September 2010 Blog Posts (7)

Oceanside/Carlsbad Vet Persuades Senator Webb to Vote to Repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell

Oceanside Vet persuades Sen. Jim Webb on DADT

The vote on DADT failed by just three votes, but Oceanside veteran Evelyn Thomas traveled to Washington to speak with Sen. Jim Webb, who had been wavering on the DADT vote. In an ingenious approach, Thomas and other veterans used a powerful tactic to persuade Sen. Webb, who did vote for repeal of DADT. This is the kind…

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Added by Evelyn Thomas on September 28, 2010 at 1:47pm — 1 Comment

Organize & Do Obtain Equality

This week we have seen two major and unnecessary disappointments in our desire to rid the USA of the INJUSTICE known as Don't Ask Don't Tell Don't Pursue (DADT). They are:

The DADT repeal legislation did not pass in the Senate. Rest assured both major political parties contributed to this result. It was intentional that this would not succeed prior to the Nov 2010 election.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is opposing the end of DADT in the Federal case in Riverside…

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Added by DOD FED GLOBE on September 24, 2010 at 10:46am — No Comments

Fatigues Clothesline: For Victims of Military Sexual Trauma

http://www.fatiguesclothesline.com/

Regina Vasquez is a survivor of MST and has undertaken a project to allow survivors of Military MST to express what they have been through via art. She hopes to have the blouses displayed on the National Mall to call attention to the travesty that is MST.

From Regina's website:…

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Added by DOD FED GLOBE on September 22, 2010 at 11:19pm — No Comments

First Class Citizen In A Second Class Society

The Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender (LGBT) people are not at fault for how badly society treats us.

It is the society that commits blatant acts of harassment, creates legalized injustices, and allows hate crimes/ murders to continue with little to no action that is at fault. …

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Added by DOD FED GLOBE on September 13, 2010 at 10:30am — No Comments

Attention Veterans Kicked Out Via DADT - Want Your Military Job Back?

DOD FED GLOBE Announcement

DOD FED GLOBE member attorney Tracy Emblem has offered to lead the legal effort for a national class action or MLD law suit(s) to assist veterans that have lost their military jobs from being discharged because of the…

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Added by DOD FED GLOBE on September 11, 2010 at 1:30pm — No Comments