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Military Acceptance Project
If you’re an LGBT service member on Active Duty (and 18 or older), please consider participating in this study. You could even receive a $25 Amazon Gift Card (if you participate off-duty). Please check...
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My thoughts for National Coming Out Day, 11 October 2013
Today, on National Coming Out day, I thought I would share my thoughts and a bit of my own story. I came out to my friends and family in the summer of 1995, over 18 years ago, just after graduating...
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Wearing my Pride
It’s not that I dress up to go to the gym–I’m really only there to work out. But I’m also well aware of the fact that people who are just at the gym to work out also look around at their fellow...
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Why I’m Alone in Japan, Part 2
Our first USMC Birthday Ball together, 2012. My previous post included all the information I had to date on how I ended up on a permanent assignment without my husband Ben. I know that it is being used...
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Why I’m Alone in Japan
I’ve been posting on Facebook and Twitter lately about how many days it’s been since my husband, Ben, had to leave Japan despite having moved here with me in August when I was stationed here with the...
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My thoughts for National Coming Out Day, 11 October 2013
Today, on National Coming Out day, I thought I would share my thoughts and a bit of my own story. I came out to my friends and family in the summer of 1995, over 18 years ago, just after graduating...
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How Can Southern Baptist Military Chaplains Continue to Serve ‘God and Country’?
I’m so tired of hearing about anti-gay “conscience protections”. There was a time that the military provided safe-haven for racists who based their bigotry on deeply held personal and religious...
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Article in OutServe Magazine
I wrote an article for the most current issue of OutServe Magazine entitled “Service to Country, Service to Family”. There’s an excerpt below, but you can read the entire article here. As members of...
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Today is the big day!
Today is the day! All the news of our wedding will be at our blog, benandmatthew.com
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I’m Getting Married in the Morning (actually the afternoon)
If you haven’t found it already, be sure to check out our wedding blog at benandmatthew.com. You can watch the ceremony online at Livestream. Please also consider donating to our Okinawa Fund to help...
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Ben + Matthew’s Wedding Registry
Ben and I will be getting married in a few weeks and set up our Wedding Registry at MyRegistry.com. With our upcoming move to Okinawa, we don’t have much need for many things. We are, however,...
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A Video from Freedom to Marry on How DOMA Affects Us
When I’m transferred to Okinawa this summer, Ben will come along, but at our expense because the Defense of Marriage Act prohibits him from being listed officially as my spouse or dependent. We filmed...
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Why DOMA needs to go… Now.
Serving my country as a United States Marine has been and continues to be the greatest privilege and honor of my life. In just a few short months my commitment to defending our nation will take me to...
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Center for American Progress and OutServe-SLDN Video
Ben and I recently recorded a video about the challenges we will face as a military family under the Defense of Marriage Act. You can watch it here: The video was released in conjunction with a report...
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StoryCorps Military Voices Initiative
Ben and I told our story as part of the StoryCorps Military Voices Initiative and posted it on our wedding blog.
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Being ‘Out’ in the Marine Corps
Anyone who knows me also knows that I’m self-confident. I’m intelligent, I’m honest (sometimes brutally), and I will sacrifice anything–short of my integrity–for people and causes who need my help. I...
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Proposing to Ben at the White House
(Photo by Jennifer Cintron) (Photo by Mikey Tapscott) Such a wonderful night for us, and it’s received so much attention on Facebook (here and here), Reddit, imgur, BuzzFeed, Gawker, and Towleroad!...
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Coming soon…
In May 2013, I will finish my assignment at Marine Corps University and execute orders to my next duty station. I am hoping to be assigned to Japan, but this is going to bring with it many challenges...
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National Coming Out Day
My big coming out was at the Pentagon last June at the first official LGBT Pride Month event. You can check out the video at C-SPAN (my part begins at 36:20). Still, on this day, I thought I would...
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A year in review and the road ahead
This week I will relinquish command of my company in preparation of my move to the East Coast for my next assignment as a student at the Expeditionary Warfare School in Quantico, Virginia. As I...
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