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  • Power in Numbers

    By on November 28, 2007

    The twelve thousand American flags that will decorate the National Mall beginning Friday, Nov. 30, through Sunday, Dec. 2, represent the many military service members...

  • Call to Arms

    By on September 26, 2007

    It was a different Army when Aubrey Sarvis served for just over three years in the mid-Sixties, a portion of that time in Vietnam. And...

  • Leadership changes

    By on April 25, 2007

    Tasha Hill was already on her way to Washington from Colorado before accepting a position as the new executive director of the Sexual Minority Youth...

  • Cybill Rights

    By on March 21, 2007

    How can you not love Cybill Shepherd? From her stunning on-screen debut as the sexually manipulative Jacy Farrow in 1971's The Last Picture Show to...

  • Spreading the Word

    By on March 21, 2007

    Pam Grier enjoys being something you don't expect. She is, after all, the iconic star of such '70s blaxploitation action classics as Coffy and Foxy...

  • Red, White and Bleu

    By on March 21, 2007

    Bleu Copas was 20 the first time he visited New York City -- a trip that included a visit to the observation deck atop the...

  • Closed Door for Navy Hopefuls

    By on September 27, 2006

    Two women were ready to join the Navy on Tuesday, but the Navy wasn't ready for them. Continuing a 30-city campaign of protest against the...

  • Secret Service

    By on May 10, 2006

    In a time of war, a good man is hard to find. Which makes it all the more frustrating that the U.S. military continues to...

  • Give a Hoot, Don't Recruit

    By on March 30, 2005

    When it comes to protesting the Pentagon's ban on allowing gay and lesbian people to serve openly, law schools have been in the forefront. But...

  • Military Backup

    By on January 19, 2005

    For the past year, the Arlington, Va.-based Military Community Services Network has been trying to fill a niche. Today's military may have a commitment to...

  • SLDN's Full Court Press

    By on December 8, 2004

    When Monica Hill joined the Air Force in the 1990s, she and her partner thought it was an excellent way to both act on her...

  • This Man's Army

    By on September 29, 2004

    By 71, a thoughtful person should reach a point where he has learned a thing or two. One thing Keith Kerr has learned is that...

  • 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Goes to War

    By on September 22, 2004

    Today, the Department of Defense can offer a count showing that military operations related to invading Afghanistan and Iraq -- operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi...

  • Leading the Charge

    By on June 30, 2004

    Cheryl Jacques had a tough act to follow when she arrived in D.C. last January to take the helm of the Human Rights Campaign. The...

  • Marching Forward

    By on May 19, 2004

    ''I think SLDN has achieved more in ten years than anyone would have dared hope for,'' says C. Dixon Osburn, executive director of the Servicemembers...