#DONEwithDOMA: Meet Dan and Lt. Gary Ross

By Dan Ross

I am married to Lieutenant Gary Ross. He graduated from high school a year early and he enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1995 at the age of 17. “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT) was already in effect and the so-called Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) went into effect the following year. After a few years, Gary decided to become an officer and he received an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy. He began school in 1998 and I met him on a dating website in 2000. We have been in a committed relationship for over 13 years. Gary graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 2002 and his class was the first class to graduate into war after the terrorist attacks on 9/11. He has been assigned to several ships and he is currently the Combat Systems Officer on U.S.S. ANCHORAGE (LPD 23) in San Diego.

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A Historic Win

By Eddy Sweeney

In a historic moment for the United States, President Barack Obama has been reelected as the 44^th President, the first African American to win reelection in our nation’s history.  OutServe-SLDN newly installed Executive Director, Allyson Robinson, praised tonight’s decision:  “It’s clear from tonight’s results that Americans have no desire to turn the clock back on our drive to full equality.” Read More

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POTUS Debates: Where’s DOMA?

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Military has Suicide Prevention Fund Surplus

By Shaun Knittel
Online News Editor

Congressman Jim McDermott (WA-7) and Congressman Leonard Boswell (IA-3) urged leaders of the U.S. House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee this week, to work with them in getting the Pentagon to use all of its unspent suicide prevention funds to reach more service members as soon as possible, and to go even Read More

Conservative LGBT Groups in Uphill Fight

By David Small

I was impressed by the invitation of an LGBT group to be among those with an influential voice in the Republican National Convention in Tampa this week.

The Log Cabin Republicans were able to insert themselves into the platform debates this last week at the official invitation of the Republican National Convention. Four years ago, Read More

Vet Pings GOP on Marriage Equality

Capt. Joan Darrah has written a letter to Gov. Bob McDonnell (R-VA), chair of the national Republican Party platform committee, asking to address the committee in support of the freedom to marry and the recognition of all marriages when it meets in Tampa next week.Read More