

Better For It!
by LTC Steve Loomis (Ret.)

Rainbow Moment Photo:
ADF CPO O'brien at grave of Leonard Matlovich

Survey reveals Veterans Administration
discriminates against Transgender Veteransby Monica F. Helms

25 Words or Less,
Brett Edward Stout Cpl USMC
Hat Reading, one thing leads to another, and a surprise handshake

Congressman Barney Frank [D-MA]
Talks About Gays in the Military

Michelle Douglas' struggle in ending discrimination
in Canada's military

OPERATION GOLDEN EAGLE; AVER 20th Anniv Event in June Honors LGBT WWII Vets, by Danny Ingram

Thoughts on Congressman Frank’s Comments On Gays in the Military
by
RADM Alan M. Steinman (Ret)

Angela Brightfeather
Drill Sergeant

2010 Photo Essay
Military Pride
Past and Present
RADM Jamie Barnett, Retired
"Don't Ask Don't Tell"
Jack and Bob, Two Vets,
52 Years and Counting
Summer Pride Parades
Past and Present
President Obama and the Future of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell; by RADM Al Steinman (Ret.)

Becky Kanis
The Challenge of Service

Pride and Patriotism

What to Do with Witt? The Status of the Major Margaret Witt DADT Discharge Caseby Tom Carpenter, Esq.

Tony Breton
Commitment!
MAD AS HELL
DADT Repeal Fails In Senate

What I’d say to the Joint Chiefs of Staff by RADM Alan M. Steinman, USPHS/USCG (Ret)

LeAnna Bradley
37 Years of Service

Sgt. Denny's Journal:
On a Day Without DADT
Dan Choi enlists, almost

That's Not America, by Nathaniel Frank, PhD American Family Values
Michael Noftzger

"It gets better"
YOU Can Make It Get Better

Knights Out: West Point
LGBT Alumni Come Out

ANTHONY WOODS
Courage and Conviction
by Michael Bedwell
An Expectation of Equality
Research on the Open Secret: Possible Implications for Don't Ask Don't Tell,
by Andrew D. Reichert

Larry Whitt
The Honor of Service
Loving the Navy

The Promise of Equality
DADT and the Courts: What’s Going On?
by Tom Field

Michelle Moore; Doing What I was Trained To Do

Out and outstanding

Changing Times at the VA by Mike Rankin

LT Robin Chaurasiya
Patriotism Betrayed

The Devil in the Details

Kirstin Gillibrand, US Senator, New York
Speaks on Repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell

Oath of Enlistment
by Larry Whitt
Uncommon Heroes
Battle of the Ban, by Danny Ingram LT Dan Choi; Discharged
Under DADT
DADT, The House Hearing
AVER'S Newest Chapter Introducing:
AVER West Tennessee, by Tim Smith

Looking Back and Forward With Pride; By John J. Kelly

Imagining Freedom
Gay Vet, Discharged Under DADT,
Elected President of AVER

Duty - Honor - Country; by
Former Cadet Katherine Miller

Jeff Key's The Eyes of Babylon; review
Gay Ban, Same Old Story of Prejudice
by Danny Ingram

FROM WATKINS TO WITT: Remembering Perry Watkins
by Michael Bedwell

Waiting for the Beginning
Time to Mobilize: This is It!
by RADM Alan M. Steinman
A Voice by A Navy Officer On This Day
From New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Jan. 27, 2010 IN MESSAGE TO PENTAGON LEADERSHIP, GILLIBRAND, FORMER JOINT CHIEFS CHAIRMAN SAY IT'S TIME TO REPEAL "DON'T ASK DON'T TELL
Faded Honors Open Wounds by
CTI2 George Richard Phillip Zimmerman, USN
Family Readiness by
gay soldiers husband
Why DADT Repeal Implementation is
“Shovel Ready;” By Michael Bedwell
The Hero Next Door
(Marshall Belmaine)
September's Heroes
Time to ask and tell by N. Rudy Rickner

A Meaningful Life
by Lori Wilfahrt

Celebrating Freedom
The End of DADT

Danny Ingram's Journal
Washington DC, May 9-11, 2010

A Common Thread by George Richard Phillip Zimmerman, Jr.

PFC Frank Kameny
1925 - 2011
Gay WWII Veteran

HIV / AIDS and the Issue of Gays in the Military; by Alan M. Steinman, MD, MPH RADM (Ret), USPHS

AVER Honors Gay WWII Veteran
and Spouse, Together 65 Years
Coming Out
Public and Private
Military Partners Meet
With Pentagon Officials
Chicago Civil Union: Navy Vet James Darby and Patrick Bova  
An Interview with Senator Mark Udall; Nov 2010 Melvin Dwork
Righting a Wrong 70 Years Later
by Michael Jacoby
 
We Must Speak for Those who May Not Speak
Steve Loomis, LTC, U.S. Army (Ret.)

Flying Out: Darin and David
by Darin Brunstad

 
The Future of DADT: A Conference on the Way Forward, Wash. DC; Nov. 17, 2010
Georgetown University Law Center
by Patrick English
   
WITNESS -PERSONAL REFLECTIONS
ON THE REPEAL OF DADT
by Pepe Johnson
   
"This is done" by Danny Ingram, Pres. of AVER    

WHAT REPEAL MEANS TO ME by
Brigadier General Keith H. Kerr

   

What The President Left Out by Monica Helms
President,Transgender American Veterans Association

   
Pentagon Briefing: The State of DADT Repeal Implementation, by Danny Ingram    
Diversity in the Armed Forces of the United States of America; by Danny Ingram    
MEO Access Is Essential by Danny Ingram    

Servicemembers Serving as LA LGBT Pride
Community Grand Marshals by Tom Carpenter

   
In Memoriam: GEN John Shalikashvili, USA
(1936-2011) A True Hero to Gay, Lesbian
and Bisexual Service Members, By
RADM Alan M. Steinman USPHS/USCG
   

OutServe: Serving Now and After Repeal by
former Marine Captain Tom Carpenter

   

Its a Gay Military Thing by Danny Ingram

   

Military Freedom Day 20 September 2011
by Danny Ingram

   

Is Our Future in a Commission for Rights of Military Service; by Steve Loomis, LTC (Ret)