"Don't ask,don't tell" (DADT) was the official United States policy on military service of non-heterosexual people. Instituted during the Clinton administration,the policy was issued under Department of Defense Directive 1304.26 on December 21,1993,and was in effect from February 28,1994,until September 20,2011. The policy prohibited military personnel from discriminating against or harassing closeted homosexual or bisexual service members or applicants,while barring openly gay,lesbian,or bisexual persons from military service. This relaxation of legal restrictions on service by gays and lesbians in the armed forces was mandated by Public Law 103–160,which was signed November 30,1993. The policy prohibited people who "demonstrate a propensity or intent to engage in homosexual acts" from serving in the armed forces of the United States,because their presence "would create an unacceptable risk to the high standards of morale,good order and discipline,and unit cohesion that are the essence of military capability".
Roy Michael Huffington Jr. is an American politician,LGBT activist,and film producer. He was a member of the Republican Party,and a congressman for one term,1993–1995,from California. Huffington was married to Arianna Huffington,the Greek-born co-founder of HuffPost,from 1986 to 1997.
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) is an American LGBTQ advocacy group. It is the largest LGBTQ political lobbying organization within the United States. Based in Washington,D.C.,the organization focuses on protecting and expanding rights for LGBTQ individuals,most notably advocating for same-sex marriage,anti-discrimination and hate crimes legislation,and HIV/AIDS advocacy. The organization has a number of legislative initiatives as well as supporting resources for LGBTQ individuals.
The Log Cabin Republicans (LCR) is an organization affiliated with the Republican Party which advocates for equal rights for LGBT+ Americans,by educating the LGBT+ community and Republicans about each other.
Jane Maria Swift is an American politician and nonprofit executive who served as the 69th lieutenant governor of Massachusetts from 1999 to 2003 and,concurrently,as acting governor from April 2001 to January 2003. She was the first woman to perform the duties of governor of Massachusetts. At the time she became acting governor,Swift was 36 years old,making her the youngest female governor or acting governor in U.S. history.
Same-sex marriage has been legally recognized in Massachusetts since May 17,2004,as a result of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) ruling in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health that it was unconstitutional under the Massachusetts Constitution to allow only opposite-sex couples to marry. Massachusetts became the sixth jurisdiction in the world to legalize same-sex marriage. It was the first U.S. state to open marriage to same-sex couples.
The 2002 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 5,2002. Incumbent Republican acting governor Jane Swift chose not to seek a full term in office. Republican businessman Mitt Romney defeated Democratic Treasurer Shannon O'Brien.
Don Korotsky Norte is an American gay rights political activist. Norte's career covers over thirty years of public service with federal,state,and local government,including the US Defense Department the US General Services Administration (GSA) and the New York State Department of Parks,Recreation and Historic Preservation.
The political positions of Mitt Romney have been recorded from his 1994 U.S. senatorial campaign in Massachusetts,the 2002 gubernatorial election,during his 2003–2007 governorship,during his 2008 U.S. presidential campaign,in his 2010 book No Apology:The Case for American Greatness,during his 2012 U.S. presidential campaign,and during his 2018 senatorial campaign in Utah. Some of these political positions have changed,while others have remained unchanged.
Ryan J. Davis is an American theater director,writer,political consultant,and progressive activist. In 2006,a musical he conceived,White Noise received positive reviews and was featured on Good Morning America and ABC Primetime Live. In 2007 Davis' satirical attack ad against Rudy Giuliani,"Gays For Giuliani," received media attention from CNN,MSNBC,and a feature in The Washington Post. He is a contributing writer for The Huffington Post and The Hill,and writes for his blog,Ryan J. Davis Blogs.
Outrage is a 2009 American documentary film written and directed by Kirby Dick. The film presents a narrative discussing the hypocrisy of people purported in the documentary to be closeted gay or bisexual politicians who promote anti-gay legislation. It premiered at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival before being released theatrically on May 8,2009. It was nominated for a 2010 Emmy Award,and won Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival's jury award for best documentary. The documentary's prime subject was Michael Rogers,founder of BlogActive.com.
Gay Republicans is a 2004 television documentary film directed by Wash Westmoreland that focuses on four Log Cabin Republicans as they struggle with President George W. Bush's unequivocal opposition to gay marriage and are forced to make a choice:Whether to be good Republicans and support the President,or stand up for their civil rights as gay Americans. This decision afforded them a historic opportunity to affect the 2004 presidential election,but it also opens schisms that threatens the unity of the Log Cabin itself.
GOProud was an American tax exempt 527 organization supported by fiscally conservative gay men,lesbians,and their allies. GOProud advocated for free markets,limited government,and a respect for individual rights and worked at the federal and state levels to build strong coalitions of liberal conservative and libertarian activists,organizations and policy makers to advance their shared values and beliefs.
R. Clarke Cooper is an American diplomat and combat veteran who served as the 19th Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs from 2019 to 2021. Cooper is currently a Nonresident Senior Fellow with the Atlantic Council focusing on the Middle East.
Log Cabin Republicans v. United States,658 F.3d 1162 was a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of 10 U.S.C. §654,commonly known as don't ask,don't tell (DADT),which,prior to its repeal,excluded homosexuals from openly serving in the United States military. The Log Cabin Republicans (LCR),an organization composed of lesbian,gay,bisexual,and transgender (LGBT) Republicans,brought the suit on behalf of LCR members who serve or served in the military and were subject to DADT.
This is a list of events in 2011 that affected LGBT rights.
Christopher R. Barron is an American political activist best known as the cofounder of GOProud,a political organization representing gay conservatives. He is the president of CapSouth Consulting,a political consulting firm,and previously the organizer of LGBT for Trump and the national political director for Log Cabin Republicans,where he directed the organization's federal lobbying efforts and media relations.
Marc Solomon is a gay rights advocate. He was the national campaign director of Freedom to Marry,a group advocating same-sex marriage in the United States. Solomon is author of the book Winning Marriage:The Inside Story of How Same-Sex Couples Took on the Politicians and Pundits—and Won. As executive director of MassEquality from 2006 through 2009,he led the campaign to defeat a constitutional amendment that would have reversed Massachusetts' same-sex marriage court ruling. Politico describes Solomon as "warm and embracing" and "a born consensus builder—patient,adept at making personal connections,preternaturally gifted at politics without seeming at all like a politician."
LGBTQ+ conservatism in the United States is a social and political ideology within the LGBTQ+ community that largely aligns with the American conservative movement. LGBTQ+ conservatism is generally more moderate on social issues than social conservatism,instead emphasizing values associated with fiscal conservatism,libertarian conservatism,and neoconservatism.
Jordan Evans is an American politician who was the only openly transgender Republican Party elected official in the United States.
