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What Can Stop the Gay-Bashing in the Military?

Submitted by Nathaniel Frank on Wed, 09/23/2009 - 9:33am
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Rocha's case is not about bad apples. The military doesn't even think that what happened was wrong. Now that the incident is getting some press, however, the Navy is doing a different dance...
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White House Doesn't Need Protection, Gay Troops Do

Submitted by Aaron Belkin on Tue, 09/15/2009 - 9:31am
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It was sad but not surprising to read the recent article in Politico.com which suggested that the legislative process to repeal “don’t ask, don’t tell” is badly stalled.
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What do LGB people think about the military?

Submitted by Guest Blogger on Wed, 09/09/2009 - 10:14am
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New findings from the General Social Survey suggest that LGB and heterosexual people have differing views regarding financial support for the US military.
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Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan Bring New Faces to the DADT debate

Submitted by Jeanne Scheper on Wed, 09/02/2009 - 1:26pm
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I had the opportunity to attend a special presentation of the Brave New Foundation's latest installation of the In Their Boots series, the documentary short Silent Partners (Thursday, July 16, 2009, Backstage Theater at Sony Pictures, LA). The screening featured a discussion with Dan Choi, a West Point-trained former infantry officer and Julianne Sohn, a former marine, each discharged under the "don't ask, don't tell" policy, as well as Jake Diliberto, a self-described evangelical straight ally and Brian Baker, an Episcopal minister, military veteran, and West Point graduate.  read more »

Is Hazing a Form of Torture?

Submitted by Aaron Belkin on Wed, 09/02/2009 - 9:35am
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Here they go again. As reported by Huffington Post and other media outlets, we now have yet another scandal involving our security forces,
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