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Don't Ask, Don't Tell & VA Disability: What Veterans Need to KnowEpisode OverviewIn this episode, we dive into the impact of the Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT) policy on veterans and their VA disability claims. We'll discuss how the repeal of DADT has affected veteran benefits, what LGBTQ+ veterans need to know about filing for VA disability, and how past discharges related to sexual orientation may impact claims today.What We Cover:✅ The history of Don't Ask, Don't Tell and its repeal ✅ How DADT-related discharges affect VA benefits  ✅ VA disability benefits available to veterans impacted by DADT ✅ Legal and advocacy resources for affected veteransConnect With Us:

At one point, veteran Josh Seefried was living three lives: one as an openly gay man at home, another as a closeted member of the United States Air Force, and a third as Don't Ask Don't Tell repeal advocate JD Smith. After a long and tumultuous career, in which he helped repeal DADT, got blackmailed, sexually assaulted, and faced trial himself three times, Seefried is ready to fight again, this time for military justice reform. Get early access to ad-free episodes, bonus content, and more by supporting Labyrinths on patreon. https://www.patreon.com/knoxrobinson https://www.amandaknox.com Bluesky: @amandaknox.com | @wisecracker.bsky.social IG: @amamaknox | @emceecarbon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Retired Air Force physician, Dr. Mary Anne Kiel, is a Pediatrician and a Food for Life Instructor with the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. Her work with Lifestyle and Performance medicine has helped servicemembers and their families learn how to make sustainable behavioral changes that improve health and wellness over the course of their lifetime. Dr. Kiel discusses how being actively social, embracing a healthy, whole food plant-based diet, exercising regularly and getting enough sleep can increase a patients' healthspan - or the amount of time that an individual can be healthy and active during their lifespan. SCUTTLEBUTT Go Army! Go Navy! American Legion gearing up to be first veterans service organization to sponsor the Army Navy Game. More than 800 US veterans given honourable discharges after 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' review The Best World War II Movies, According to Service Members and Veterans Special Guest: Mary Anne Kiel.

Send us a textContent note: discussions of homophobia, sexual violence, military serviceGuess who's back and ready to dive into the beautiful mess of life and art? It's your favorite chronically ill queer femme, Elle Billing, kicking off Season 3 of Hoorf! Podcast. This time, they're chatting with Charlie Reynolds, a conceptual artist and MFA candidate at the University of Michigan. Charlie, a recipient of the 2024 Midwest Award for Artists with Disabilities, creates art that tackles the heavy stuff - war, gender, and disability - using materials that hold personal meaning. Charlie also opens up about his journey as a veteran, navigating the choppy waters of PTSD and how his experience in the Navy is the one muse that just won't let him go.Links to Charlie's work, as well as all other resource links, are in the full show notes at hoorfpodcast.comSubscribe to Hoorf! Radical Care in a Late Capitalist Heckscape wherever you listen to your favorite podcast:Apple | Spotify | YouTubeJoin the Blessed Herd of Saint Winkus: Sign up for our newsletter, get Hoorf! episodes delivered directly to your inbox. What's more, you get invitations to our monthly Coffee and Biscuits Chat, where you get to hang out with Ricki and Elle, talk about the show, and connect on the topics that mean the most to you.Become a Patron:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/hoorfpodcast/membershipConnect with Elle Billing:Website: www.hoorfpodcast.com / www.elleandwink.comInstagram: instagram.com/hoorfpodcastSupport the show

Join your hosts Chantay, Eliann, and Sara as they discuss art, politics, and pop culture from a phenomenally female perspective. This week, our panel talks white feminism and Chappell Roan, history of DADT, and the 50% of white women.We also reveal this week's nominees for Bitchass and Badass of the Week.You can follow the show on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Spoutible, and TikTok at @theejoyfulshe.To get exclusive bonus content from this episode and future episodes subscribe to our Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/theejoyfulshe.

Jonny interviews Jo Clifford, playwright and performer of "The Gospel According to Jesus, Queen of Heaven," being presented at The Church of the Good Shepherd in Carbondale in the coming week (June 29 and July 2). They discuss the topic of the play, which considers,"What would happen if Jesus did come back to earth in the present day as a trans woman?" In the back third of the show, Heather and Jonny review two legal developments for the LGBTQ community, one that seems like pretty good news for veterans expelled from the military under "Don't Ask Don's Tell," the other somewhat trepidatious news as the SCOTUS takes up a case on Tennessee's ban of gender affirming care for trans youth.

