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US gay rights groups honour dismissed gay soldiers
14th November 2007 14:15
PinkNews.co.uk staff writer
12,000 flags will be placed on the National Mall in Washington DC, one for every discharged service member.
Several leading LGBT organisations in the United States are to join forces later this month to honour the 12,000 servicemen and women discharged as a result of the ban on openly gay, bisexual or lesbian people in the country's Armed Forces.read more
Los Angeles City Council Calls For Repeal Of DADT
by 365Gay.com Newscenter Staff
Posted: November 9 2007 - 3:00 am ET
(Los Angeles, California) Los Angeles has become the ninth major city to call for the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" the ban on gays serving openly in the military. In a unanimous vote this week city council approved a resolution calling on Congress to pass the Military Readiness Enhancement Act, the legislation that would end the ban signed into law during the Clinton administration.read more
Lesbian Appeals DADT Ruling
by 365Gay.com Newscenter Staff
Posted: November 6, 2007 - 1:00 pm ET
(Seattle, Washington) A lesbian colonel, dismissed from the military because of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell", is appealing a lower court ruling that dismissed her lawsuit challenging the ban on gays serving opening in the armed forces.read more
ROTC gay policies put it at odds with anti-discrimination universities
Choquette Marrow
11/7/07 10:18 AM PST
Over the past decade there has been a strong movement to push Reserve Officer Training Corp programs off school campuses because of a discriminatory policy against homosexuals. The US military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy forces homosexuals wishing to serve to keep their sexual orientation under wraps.read more
On Protecting Gay Americans from Workplace Discrimination
For the past few weeks, members of Congress and leaders within the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community have debated how best to advance the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA). This legislation was initially intended to protect LGBT Americans from arbitrary firing and other forms of employment discrimination.
With military recruiting still struggling badly, the Pentagon wants to make it even easier for people with criminal records to join the military.
The review, in its early stages, comes as the number of Army recruits needing waivers for bad behavior — such as trying drugs, stealing, carrying weapons on school grounds and fighting — rose from 15 percent in 2006 to 18 percent this year. And it reflects the services’ growing use of criminal, health and other waivers to build their ranks.read more
Military inadvertently recruits gays
Several military job listings are posted below "Army Recruiting Command," on the Gay and Lesbian & Everybody Else (GLEE) website, on Wednesday.
By Andrea Stone, USA TODAY
October 17, 2007
The Army, Navy and Air Force unwittingly advertised for recruits on a website for gays, who are barred from military service if they are open about their sexual orientation.
When informed Tuesday by USA TODAY that they were advertising on GLEE.com, a networking website for gay professionals, recruiters expressed surprise and said they would remove the job listings. read more
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