DADT Repeal Activist Lt. Dan Choi Recalled To Active Duty
UPDATE: The Huffington Post has published a correction.
- Jason Linkins, www.huffingtonpost.com Feb 9, 2010
In a sign that momentum behind a repeal of the military’s “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy is having an impact, openly gay U.S. Army National Guard Lieutenant Dan Choi has been recalled to active duty.
Choi, a West Point graduate and trained Arabic linguist, was dismissed from duty in the spring of 2009, because of “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell.” Since then, he’s been a leading voice for the cessation of the policy. The Advocate has more:
Gay military rights advocate Lt. Dan Choi has been reportedly called back into active duty. Photographer Jeff Sheng, who recently turned his lens on active gay and lesbian service members, confirmed the news in a blog posting on Bilerico.com.
Over at Bilerico, blogger Jeff Sheng has a photo of Choi, back in training and looking glad to be there. He reports that Choi’s return to active duty prevented him from leading a workshop at this past weekend’s NGLTF Creating Change conference.
Spencer Ackerman, who has been following this story for The Washington Independent, offers this in the way of analysis: “That’s a strong sign that even ahead of a full repeal of the so-called gay ban, proceeding at a deliberate, year-long pace advocated by the Pentagon’s top leadership, relaxed enforcement of the policy is already in place.”