HONOR AND REMEMBRANCE 74th Anniversary of the start of the Korean War THE INTERVIEW Retired Maj. Gen. Tammy Smith served for 25 of her 35 years in the Army while hiding her true self. On this week's episode, she shares her military journey before, during and after the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" era, and how she became an advocate for LGBTQ+ and military veterans. She also addresses the struggles faced by servicemembers who were kicked out of the military during DADT, and how they can formally request an upgraded discharge. SCUTTLEBUTT The deadly, unintended consequence of a documentary about Afghanistan British teen's charity shop purchase connects Wisconsin family the brother killed in Vietnam The Marines are taking down PowerPoint Special Guest: Gen. Tammy Smith .

In this Pride Month episode, Navy veteran and author Karen Solt joins co-host V.V. Ganeshananthan and guest co-host Matt Gallagher to talk about her experience of being gay while serving in the military. Solt, who retired as a senior chief petty officer in 2006 and served both before and during “Don't Ask, Don't Tell,” talks about the Clinton-era policy that prohibited the harassment of gay service members while requiring that they stay closeted. Solt explains the impossible position gay military members were in before and during DADT, as they faced questioning from investigators, the threat of losing their jobs if found out, and being separated from their partners rather than being moved together as their straight counterparts often were. Solt reads from her book, Hiding for My Life: Being Gay in the Navy. To hear the full episode, subscribe through iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app (include the forward slashes when searching). You can also listen by streaming from the player below. Check out video versions of our interviews on the Fiction/Non/Fiction Instagram account, the Fiction/Non/Fiction YouTube Channel, and our show website: https://www.fnfpodcast.net/ This episode of the podcast was produced by Anne Kniggendorf. Karen Solt Hiding for My Life: Being Gay in the Navy Others Fiction/Non/Fiction Season 7, Episode 30: “Tracie McMillan on the Myth of Colorblindness” Fiction/Non/Fiction Season 2, Episode 21: “Elliot Ackerman and Anuradha Bhagwati on the Role of the Military in American Politics” The Lieutenant by Andrew Dubus Roger & Me A Former Marine Looks Back on Her Life in a Male-Dominated Military, by V.V. Ganeshananthan, The New York Times | April 17, 2024 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit andrewsullivan.substack.comKara is a journalist who has covered the business of the Internet since 1994. She was the cofounder and editor-at-large of Recode, and she's worked for the NYT, the WaPo, and the WSJ. She's now the host of the podcast “On with Kara Swisher” and the co-host of the “Pivot” podcast with Scott Galloway, both distributed by New York Magazine. Her new memoir is Burn Book: A Tech Love Story. It's a fun read, and it was good to hang out with her again after many years. We were both web pioneers and it's good to remember those days of the blogosphere. And we get fiery at times.For two clips of our convo — debating how woke the MSM really is, and how readers are smarter than journalists — pop over to our YouTube page. Other topics: Kara's rough childhood on Long Island; losing her dad at an early age and contending with a bad stepdad; her military family and her interest in serving; how DADT made things worse for gays; being an AIDS quilt folder; lesbian tropes; our mutual dislike of Pride parades; her fearlessness as a young reporter; The McLaughlin Group; the condescension of legacy media; tycoons who buy media outlets; Jeff Bezos; Marty Peretz; Friendster, Zip2 and Suck.com; how Facebook was seen as a savior for media; how trolls are chagrined when you talk to them; how Zuckerberg is “lovely but awkward” in person; Bill Gates; Peter Thiel; how gay hookups drove the early internet; how the apps kill serendipity; the power of podcasts for community; how the right innovated direct mail and talk radio; Obama's pioneering with web outreach; how Twitter made January 6 (and Trump himself) possible; Kara watching every single episode of The Apprentice; how Trump's act is getting stale; how social media is not a good business model; Elon Musk; buying Twitter to “make him more interesting at parties”; the Walter Isaacson bio; Elon's vile tweets on Paul Pelosi; his trans daughter; ketamine; Mark Cuban on DEI; abortion in the 2024 election; how social media is fracturing and losing appeal with Gen Z; the decline of cable news; the disinfo on unarmed black men killed by cops; how BLM led to more black lives lost; the grievance-industrial-complex of the right; how its reactionaries just want to “burn s**t down”; why Kara is a China hawk; why she disagrees with Jon Haidt; the TikTok ban; the Twitter Files; Hunter's penis; Tipper Gore and dirty lyrics; and how Kara counsels her four kids about social media and porn.Browse the Dishcast archive for an episode you might enjoy (the first 102 are free in their entirety — subscribe to get everything else). Coming up: Adam Moss on the artistic process, Johann Hari on Ozempic, Nellie Bowles on the woke revolution, Noah Smith on the economy, George Will on Trump and conservatism, Bill Maher on everything, and the great Van Jones! Send any guest recs, dissents, and other comments to dish@andrewsullivan.com.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit andrewsullivan.substack.comNeil is a writer and historian. He used to be a contributing columnist at The Week, and he now co-hosts the “Past Present” history podcast. His first book was We Gather Together: The Religious Right and the Problem of Interfaith Politics, and his new one is Coming Out Republican: A History of the Gay Right.For two clips of our convo — on when the Postal Service snooped on gay men's letters, and Trump's growing support among gays and lesbians — pop over to our YouTube page. Other topics: growing up a gay kid in a Baptist family in central Florida; college at Duke then Columbia while living in NYC for two decades; how gays are a unique minority because they're born randomly across the US; the Best Little Boy in the World syndrome; the libertarian tradition of gay activists; the Mattachine Society; the obscure importance of Dorr Legg and One magazine; the Lavender Scare; the courage of Frank Kameny; how “privileged” white men had more to lose by coming out; the fundraising power of Marvin Liebman; his close friendship with Bill Buckley; the direct-mail pioneer Terry Dolan; Bob Bauman's stellar career in the GOP until getting busted for prostitutes; Michael Barone; David Brock; Barney Frank's slur “Uncle Tom Cabin Republicans”; the AIDS epidemic; how the virus sparked mass outings and assimilation; gay groups decimated by the disease; why gay Republicans wanted to keep the bathhouses open; John Boswell's history on gay Christians; my conservative case for marriage in 1989; the bravery of Bruce Bawer and Jon Rauch; the early opposition to marriage by the gay left and Dem establishment; HRC's fecklessness; the lies and viciousness of gay lefties like Richard Goldstein; Randy Shilts despised by fellow gays; Bayard Rustin; war hero Leonard Matlovich; how DADT drummed out more gays from the military than ever before; Clinton's betrayal with DOMA; the peerless legal work of Evan Wolfson and reaching across the ideological aisle; how quickly the public shifted on marriage; the Log Cabin Republicans in the early ‘00s; Dubya's marriage amendment; his striking down of the HIV travel ban; PEPFAR; Ken Mehlman; Tim Gill; Kennedy's opinion in Obergefell; Gorsuch's opinion in Bostock; Buttigeig's historic run; the RNC's outreach to gays in 2019; Jamie Kirchick's book; Caitlyn Jenner; the groomer slur; the conflict between homosexuality and transness when it comes to kids; Tavistock; and the new conversion therapy.Coming up on the Dishcast: Eli Lake on Israel and foreign affairs, Kara Swisher on Silicon Valley, Adam Moss on the artistic process, George Will on Trump and conservatism, Johann Hari on weight-loss drugs, Noah Smith on the economy, Nellie Bowles on the woke revolution, Bill Maher on everything, and the great Van Jones! Please send any guest recs, dissents, and other pod comments to dish@andrewsullivan.com.

