Tell: Love, Defiance, and the Military Trial at the Tipping Point for Gay Rights
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| Rating | : | 4.49 (773 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1611688426 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-11-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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Tell captures the tension and drama of the politically charged legal battle that led to the congressional repeal of the controversial law and helped pave the way for a suite of landmark political and legal victories for gay rights. That is, until Margie Witt’s landmark case put a stop to it.Tell is the riveting story of Major Margaret Witt’s dedicated and decorated military career as a frontline flight nurse, and of her love and devotion to her partner—now wife—Laurie Johnson. This was also the year that President Clinton’s plan for gays to serve openly in the military was quashed by an obdurate Congress, resulting in the blandly cynical political compromise known as Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. Over the next seventeen years more than 13,000 gay soldiers, sailors, marines, coast guard, and airmen and -women were removed from military service. Contrary to its intent, DADT had the perverse effect o
“Few people get to actually witness history and fewer still are fundamental in making it happen. Tell reminds us that now more than ever we must learn to care for each other across differences within our communities, especially when those in power attempt to diminish us.”—Ryan Berg, author of No House to Call My Home. Major Margaret Witt has managed to do both