As DADT Repeal Talk Gains Steam, A Gay Guardsman Is Back With His Unit

A National Guardsman who became a cause celebre among gay-rights groups last year, after announcing on The Rachel Maddow Show that he is gay and being recommended for discharge, has returned to training with his unit. The move doesn’t appear to be evidence of an explicit policy change on Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, but it does appear to count as more potential evidence of a shift in attitude in military circles. Last June, Dan Choi announced on MSNBC that he was gay, prompting a National Guard board to recommend that he be discharged under the military’s Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Policy.

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As DADT Repeal Talk Gains Steam, A Gay Guardsman Is Back With His Unit