BAGL (Bay Area Gay Liberation) was a major force in 1970s San Francisco labor activism on many fronts, supporting farm workers and gay teachers, and thwarting the Coors beer dynasty's polygraph tests to weed out gays. The group gave BAGL member Charlie Hinton purpose; he describes its ascent and eventual dissolution that resulted over plans to host a gay air force officer.  Read more about queer history from 1970s SF in Christina Hanhardt's 'Safe Space' and Emily Hobson's 'Lavender and Red'. Edited by Tofu Estolas (IG: @terabyte_tofu). Support Sad Francisco and find links to our past episodes on Patreon.

When you agree to a DADT relationship with a closeted partner but it's not moving fast enough into a more polyamorous relationship. That's what's on this week of Non-Monogamy Help. Find the full audio transcription of this episode on my website. Music for this podcast has been provided by Chris Albery-Jones at albery-jones.com and the art was made by Dom Duong at domduong.com! Email ask@nonmonogamyhelp.com with your question or record your question on nonmonogamyhelp.com/contact --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/non-monogamy-help/message

In this episode, we explain the different styles of relationship dynamics that can exist in poly relationships. From hierarchical polyamory to non-hierarchical polyamory, from DADT polyamory to Kitchen Table polyamory, and so on, we'll explore the different ways that these dynamics can play out. . Whether you are polyamorous yourself, curious about alternative relationship structures, or simply seeking to broaden your knowledge, this video is a must-watch. Together, we can foster a more inclusive and compassionate world for everyone. . Remember to subscribe to our channel to stay updated with our latest content. Thank you for joining us on this journey towards understanding and acceptance. .

