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This post has been cross-posted at the Politics blog at FeastofFun.com as Stories from the front lines: letters to Barack Obama from gay soldiers. Please support FeastofFun in all that they do to try to bring knowledge, awareness and entertainment to the LGBTIQA community. In order to try to raise awareness about the heartbreak brought on by the discriminatory "Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't pursue," law and to garner support for the Military Readiness Enhancement Act which would repeal it, the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network has asked me to participate, along with dozens of other blogs, in posting daily letters from gay soldiers--discharged, or fearing discharge--to the President. I plan to post these letters daily at my blog, http://ameriqueer.blogspot.com . Get the tissues ready. LETTER FOR THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 2010: “Stories from the Frontlines: Letters to President Barack Obama” is a new media campaign launched to underscore the urgent need for congre...

Read my latest Bilerico Project post: The time to demand unequivocal Progressive support I think everyone's already put their two cents in on 'Maine'--including myself and Maggie Gallagher. Certainly we're not all on the same page on marriage, but what happened in Maine was a demoralizing defeat for a lot of people. The same-sex couples in Maine in desperate need of legal protections for their relationships, and the young lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender teens who had to endure severe and dehumanizing scrutiny in the media are the folks I feel worst for. I feel sort of bad for our whole Progressive movement too. Our movement is easily distracted. We are a broad and curious umbrella of causes. We are united by a common proclivity toward supporting society's greater good, equality and justice and building on rights, access and protections for people rather than limiting them. The form that this progress ought come in, however, seems to often be very different de...

Well we're all Forty-Niners now! (check this post out on Lundon-Calling. net ) Lundon Calling's 49th show was spectacular! Lance was able to keep Ace at bay for about 5 minutes, but Ace made it very clear to Lance that his name is on the Marquee--he does NOT appreciate being interrupted! LISTEN HERE ! Happy Samhain, everyone! Happy Halloween everyone else! Happy BOTH Saint Patrick! We discussed a lot from religion, Jamaican and Brazilian homophobia, DADT, David Mixner's Live from Hell's Kitchen , Las Vegas, Last House on the Left , Bilerico.com , Detroit and Simone Bell , to Hate Crimes legislation, to the March (again) and what we're doing now, to Islam and sexual harassment--even straight people! What's your opinion of Fox News? Do you think Ace should switch the channel or is he right to watch? Where do you get your news? I get mine from CNN.com , LGBT blogs, Newser --am I too limited, too biased? Who's getting better news--Ace or me? Hey Lance--...