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Tila's Letter To The President

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Hello Everyone!

So today I woke up thinking about Dan Choi. I know a lot of you probably don't know who he is, so I just wanted to write a little blog to keep you all updated on things! Dan Choi  is considered a hero to many of us in the human rights movement.  Why? Not just because he went to West Point, or served a tour in Iraq, but because he is a BRAVE man who truly stands up for what he believes in, and as you all know by now, I highly admire people who like to break barriers and speak their minds!


On national television he PROUDLY told the world that he was a GAY soldier. *Standing Ovation*  But then soon after he announced that he was GAY,  the army IMMEDIATELY gave him the boot! Now keep in mind, this is a man who proudly enlisted himself in the army, possibly endangering his own life, just so that he could help protect our country and be a PROUD SOLDIER TO PROTECT AND SERVE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE! For him to get the boot just because of what gender he chooses to LOVE is absolutely RIDICULOUS to me! HORRID!  Unfortunately, he isn't the first to be discriminated against, and unless President Obama acts fast, and keeps his campaign promise to repeal the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell Policy" in the military, he will not be the last!



Being an openly bisexual woman myself and having a lot of close gay friends, I have always HATED that policy, which pretty much tells people that in order to serve our country, you have to live in secret.  You can't openly embrace the person you love or tell others about them.  What kind of message does that send? Well, clearly its one of shame. Very shameful and quite sad.



Think about it,  this outmoded policy sends a horrible message to young people, straight or gay, that the military is trying to recruit. It tells them that the military is an intolerant place that does not value  diversity, fairness, and equality. More than 12,500 gay and lesbian soldiers have been discharged since "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" began in 1993. The soldiers were brave enough to lay their lives on the  line to protect the country they love, and for all of us here in America, but they were not good enough live openly and proudly as they are.  The message that this sends, is that the military sees no problem with discrimination- and how is that "American" exactly? This country is supposed to be all about "EQUAL RIGHTS FOR ALL" So they should honor that commandment!  We have come a long way, fighting for equal rights so why stop now?



So now I am looking to our superhero President to do what is right! President Obama says that he will REPEAL the DADT policy, but so far, we don't have a date as of yet.....all we have is just a campaign promise that really gave us all hope during that time that a change was coming!  We shall all be free!  I for one, trust the words of our President. I trust that he will continue to fight for our rights from within the White House walls just like he promised he would. As a matter of fact, I would like to applaud him for extending partner benefits to federal Gay employees, calling on Congress to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, meeting with Mathew Shephard's mom(the same Lady who turned away Perez Hilton for his recent anti-gay slur) about hate crimes, and repealing the HIV travelers ban...so yes, I will give Obama credit where it is due! Our guy, is on the move and I love him for it.

However, we still need a date Mr. Obama. When will you give us that date to repeal the DADT Policy and continue be the Superhero that you can be! We are here, we are queer, and its about time that the military gets used to it!!!  Discrimination is so 2000 and Late! The time is NOW!!!!!! YES WE CAN, BUT ONLY IF YOU CAN! I hope you get a chance to read this Mr. President! I know you have it in you to be one of the greatest Presidents our time!

Yours Truly,
Ms. Tila Nguyen


 

 


536 comments

  • One more thing, people keep bringing up the bible and GOD. i do believe in god, but just because in the bible it says basically not to be gay or like the same sex, doesn't mean if you are friends with "gay's" doesn't mean that god will give you the same decision as them
  • You know everyone isn't seeing what you wrote, some people get it, but the "straight's" are living in fear that if the "gay's" have freedom then they will have to be violated, when they should stop thinking of getting the attention and help the attention of the "gay's" It is time for them to be reconized...They should have rights too, not just be shoved in the back like they have a problem, like it is a disease. It isn't it is a way of life...They should be able to do ANYTHING that anyone can do. It is like we are telling them that they have to live a life hidden, closed off, in a secret, and never be happy. If you can't show there love off to the world, what is the point of having one? everyone should be happy and be proud....out loud!!! I think what Tila wrote is the most empowering thing i have seen in a long time...and i may not be gay, lesbian, or bisexual, but i fully support them and wish for the best for them just like everyone deserves. The President should do this, let freedom in for them...I bet people all over the world work, go to school, or know someone that is gay and you wouldn't know it until they openly tell you. Then they tell you and you freak out like you will turn out like them or something, people need to open up and treat people better....EQUAL!!!!!!!!!!
  • just for future reference i am bisexual and i am also a christian i go through life everyday dealing with people tellin me how i am experiencing a disease and how god says it wrong and how my own family thinks i will go to hell i am in love with a women have been for some time but i am dating and sleeping with a man i did enlist in the military and enjoyed every second and still do enjoy being a united states marine would i enjoy it more if i could come out and tell my commanding officer i love women yea probably do my bunkies know im gay well come on im a women in the marines i think they got the picture i played with gi joes and i love guns and bombs....mmmmm who is a women in the military that isnt gay...but i would love for the dadt to be taken out of the military i did not come for friends or for people to like me for that matter i am here to protect my fellow man i am not in the military to take showers with girls or fondle them while there asleep for that i could stay at home with my girlfriend all of you guys need to chill out big time we are all going against what a wonderful beautiful bisexual female thinks yet were all talkin about freedom and equality all she wants is her rights for equality and her freedom of speech shouldnt we atleast give her that i will tell u this i go to gay rallys and parades just as often as i march in the parade for the marines or go to a church function i love my god for who he is i cant see him i dont know hes there but i have faith in him and believe in what i know and in all hope he will love me for who i am no matter what..Obama should stand up for what is country believes in cause i know just by the number of pride parades i have been to the "gays" are starting to outnumber the straights....
  • thank you so much for sending this Tila!

