You may have heard of this thing called LGBT Pride Month. Some people aren’t too crazy about it. But that didn’t stop President Barack Obama from celebrating the occasion. Several hundred activists, national leaders and other individuals were invited to the White House for a […]
Tag: policy
Defense Secretary Announces DADT Changes
Earlier today, Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced changes to the enforcement of the US military's Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy. He said at a Penragon news conference: "I believe these changes represent an important improvement in the way the current law is put into practice, above […]
Will Obama Be Delivering Big News On DADT?
Tomorrow night's State of the Union address may or may not be the "most important" speech of President Barack Obama's political career, but one thing's for sure–he'll be addressing the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy of the US military. How exactly will he be addressing […]
Are H&M Stores Cutting Up Unsold Clothing?
Well, that's one way to get rid of unsold merchandise… The New York Times is reporting that the Herald Square H&M store in Manhattan gets rid of clothing by destroying it completely and throwing it away in trash bags. Though this has been called a […]
Gerard Butler Tackles DADT On SNL
This past weekend's episode of Saturday Night Live gave a royal whipping to the Don't Ask Don't Tell policy. In one skit, host Gerard Butler joined the cast for a spoof of his film 300. The sequence also poked fun at President Barack Obama's slow pace on the […]
Have You Ever: Lied To Give Blood?
To this day, the FDA and American Red Cross have banned any men who have slept with another man even once since 1977 from donating blood or being listed on the National Bone Marrow registry. The policy is blatantly discriminatory and outdated, even more so […]