Navy veteran Lindsay Church, is founder and executive director of Minority Veterans of America and Army veteran Rebekka Eshler is president of Transgender American Veterans Association. The pair continues our special series with a discussion of the prevalence of Military Sexual Trauma in the LGBTQ+ community and how their organizations are addressing the issue. In this series, be aware we will be discussing topics that are sensitive and potentially triggering, so pause and take a break as needed, and remember you can always reach out to the Veterans Crisis Line by dialing 988 and pressing 1. Special Guests: Lindsay Church and Rebekka Eshler.

Learn how two lawsuits against the Air Force and the Department of Defense may impact your discharge and DD Form 214. 1) The Air Force lawsuit "challenges the AFDRB's systemic denial of discharge status upgrades to Air Force veterans who (1) served during the Iraq and Afghanistan era, (2) received less-than-Honorable discharges, and (3) incurred service-connected mental health conditions such as PTSD (and related conditions), Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), or experiences of MST or IPV. (Intimate Partner Violence). They allege that the Air Force has arbitrarily and capriciously failed to apply DoD's policy of liberal consideration to discharge upgrade applications filed by these veterans." 2) The DoD lawsuit alleges that the "Government's discriminatory dismissal of LGBTQ+ service members on the basis of their actual or perceived “homosexuality” was unconstitutional. Likewise, the Government's issuance of DD-214 forms with discriminatory narrative reasons for separation, separation codes, and reenlistment bars is unconstitutional. LGBTQ+ veterans are not treated equally to other veterans, who are issued dismissal paperwork free of references to their sexual orientation." The plaintiffs asks the Court to require Defendants to conduct a comprehensive review of every discharge processed pursuant to DADT and its predecessor policies and systematically remove all indicators of sexual orientation—including (1) narrative reasons for separation, and (2) affiliated separation codes from veterans' DD-214s (and reenlistment codes)—and to require the Defendants to systematically upgrade discharge characterizations to Honorable. Never ever give up - There is always Hope --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ferah-ozbek/message

In this episode, two survivors discuss how they are transforming their personal experiences into a mission to create culture change and prevent and support individuals affected by Military Sexual Trauma. U.S. Navy Reserve Lt. Cmdr. Andrea Goldstein, a member of American Legion Post 84 in Hudson, N.Y., formerly served as the principal adviser to the Secretary of the Navy on integrated prevention efforts. In that capacity she led the Navy's sexual assault, sexual harassment, and suicide prevention and response efforts. Dr. Athena Ives, a Marine Corps sexual assault prevention specialist and forensic criminologist, did her doctoral dissertation on how military culture affects MST. These women share their inspiring journeys as well as the strategies, resources, and support systems they have developed to help survivors and prevent future incidents. In this series, be aware we will be discussing topics that are sensitive and potentially triggering, so pause and take a break as needed, and remember you can always reach out to the Veterans Crisis Line by dialing 988 and pressing 1. Special Guests: Andrea N. Goldstein and Athena Ives, PhD.

Rod Rodriguez and Jack Murphy discuss last week's episode on the CBS News coverage of veterans seeking discharge upgrades from the "don't ask, don't tell" era. They talk military attitudes toward LGBTQ+ service members, witch hunts, agendas and what the DADT era did to the modern military. All that and more on this Fast Take! ___________ This episode is brought to you by Homes For Our Troops, a nonprofit helping build and donate homes to injured post 9/11 veterans. Visit HFOTUSA.org for more information. Now you can hear Military Matters Wednesdays at 5 p.m. ET and Sunday at noon ET on Wreaths Across America Radio available on the iHeart Radio, TuneIn and Audacy apps.

