As you consider taking time to honor our veterans today in a moment of silence or watching a parade, consider listening the stories of two veterans, one gay and one bisexual, from the Mandrake Society Radio podcast series. Robaire Watson served in the Navy and you can hear his story here. Nate served [...]
Posts Tagged ‘DADT’
When the good soldier is the gay soldier: Interview with Robaire Watson
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As tempers in our community flare about “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (more acronymically known as DADT these days), one West Texas-born soldier wanted to tell me his story about his military service with no issues from fellow or commanding officers about being openly gay. He also believes his story (and others’ stories with a [...]
National Black Justice Coalition brings leaders together over Navy Seaman’s death
The National Black Justice Coalition has released a statement yesterday via their website that they’ve joined forces with Black Leadership Forum, an alliance which includes members from NAACP and the Congressional Black Congress, to demand a full investigation into the murder of the Houston-native, Navy Seaman August Provost III.
We are deeply troubled by [...]
Good on you, Anthony!
Great to see a focused voice in the LGBT ranks that is firm on his stand to end “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” and is also not bashing President Obama after 6 months in office. Good on you, Anthony!
Gay activists, is the heat on President Obama warranted?
Lately, I’ve been hearing lots of talk from various gay activists groups about President Obama letting the gay community down for not taking a tougher stance on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” and gay marriage rights. Even here in Dallas, at the recent Prop 8 protest by Queer LiberAction, where black lesbian activist Chasity Kirven, [...]
