Don’t Ask don’t tell repeal

Roughly 13,000 service members were discharged under “don’t ask, don’t tell.”

“It was the right thing to do,” the President said.

We associate the number nine with extremes: highs (cloud nine), lows (the ninth Psalm, predicting the coming of the Antichrist), good luck and bad. Considering the spectrum of events we lived through in 2010-2011—from the greatest victories to the worst tragedies—the number nine seems a particularly apt symbol for the past twelve months’ happenings. On the plus side, DADT was repealed; on the minus side, a near-apocalyptic disaster devastated Japan. Last year, we opened our Annual Year in Review with the crisis in Haiti, which proves again that life is fragile.

What’s Next for LGBT Servicemembers

The LGBT advocacy group urged a federal appeals court to continue reviewing its case against DADT despite the law’s congressional repeal

President Obama on Wednesday signed into law a standalone repeal bill that will allow gay and lesbian soldiers to serve openly

Passage by both the House and Senate now brings repeal to President for Signature!

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he would call for a vote on a standalone DADT repeal bill as early as Saturday

On Dec. 15, the House of Representatives voted 250 to 175 in favor of a standalone bill to repeal the military’s 17-year-old “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy.

Sponsors of a standalone bill to repeal DADT say they will bring the legislation to a vote in the House this week

Senate Fails to Pass Repeal Bill Despite Pentagon Report

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Democrats may bring DADT’s repeal to a vote if four other bills scheduled for Wednesday fail

Authors of the long-awaited report on the effects of DADT’s repeal “convinced” the military can abolish the anti-gay law

In a YouTube video, the pop megastar highlights the urgency of contacting senators to push for legislative repeal in the lame-duck session

With Pentagon survey set for release on Tuesday, LGBT equality advocates race to gain support for ban’s repeal in lame-duck session

Maj. Margaret Witt, who was discharged from the Air Force under DADT, has been reinstated

No soldiers have been discharged under DADT since the Defense Dept. adopted new rules concerning the policy

Fox News has declined to air an ad by The Center advocating for DADT’s repeal

Senate Majority Leader Harry Read announced he will call DADT repeal legislation for a vote in the lame-duck session

Two Pentagon sources reported to The Washington Post that a survey found most soldiers feel DADT could be repealed

Three key senators released a statement calling on the Senate to pass a defense bill with a DADT repeal provision attached

Top White House officials affirmed the administration’s support of DADT’s repeal, but a lame duck Senate vote seems a long shot

Will the real Barack Obama please stand up?

A panel of federal judges issued an indefinite stay on Judge Virginia Phillips’ order halting the ban worldwide

Officials familiar with an internal Pentagon study say a majority of service members and their families don’t oppose DADT’s repeal

Meeting reportedly based on strategy to repeal military ban during lame duck session

Log Cabin Republicans oppose lifting of DADT ban in court; senior White House officials to meet on DADT

A panel of judges granted the DOJ’s request to freeze a ruling that stopped the enforcement of DADT

Judge Virginia Phllips tentatively ruled that her injunction halting DADT will remain in place on her watch

Military halts ban’s enforcement as DOJ attempts to intervene

DOJ appeals ruling in Massachusetts DOMA case; also likely to appeal DADT ruling

In the wake of the landmark injunction that would potentially halt the government’s ban on gays in the military, GO speaks with a former Army sergeant who tells her story for the first time

Judge Virginia Phillips issues injunction against military ban