ဒီကနေ့ ကျရောက်တဲ့ကမ္ဘာ့ပတ်ဝန်းကျင်ထိန်းသိမ်းရေးနဲ့အတူ ကျတော်တို့ရဲ့ Doh Athan Doh Talk Podcast အစီအစဉ်သစ်ကိုစတင်လိုက်ပါတယ်။ ဒီအစီအစဉ်မှာဆိုရင်တော့ အာဏာသိမ်းပြီးနောက်ပိုင်း စစ်တပ်ရဲ့ စစ် ယန္တရားတွေပိုမိုလည်ပတ်နိုင်အောင် မီးထိုးပေးနေတဲ့ သတ္တုတူးဖော်ရေးလုပ်ငန်းတွေ တိုးပွားလာနေတဲ့အကြောင်းကို ရှမ်းပြည်နယ် သဘာ၀ပတ်ဝန်းကျင်ထိမ်းသိမ်းရေးလှုပ်ရှားသူ နှစ်ဦးက ဆွေးနွေးထားပါတယ်။ ဒါ့အပြင်နိုင်ငံခြားကုမ္ပဏီတွေမြန်မာနိုင်ငံက ဘာကြောင့် ထွက်ခွာသင့်လဲ ၊ ဖက်ဒရယ်သယံဇာတမူဝါဒဟာ ဒေသခံပြည်သူတွေကို ဘယ်လိုမျိုး အကျိုးပြုသလဲ ဆိုတာတွေပါ နားဆင်ရမှာပါ။

Washington Blade Editor, Kevin Naff is known for best-in-class journalism and coverage of LGBTQ people and issues. He has been with the Blade since 2002, when he took the helm of the nation's oldest LGBTQ news organization. Previous to that, he spent four years at The Baltimore Sun, helping launch the paper's web site in 1996. He has worked as a financial reporter for Reuters, edited a national business trade journal and spent a year in the communications office of a U.S. senator. He graduated from Penn State University with a bachelor's degree in journalism and holds a master's certificate in public policy. He has written a poignant memoir leveraging his birds-eye view of LGBTQ history through the marriage equality, hate crimes legislation, and  defeat of DADT fights. The memoir is boldly titled "How We Won the War for LGBTQ Equality", but its subtitle is the one to which we all need to pay attention:  "And How Our Enemies Could Take it All Away". Fear not, this is no dry telling of gay history, however.  While unlike the bestseller Spare , there were no penises frozen in the writing of How We Won, but there is still plenty of  "T". From the outing of a prominent Fox News Host, to frantically crawling under tables at the Washington Correspondents Dinner with Laverne Cox looking for diamonds --there are stories to talk about!  And we do! With co-host Brody Levesque 

Washington Blade Editor, Kevin Naff is known for best-in-class journalism and coverage of LGBTQ people and issues. He has been with the Blade since 2002, when he took the helm of the nation's oldest LGBTQ news organization. Previous to that, he spent four years at The Baltimore Sun, helping launch the paper's web site in 1996. He has worked as a financial reporter for Reuters, edited a national business trade journal and spent a year in the communications office of a U.S. senator. He graduated from Penn State University with a bachelor's degree in journalism and holds a master's certificate in public policy. He has written a poignant memoir leveraging his birds-eye view of LGBTQ history through the marriage equality, hate crimes legislation, and  defeat of DADT fights. The memoir is boldly titled "How We Won the War for LGBTQ Equality", but its subtitle is the one to which we all need to pay attention:  "And How Our Enemies Could Take it All Away". Fear not, this is no dry telling of gay history, however.  While unlike the bestseller Spare , there were no penises frozen in the writing of How We Won, but there is still plenty of  "T". From the outing of a prominent Fox News Host, to frantically crawling under tables at the Washington Correspondents Dinner with Laverne Cox looking for diamonds --there are stories to talk about!  And we do! With co-host Brody Levesque 

The pre-Don't Ask Don't Tell days in the military were a challenge for members who wanted to serve their country but had to stay closeted. Even during DADT, they couldn't talk openly about their families, received no dependent benefits for their spouses, and risked their careers if they were found out. In this portion of my interview with author Julie Tizard about her book The Road to Wings, she talks about what that life was like and why it was important to her to memorialize it in her book. Thanks so much for listening! Stay up to date on book releases, author events, and Aviatrix Book Club discussion dates with the Literary Aviatrix Newsletter. Visit the Aviatrix Book Review website to find over 600 books featuring women in aviation in all genres for all ages. Become a Literary Aviatrix Patron and help amplify the voices of women in aviation. Follow me on social media, join the book club, and find all of the things on the Literary Aviatrix linkt.ree. Blue skies, happy reading, and happy listening!-Liz Booker

