News Archive
Washington Blade: What a difference 15 years makes
Activists who participated in the 1993 congressional hearings on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” and saw last week’s testimony on the policy, say they noticed stark differences in rhetoric and tone between the two hearings. ...Read More
Bay Windows: ’Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ in the crosshairs
Fifteen years after the enactment of "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell" Congress held its first hearing on the policy July 23, but advocates do not expect any immediate success in repealing the anti-gay policy. Massachusetts Congresswoman Niki Tsongas, who serves on the House Armed Services Committee’s Personnel Subcommittee, which held the hearing, said that any serious effort to end the policy would likely take place under the next administration. ...Read More
Gay Wired: Proudly Out: Serving in Silence No Longer
Something extraordinary happening last Wednesday on Capitol Hill—the House Armed Services Committee’s Military Personnel Subcommittee held the first hearing in 15 years on the military’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy. ...Read More
Culture Shocks: Elaine Donnelly and Joan Darrah
Is it time to repeal don’t ask don’t tell? Elaine Donnelly with the Center for Military Readiness then later retired navy captain, Joan Darrah. ...Read More
New Statesman: Gay in the Armed Forces
Gay men and women now serve with pride and distinction alongside their heterosexual colleagues at the front line of operations worldwide - no longer having to hide. Craig Jones on the battle he fought for equality ...Read More
NPR: Is It Time To Change ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’?
It has been 15 years since the enactment of the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, which prohibits gay men and women serving in the armed forces from disclosing their sexual orientation. Congress recently held hearings about the efficacy of the policy — and whether it is time for "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" to be changed or repealed. ...Read More
Daily Show: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Hearing
Currently the military operates under Bill Clinton's "don't ask, don't tell" policy because oddly enough, they can't handle the truth. ...Read More
Daily Illini: Othman O’Malley - Don’t ask, don’t tell, get AIDS?
If you've tuned in to C-SPAN recently you may have caught a glimpse of an interesting hearing. It involved bands of violent lesbians, "forced cohabitation" with gay men, the spread of AIDS and "skin to skin" contact. Oh my! What on earth was the topic of this discussion, and why was it being conducted in the hallowed confines of the people's Congress? No, it wasn't Sen. Larry Craig's last conversation with Pastor Haggard. It was a House Armed Services personnel subcommittee hearing on "Don't ask, don't tell." ...Read More
Detroit News: Deb Price - Help military by letting gays serve openly
On Sept. 11, 2001, Navy Capt. Joan Darrah's weekly intelligence briefing turned out to be anything but routine: She and her colleagues watched CNN's coverage of terrorist-hijacked planes ramming into the World Trade Center. ...Read More
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette: Allowing gays in military opposed as threat to national security
The following is from the prepared statement of Elaine Donnelly, president of the Center for Military Readiness, for a House Armed Services Committee hearing Wednesday on the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy on gay people in the military. She argued that gays should be ineligible for service: ...Read More
