Military bases to stock magazine for gay personnel "OutServe"
Peter LloydFollowing years of campaigning, America's Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy will be scrapped on 20 September – and, from that date forward, military bases across the US will stock a magazine exclusively for queer personnel.
Both Army and Air Force officials have approved the distribution of the magazine – called Outserve – which was originally an underground, covert publication, but is now becoming increasingly popular as more service men and women come out.
Snug in its cultural and political timing, the magazine's expansion marks the end of the 20-year DADT policy which has forcibly removed openly-gay and lesbian personnel from serving in the forces.
The bi-monthly publication is published by a group of secretly gay service members who claim they have hundreds of members currently serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Their first electronic-only issue in March had over 10,000 impressions within the first 48 hours.
Outserve is a non-profit organization with a network of over 40 chapters of 4,000 actively serving Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, & Transgendered military professionals.
The Department of Defense will formally repeal DADT on 20 September.
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