IN THE months since the National Equality March, when more than 200,000 people marched in Washington, D.C., in October 2009, the LGBT movement has experienced some disorientation. Believing that progress was imminent because of President Obama’s speech expressing solidarity with the struggle for...

Lt. Dan Choi, a West Point graduate and fluent Arabist being discharged from the Army for being openly gay, was arrested last week along with former Army captain Jim Pietrangelo II, after handcuffing themselves to the White House gate in protest of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. They were handcuffed...

For those of us, myself included, who are wondering EXACTLY what was said at yesterday’s HRC rally in D.C., we’ve been able to drum up some pretty good footage of LT. Dan Choi’s speech and subsequent call to action! Take a look/listen!

Everyone’s talking about the Human Rights Campaign rally-turned-protest, which culminated in a march to the White House and Lt. Dan Choi, along with former Army Infantryman Jim Pietrangelo, chaining themselves to the White House fence. However, in the midst of the dialog pertaining to these exciting...

The following was posted via the fine folks at Queerty: Los Angeles-based photographer Jeff Sheng, who shot Choi for a photo series (and took this picture), spoke with the lieutenant to find out what the deal is. He relays: “Apparently, Lt. Choi’s commander has always been in full support of him,...

President Obama vowed in the State of the Union Wednesday night to end “don’t ask, don’t tell,” the policy that prohibits people who are openly gay from serving in the military. Since it was passed in 1993, thousands of gay service members have been kicked out. But the president...

A 29-year-old Navy sailor was found dead at a Southern California military base Tuesday in a suspected homicide that activists say may have been related to his sexuality. An unnamed individual is being held as a “person of interest” in the case. Navy seaman August Provost of Houston, Texas, reportedly...

Lt. Dan ChoiTUSTIN In a calm corner of his garage, a soldier rummages through reminders of the last ten years of his life. Silver coins. A Middle Eastern sash. An Army pistol. Only a few of the souvenirs in Dan Choi’s war chest will fit into his travel duffel. As he packs, his mom walks in. She...