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It’s been less than a year since “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” was repealed, and soon, gays and lesbians can come out – or go in – to the military without fear of losing their careers.
For many, the battle to allow gay and lesbian soldiers to serve openly was the end of a long journey, and a momentous victory for civil rights. Reporter Priscilla Yuki Wilson has more.
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KALW 91.7FM:
May 24, 2011
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PRISCILLA YUKI WILSON: The “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” story begins in 1993…
ZOE DUNNING: I was so excited when Clinton got elected, it was just … there was a street party in the Castro, I went out and celebrated and…
That’s retired Navy commander, Zoe Dunning.
DUNNING: …and I had so much hope and thought that he was going to fulfill his campaign pledge. And so, I let my guard down and I allowed myself to think that this was a done deal. Like the President of the United States said that he was going to make this happen, and I believed him.
Three days before President Clinton was inaugurated, Dunning announced that she was a lesbian during a Sunnyvale rally in support of gay soldiers.
DUNNING: I am both a lesbian and naval officer…
Dunning had already served in the Navy for 12 years, hiding her identity. She believed that the ban on gay solders in the military would be lifted. But she w...
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