Krystina Rivers joins me to chat about her latest release, Last New Beginning, last year's debut, Something Between Us, meeting her wife while serving until DADT, wine, Chicago, friendship and much more. To learn more about Krystina and find links to purchase her books, visit Krystina RiversTo support this podcast, you can buy me a coffee at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/sapphiclauraOr join my Patreon at Sapphic Book Review | creating Bonus fun with sapphic authors | PatreonSupport the show

For Veterans Day, writer Lauren Hough: She grew up in Christian "doomsday" cult The Family, which her father had joined to dodge the Vietnam War. Hough fled to the Air Force, where she got anti-lesbian death threats and her car was torched.

Goat and Fox review and share their experience with a weekly check-in and, otherwise, DADT concerning their interactions with others. Referenced links: Labeling Relationships in Polyamory You can contact us via email at ginandjuicewithgoatandfox@gmail.com Follow us on IG and FB Goat and Fox (@ginandjuicewithgoatandfox) • Instagram photos and videos Gin and Juice with Goat and Fox | Facebook Fox writes about her experience with non-monogamy on A Sexual Libra – Medium Thanks to R Stevenson Art (@rstevensonart) • Instagram for our fabulous show art. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Don't ask, don't tell (DADT) was signed into law November 30, 1993 by the Clinton administration. It was a compromise measure intended to allow lesbian, gay and bisexual service members to serve in the U.S. military without discrimination or harassment as long as they didn't disclose their orientation, or engage in homosexual conduct or same sex marriage. Unfortunately in practice the policy often failed to live up to its intended purpose. In 1993 Dixon Osburn and Michelle Benecke founded the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network with the goal of repealing DADT and eliminating any service bans on gay and lesbian U.S. military personnel. Dixon is in the studio today with Editor -in-Chief Jacqueline Whitt to discuss the eventual repeal of DADT and Dixon's book Mission Possible: The Story of Repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell.

CW Up top: Language. The following episode is our reaction to a dramatized depiction of a real hate crime that occurred in the long ago years of 1999. The following may contain homophobic and transphobic slurs used in reference. Hey Sailor. Or Soldier. Or potential queer somewhere out there in the Ether. I'd apologize for being inconsistent, but I'm cute so we're going to call it "spontaneous". To celebrate my spontaneity, we're going to be talking about "Soldier's Girl", a 2003 dramatization of a 90's hate crime committed against a young man in love with a trans woman by a young man in love with a young man in love with a trans woman. Does the joy of staring at a young Lee Pace playing a trans woman outweigh the brutality of America under DADT((and all the other institutionalized -isms?))? Probably not. But join us on this journey anyway! Don't forget to follow the show on Twitter @kinseyqueery, and your hosts at @ereadsaplenty and @_Wihbot. And don't forget you can always write in to the show at kinseyqueery@gmail.com for a chance to have your emails read on air while we take all the credit for the content! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

A tenth anniversary salute to the end of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"; a Missouri student walkout targets anti-queer bullying; a Turkish court finds no crime in Pride marching, Poland challenges E.U. legal supremacy over LGBTQ rights, a Russian "child protector" calls feminists and queers “extremist”, and a gay federal judge dissects the horrific Texas abortion ban! Those stories — and more this week — when you choose "This Way Out": the world's audio oasis for queer news and culture.

On the tenth anniversary of the repeal of the US military's “Don't Ask, Don't Tell” policy against lesbian, gay and bisexual people serving openly, we review our reporting from the day it happened, going back to the first gay discharge from the Continental Army and foreshadowing the hard decade it would take to extend rights to transgender service members, with comments by David McKean of the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (now the Modern Military Association of America) and author Aaron Belkin (How We Won: Progressive Lessons from the Repeal of “Don't Ask, Don't Tell”), music by Tom Goss and Matt Alber, and more. Hundreds of Missouri high school students protest the bullying of gay senior Danny Lillis, who with two allies was suspended along with the tormentor they fought off (with comments by Danny, his mom, and ally Malani Hohlbaugh, and music by Rachel Platten). And in NewsWrap: Turkish court finds no crime in Pride marching, Poland challenges E.U. legal supremacy over LGBTQ rights, Russian media censor calls feminists and queers extremist, gay federal judge dissects Texas abortion ban, and more international LGBTQ news reported this week by Sarah Montague and Michael LeBeau (produced by Brian DeShazor). All this and more on the October 11, 2021 edition of This Way Out! Join our family of listener-donors today at http://thiswayout.org/donate/

A tenth anniversary salute to the end of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"; a Missouri student walkout targets anti-queer bullying; a Turkish court finds no crime in Pride marching, Poland challenges E.U. legal supremacy over LGBTQ rights, a Russian "child protector" calls feminists and queers “extremist”, and a gay federal judge dissects the horrific Texas abortion ban! Those stories — and more this week — when you choose "This Way Out": the world's audio oasis for queer news and culture.

