Written by Instinct Staff | Friday, 21 October 2011
Tags: barack obama, iraq war, military, end of war, coming home, president, breaking news, veterans, soldiers, announcement, huffington post
In one year, under Obama's administration, Osama went down, Gaddafi went down, DADT went down and now tens of thousands of soldiers are coming home! Screw military experience; President Barack Obama and his administration's handling of militarism is proving to be fierce. Read and watch the President's announcement after the jump.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Sunday, 09 October 2011
Tags: rick santorum, fox news, chris wallace, don't ask don't tell, republican, gay soldiers, civil rights, homophobia, politics, video
We don't know what's more surprising, the fact that Rick Santorum continues to defend is archaic DADT defense or that Fox News' Chris Wallace took that rhetoric and threw it back in his homophobic face. Check it out, after the jump.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Thursday, 06 October 2011
Tags: michele bachmann, don't ask don't tell, gay, lesbian, soldiers, destroy armed forces, reinstate, dadt, dbags, 2012 elections, gop
She may be sadly clawing on to any remaining bit of relevancy, but Michele Bachmann's last-ditch efforts to fire up the homophobic right wing still stings. Details follow.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Friday, 23 September 2011
Tags: time magazine, officer x, don't ask don't tell, dadt, repeal, gay soldiers, lgbt, comes out, karl johnson
Don't let anyone who sat in the audience at Thursday night's Fox News GOP candidate debate know, but, thanks to "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" repeal, Time Magazine's "Officer X" has been able to reveal his identity. So, what does 1st Lieutenant Karl Johnson of the Air Force have to say about using his real name in his byline for the first time?
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Written by Instinct Staff | Tuesday, 20 September 2011
Tags: dan choi, dadt, don't ask don't tell, repeal, military, openly gay, service members, soldiers, army, re-enlistment, coming out, lgbt
It's been two years since Former Instinct Leading Man Dan Choi was kicked out of the military for being openly gay, and now that DADT is officially repealed he is proving that he's willing to again walk the walk. Details and his reasoning for re-enlisting after the jump.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Tuesday, 13 September 2011
Tags: department of defense, soldiers, openly gay, post DADT, guidelines, uniform, rules of conduct, lgbt, pride, political events, uniform, sldn
Rules, rules, rules. The American military is full of 'em. With one set of discriminatory rules ("Don't Ask, Don't Tell") about to go out the Humvee window on September 20, another set of rules in the form of conduct guidelines for gay troops has flown in. Gay troops ready to let the Pride rip a week from today (much in the same way of the previous post) should take heed to the new expectations imposed upon them...
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Written by Instinct Staff | Tuesday, 13 September 2011
Tags: soldiers, iraq, video, lip dub, music, aqua, barbie girl, hotties
A week ago today we found out that Aqua's "Barbie Girl" was voted the "Worst Song of the 90s," today we get the most interesting soldier lip-dub to date putting military mettle behind the dis-honor. Follow the jump to see just how bored American troops must get late at night.
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Tags: california, rep. duncan hunter, dadt, dont ask dont tell, repeal, slow, protect, straight, soldiers, troops, gay, lgbt, harass, bully, law, dbags, homophobia
California Rep. Duncan Hunter (an infamous d-bag around these parts for his attempts to slow repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell") is unfortunately back...and with a vengeance. You'll never guess the deplorable tactic the asshat is up to now... (Well, our headline might clue you in.)
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Written by Instinct Staff | Wednesday, 31 August 2011
Tags: jerry buell, homophobes, bigots, d-bags, florida, teacher, cesspool, jesus christ, christianity, dadt, don't ask don't tell, murder, gay, soldiers, students, equality florida, lake county
Teachings of Jerry Buell, the Florida teacher briefly suspended for calling marriage equality a "cesspool" that makes him want to throw up, have hit the Internet, and, folks, they aren't pretty. Last week, we brought word to you that Buell, fresh off the decision by the Lake County School District to reinstate his teaching status, promised to teach kids like "Jesus Christ himself." Today, thanks to Equality Florida, we get an idea of what Buell imagines Jesus would teach kids about gay people.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Friday, 05 August 2011
Tags: british, hotties, army, military, uk, england, soldiers, lip dub, glee, music videos, don't stop believing, shirtless
Well, judging by their perfected skin to uniform ratio, they certainly know who would be watching the video... Follow the jump to watch Brit soldiers lip-dub Glee while working out shirtless. (Yes, you read that right!)
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Written by Instinct Staff | Friday, 29 July 2011
Tags: sldn, servicemembers legal defense network, dadt, don't ask don't tell, gay, lgbt, soldiers, out, open, freedom to serve, military
DADT will be but a distant memory in a few months time and the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network wants LGBT service members (both current and veterans) and their family members to be prepared for the new landscape. To accomplish this, SLDN has published a landmark legal guide for the post-DADT era titled "Freedom to Serve."
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