Comments | ontd_political: [USA]: Bi-identified GLBT Vet and Activist celebrates repeal of DADT

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[USA]: Bi-identified GLBT Vet and Activist celebrates repeal of DADT

Dec 19, 2010 23:21

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veterans rights, civil rights, dont ask dont tell, new england, veterans, military, usa, army, lgbtq / gender & sexual minorities

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romp December 20 2010, 05:14:15 UTC

during the Vietnam War, I was court-martialed and sentenced to a year at hard labor in a military prison--of which I served three and a half months in "segregated confinement", because (so I was told) the other prisoners had threatened to rape and kill me due to my sexual orientation.
FUCK

Cute sailor-kissing-blue-haired-boy image!

bialogue December 20 2010, 05:21:23 UTC

it was bad but he turned his fury into both political action as well as compassion and in addition to working with the New England GLBT Vets he is also a part-time counselor at the local Veterans Administration Hospital, with all the trouble he's caused them over the years I bet they are regreting their decision to kick him out

salienne December 20 2010, 05:14:46 UTC

I find the fact that he doesn't even acknowledge that transgender persons still aren't allowed in the military kind of... sadly ironic.

rex_dart December 20 2010, 05:18:35 UTC

I thought the exact same thing, especially with the copious mention of "Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender" throughout.

salienne December 20 2010, 05:19:29 UTC

Yeah, and the way he points out how bisexual issues are often invisible.

bialogue December 20 2010, 05:36:55 UTC

as mentioned above they are in New England, the place where they managed to to lobby the most Republicans to vote to repeal, so given how tired they are, yeah agree it's not perfect by a long shot, but I think it's great that they even remembered how to spell their names

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angry_chick December 20 2010, 05:15:48 UTC

WHERE THE FUCK IS THAT WATCHMEN GIF?

rex_dart December 20 2010, 05:16:53 UTC

idk but I have this.

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angry_chick December 20 2010, 05:19:04 UTC

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foofighter0234 December 20 2010, 06:58:31 UTC

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, kissing soldiers.

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nemi_chan December 20 2010, 09:39:28 UTC

Oh Frabjous Day!

bialogue December 20 2010, 18:53:20 UTC

it is indeed :)

azetburcaptain December 20 2010, 11:23:12 UTC

Hopefully the repeal of DADT is only the beginning. :)

bialogue December 20 2010, 19:23:22 UTC

I'm sure it will be since in the USA it is a traditional path for a minority group to use to accelerate "normalization", for example once a broad spectrum of non-elite middle/lower-middle people become exposed to LGBT people as friends and comrades they are more apt to then support them in marriage rights, rights to their children, employment, etc.