Joe Castle Baker joins the guys to talk about Tiktok, his dramatic coming out at theater camp and everything in between. But most importantly, wait until the end when he drops the bombshell of who his mom is! Plus, the guys make fun of Brent for his perceived faux-excitement about this week's announcement that LGBTQ service members discharged during DADT are now eligible for full benefits (Brent's actually quite excited). And they wrap things up with a VERY confusing discussion about not-gay icons who should be gay icons, or was it not-gay gay icons? Whatever.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's episode, Jake is joined by two incredible humans who both served under Don't Ask Don't Tell (DADT). This is a bit of a deviation from the norm, but the 10th anniversary of DADT was on Monday September 20 and it's a monumental occasion to look back on how far the military has come since then. Guests Ann and Dena share their experiences in founding the only military-sanctioned LGBTQ+ group for sailors to go to for support and resources. It was an honor to be a part of this conversation and you are sure to enjoy these two guests!

Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we sort through trending pronouns, consider GA Governor Kemp's AIDS vaccine that doesn't exist, salute a decade without DADT, and take a look at this week's headlines. 

It's September 21st. This day in 2011, President Obama repealed the Clinton-era policy of “don't ask don't tell,” regarding openly gay military service members. Jody, Niki, and Kellie discuss why the repeal took almost twenty years, and the push and pull between cultural shifts and policy change. This Day In Esoteric Political History is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. Your support helps foster independent, artist-owned podcasts and award-winning stories. If you want to support the show directly, you can do so on our website: ThisDayPod.com Get in touch if you have any ideas for future topics, or just want to say hello. Our website is thisdaypod.com Follow us on social @thisdaypod Our team: Jacob Feldman, Researcher/Producer; Brittani Brown, Producer; Khawla Nakua, Transcripts; music by Teen Daze and Blue Dot Sessions; Julie Shapiro, Executive Producer at Radiotopia

ROUND 1: Marines go viral for gettin' wet in their whites ... while returning from funeral duty. ROUND 2: Homeless veterans are making a statement as they grow a tent city called ‘veterans row' outside of the Los Angeles VA, complete with a resident rank structure ROUND 3: About damn time - LGBT vets with other than honorable discharges will get VA benefits under new a plan dropping on the 10th anniversary of the repeal of DADT ROUND 4: China's military has a morale problem, which is shocking because gee it sure seems fun to be them Interview with Patrick Murphy (36:22:00) ROUND 5: Afghanistan Updates

Ten years after Don't Ask Don't Tell's repeal, we hear from writer Lauren Hough, who grew up in the infamous Christian free-love and -sex cult The Family, formerly The Children of God. At 18, she joined the US Air Force, where she got death threats and her car was set ablaze because she's lesbian.

Today's show is an interview with Dixon Osburn, an old friend and colleague who was one of the key players in the repeal of the US military's ban on gay service members, the infamous "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. Dixon has a new book out about the history of DADT, "Mission Possible: The Story of Repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell." Dixon and I talk about the history of the gay ban, going back to the early 1900s, the adoption and implementation of DADT under President Clinton, and its ultimate repeal under President Obama. And finally, we close with a discussion of lessons learned that other movements can take away from the successful fight to repeal the gay ban.This is one of our premium episodes. You can listen to a free excerpt here, and then, if the spirit moves you, head on over to Patreon and become a patron. Thanks so much.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

These two crazy cats discuss how picking and choosing one's battles helps to reduce stress. Dutchess Zane attempts to help Big Cat unpack why he prefers “don't ask don't tell” from his partners. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week, the Trump administration launched its war against transgender service members. Contrary to earlier reports, the directive is full scale --- going after current serving fully transitioned individuals as well as all along the transitioning process.  We talk to one such distinguished soldier, LCDR Blake Dremann .  Blake is an active duty service member who just happens to be transgender. He has deployed 11 times over the water, under the water and to Afghanistan. He is also the President of SPARTA, a Transgender Military Advocacy group working to educate leaders and support service members. On Feb 27, Blake was one of 5 service members to testify to Congress on open transgender service.

