In yet another court setback for legislative discrimination, a federal judge has found that the US military ban on openly LGBT servicemen and women is discriminatory, unconstitutional – and counterproductive. From the Washington Post: U.S. District Judge Virginia A. Phillips…
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Epaminondas: Military Hero, Democrat & Liberator, Cultured Statesman. Gay.
Epaminondas lived before the Christian era, outside the Jewish tradition, and has no claim whatsoever to be treated as a “saints in any literal sense. However, taking the term much more loosely, including those we might consider as role models,…
Gays in the Military: Japan
Now that DADT is finally under serious review, it is once again appropriate to consider how other military regimens deal or have dealt with with their queer members – or aspirant members. As I have noted before, across the EU…
Epaminondas: Military Hero, Democrat & Liberator, Cultured Statesman. Gay.
Epaminondas lived before the Christian era, outside the Jewish tradition, and has no claim whatsoever to be treated as a “saints in any literal sense. However, taking the term much more loosely, including those we might consider as role models,…
Gay Soldiers? Role Models, at the Foundation of Democracy.
From this side of the Atlantic, the continued reluctance to do away with DADT seems odd, at best… In the UK, gay men and lesbians not only serve freely and openly in the armed services and in the police, but…
