Tuesday, September 20, 2011

As gay military ban ends, officer sheds his alias (AP)

In this Sept. 17, 2011, photo U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Josh Seefried poses for a photo in Philadelphia. For several years, he operated under an alias J.D. Smith while organizing an underground network for gay military personnel, pushing the Pentagon to communicate with gay service members about the law that prevented them from serving openly. He was even a guest of the White House at the December ceremony where President Obama signed the bill paving the way for the ban’s repeal. With 'don't ask, don't tell' about to end, the pseudonym J.D. Smith will no longer exist.  (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - J.D. Smith came into being when a gay student group in upstate New York needed a speaker to talk about the U.S. military's ban on openly gay troops. In the 16 months since then, he advised the Pentagon on the policy, became an oft-quoted media commentator on the topic and was a White House guest when President Barack Obama signed the bill paving the way for the ban's appeal.


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