Comments on: OutServe to provide voice to LGBT troops

By: chief

chief — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 13:26:23 +0000

this is the largest group of active duty members serving under DADT. SU and SLDN have different goals than OutServe.
Servicemembers United actively engages in education, advocacy, and lobbying on issues affecting the gay military, veteran, and defense community.

SLDN is a national, non-profit legal services, watchdog and policy organization dedicated to ending discrimination against and harassment of military personnel affected by “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” and related forms of intolerance.
But, OutServe is OutServe is the only underground network of actively serving LGBT military members. (and their supporters!)
We are in the military now, and we need friends who know us, know our problems, can help us…how do you find friends if you can’t ask or tell anyone about a large part of your life? Outserve is a facilitator for that. As well as giving us a voice on the issue of implementing the repeal. No other organization has approached the DoD to offer the collective knowledge and assistance of gay service members.

By: Jay B.

Jay B. — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 13:09:28 +0000

@Duane – No other group is exclusively gay and active duty. There’s room for more viewpoints.

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Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:34:32 +0000

[...] “aims to give new voice to LGBT service members currently serving in the U.S. military,” says The Washington Blade, a DC based website targeting the LGBT [...]

By: Duane S.

Duane S. — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:51:04 +0000

While I applaud the group for their efforts, it seems like overkill. We already have Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, Servicemembers United and others working towards repeal. Do we need another group? Wouldn’t time and energy be better spent in bulking up the existing groups?