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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 newest Bilerico Post: What will President Obama do about that pesky federal Prop 8 suit? While the federal Proposition 8 lawsuit continues its battle in federal court, leaders in the LGBT community are casting a suspicious eye on the White House, asking whether or not our 'fierce advocate' up there is going to come to our aide when thousands of same-sex couples in California most need him. The argument that the Department of Justice used to defend their defense of DOMA in federal court was that they have a duty to defend federal law. Well, this may or may not be true--certainly, there is a lot of credible evidence supporting that this would be correct protocol for any non-dictator President. However, Prop 8 is state law, not federal law--if the Department of Justice chose to file a brief in the case, they would be free to take whichever side they chose, and certainly take side against the law: as Bush's DOJ did on many occasions. President Obama will, in all ...

First: Maggie Gallagher, Stephen Baldwin, former Miss USA/Miss California USA/Director of the Miss California USA Pageant, and Former Miss California Reverend Nicole Lamarche all debate with Joy Behar on Larry King Live--ITS SO AWESOME ! National: C ol. Diane Schroer won her case against the Library of Congress for wrongful termination when they found out she'd be transitioning . White House Watch: In December, Barak Obama told us he had always been a "consistent" and "fierce advocate" for the gay community . In four and a half months in office, the most we've gotten out of the White House is a single 1-paragraph statement supporting the Hate Crimes Legislation that was at the time going through Congress. For years--especially those years they were the underdogs--democrats have relied on the LGBT community for staunch support, money, time and expertise. I knew no less than one dozen gay and lesbian people working/volunteering for Obama's campaign ...

Since its coming so late on a Friday night, I decided to call it a nightcap. What do you think? For starters, check out this MSNBC video of David Schuster Destroying NOM's Brian Brown . WAL-MART NEEDS TO OUST THEIR CEO-- BIGOT SUPPORTED ARKANSAS GAY ADOPTION BAN WITH TONS OF MONEY ! Nationally: Our White House Website scandal has evolved rapidly all day long. First, as I had already reported, the Blogosphere lit up with the news the White House had taken down LGBT-friendly language on their website . The White House responded and said that they were changing that site's direction from a campaign and transition site to an active administration site . Then, suddenly and mysteriously, much of the language was restored to the website --however more assertive wording about Don't Ask Don't Tell--"repeal"--was changed to "change." Then, as magically as before, the language was changed back to "repeal. " All very strange, but in my opinion ...