With special guest co-host, esteemed journalist, Brody Levesque! After a highly decorated 18-year career in the Air Force, Major Margaret Witt was discharged based on an allegation that she had engaged in sexual conduct with another woman: a civilian with whom she was in a committed relationship, in their home, miles from any military base. The ACLU of Washington sued, claiming that the “Don't Ask, Don't Tell” policy and its application to Witt, violated her rights of liberty and equal protection. She won her case in 2010 and settled with the Air Force in 2011. The success of the Witt case at the Ninth Circuit and the district court contributed to Congress's passage of legislation finally allowing the executive branch to end the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. Now, Witt is ready to tell her whole story to the world in her upcoming memoir, TELL: Love, Defiance, and the Military Trial at the Tipping Point for Gay Rights, which she has co-written with Tim Connor. Major Witt is inspiring beyond imagination and reading about all the action behind the scenes gives the reader a whole new appreciation for her bravery, the ACLU, and our military.   “Major Witt's trial provided an unparalleled opportunity to attack the central premise of [Don't Ask, Don't Tell] . . . and set an important precedent.”— The New York Times  

Independent investigative journalism, broadcasting, trouble-making and muckraking with Brad Friedman of BradBlog.com

We welcome Karen Ocamb and Matt Thorn, the foremost experts on the Trans Ban to our show.  We will tell you the inside scoop details of what has happened, and what is likely to happen next.  Also joining is premier journalist Brody Levesque.  Call ins, particularly from transgender individuals, welcome.

Donald Trump disrupted the lives of approximately 15,000 heroic transgender military citizens with one of the most bizarre and irresponsible presidential communications in history:   "After consultation with my Generals and military experts, please be advised that the United States Government will not accept or allow transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military," Trump wrote. "Our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming victory and cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail." We talk again to Matt Thorn, Executive Director of OutServe and Brody Levesque, expert journalist. They will give us the very latest on this horrific situation, a Pentagon in chaos and a military that is angry and in turmoil as a result.

Exclusive: The attack against Trans Military people from some GOP in Congress While we are all distracted about Trump, tweets, Russia and Healthcare, some GOP hatemongers have been trying to overtly attack transgender military personnel. So far the most heinous attempt was thwarted by narrowly few votes. The threat is not gone, and tonight we talk to some folks behind the scene. Matthew F. Thorn, Executive Director of OutServe-SLDN tells us about his campaign against these initiatives, and details of the fight ahead. Matt sits on a variety of Boards of Director's from state to national organizations and volunteers his time to a variety of progressive and social change non-profits and advocacy groups. He is a leading fundraising and non-profit management professional. For the last decade his work has consisted of a variety of areas including the homeless, the arts, education, the developmentally disabled and LGBT issues.    Brody Levesque, good friend of the show, and leading journalist also joins to give some perspective to this issue as it sits in the current social and political landscape.      

**Content warning: There is a brief mention of slurs in the episode.** Richard Comspon Sater retired from the US Air Force Reserves having served twenty-four years under "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." His debut M/M romance novel "Rank" deals with a second lieutenant in the Air Force falling in love with a brigadier general. Richard talks about writing, serving under DADT, how its repeal changed the book, and it's determined that Austin's father is the personification of a soft, old sweater.

Retired staff Sergeant Eric Alva revisiting the days of his activism to repeal DADT, a discriminatory military policy preventing LGB soldiers from serving openly. That policy has since been repealed. Dr. Mason Turner of Kaiser Permanente on the impact of "preferences" when dating online in the LGBT community.

7 AM - Man dies from dumpling eating contest; The last word on DADT; "Nude-in" this weekend in SF; Troy Davis was executed by the state of Georgia last night.

Nicole talks about the welcomed death of DADT and and disgusting execution of a likely innocent Troy Davis by Georgia. Guests are rapper Jasiri X and The Political Carnival's GottaLaff

9 AM - 2 and a Half Men season premiere; Chaz Bono's weight; Teens are not affected by online slurs; Fox News' Jennifer Griffin reports on DADT ending and an ex-president of Afghanistan being killed; Gays in the military!

Nicole Sandler speaks with Autumn Sandeen, who was at the DADT repeal bill signing ceremony with Dan Choi, and Cindy Paoletti, a 99er who explained what they're up against