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Monday, July 11 2011

"I Am Not the Defiant One": Lt. Dan Choi and the Vital Need to Achieve Full Personhood

Outspoken LGBT activist Lt. Dan Choi has sacrificed much to help advance the gay rights movement, and insists that there is far more to go. He talks with PopMatters about the current state of LGBT rights, his unfiltered thoughts on President Obama, and the one piece of advice he regrets having followed ...

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