    finally, someone who has the guts to ask for something well needed. I've been in shock and awe about that law since I found out about it, and I believe that everyone should. THANK YOU!
  • Wow, some of these comments are pretty mean. Oh well I have no problem with gays and bis but I am gonna be straight. It's ok to love someone and be that way if you really mean it. I also agree with what you said about what happened to that soldier because he was gay. That was't fair. Sometimes the world can be a cruel place.
  • sooo pathetic. Tila you would do anything to get attention. You were never really famous. you might have did sex with a few men to get ur own show and drawed some attention to you for while. but now ur back as normal person and u cant stand it. u have went to some drastic measures to gain attention lately....lets see....live sex chat, webcam in panties, and picking up dog sh*t. eww...ur skanky. u have not a good mind cause it is corrupted. i used to love you but honey, desperation is a turn off to fans etc. and why would anyone want to help u on twitter???? do u ever take the time to write a fan back. or send a birthday wish while someone beggs u for months for it??? nope. and ur not that busy honey, because u have nothing to do. u do not have regular job, u make 1 song a yr. the only job u have is internet myspace whoring. that is all. u treat ur fans badly. and now they are all starting to see it. and now u are losing it all. and i sit her and laugh. hahahahaha. f*ck off. and no one wants to f*ck with me. i dare u bitches to say one word! haha i know u will cause u have no life. and nothing better to do it would be all of urs highlight of ur day to fight online. hahaah.
  • obama is muslim. whether he tells it or not because america tends to hate muslims he is one. and for muslims, speaking also for myself, homosexuality is forbidden. god did not intend for our world to be this way. and obama would agree. and really tila. ur a slut, do u think obama is going to listen to u? ur not famous and your music does not sell. you can get 112223357777 people to come watch u in ur underclothes or in rounchy spread but u cant get 5 people to buy ur cd. you are pathetic. and if you start to act like real person with real goals it may get you somewhere in life. everytime i log on myspace all i see is tila tequila come watch my live sex chat come watch me naked come watch me in panties come watch this and that. you use your body instead of your mind. and im about sick of it. and there is others that would agree. and No childish kids before you start saying leave tila alone i am hater. im not hater, i could care less what she does, just thought i would give a little advice. and my opinion. why dont you ask obama about stopping the war where many innocent lives are being taken, instead of asking him the right for women to eat p*ssy.
  • Oh and Obama, is FAAAAAAAAR from a hero and being generous. Did he think about the consequences when he was going to do us all a "favor" and shut down Guantanamo Bay? No, he did not. He has not done any of the changes that he promised us, and I highly doubt he is going to change a damn thing.
  • Point is, the other soldiers were probably not comfortable with this matter. I was a bit freaked out when one of my close friends came out of the closet, just thinking about all the times we had changed in the same room and stuff. Most straight men, do not like gay guys. Hate to break it to all you "gays" and "bi- sexuals" out there, who can't make up yall's own minds, or are just brainwashed into taking friendship with the same sex to another level. This society is screwed.
  • the government should stop wasting time and money that we seriously don't have on gay marriage and to all u homophobes get a life they have a right to love anyone they want to sh*t
  • Ok. Yes while him getting fired for being gay is wrong, so is gay marriage. Im sorry but if you gonna try to get married (from scripture out of the Holy Bible) then you better follow the Bible and its teachings! The Bible teaches that gay is wrong. That one man is to love a woman. Not another man. Yes it says we should love everybody, but thats love through Christ. Not marriage type love. Anyways, I personally hate how everyone thinks Obama is such a superhero and all this nonsense. Hes the president of the United States. He may be able to get Congress to pass bills for him without reading them but hes not changing my religion nor is he changing the words in my Bible!! Last person to do that took books out of the Bible! I want to know what the Lord wants to say and teach us! Not what Obama wants us to believe! Sorry Obama, this is our country not yours. The people have a say so in what we want to see in this country. So listen to people your supposed to SERVE and not DICTATE.
    • I am enraged by Me's comments on gay marriage. First of all, who gave you the right to be so narrow minded and hateful? By simply being a Christian? Then you need to rethink about your religion. There are billions of people who live on this earth who does not believe in the Bible. Are you gonna condemn them all? Do you even know what love is? Can you honestly say the love from your mother is through Christ?
    • Me says: "So listen to people your supposed to SERVE and not DICTATE."



      Listen to what you just said buddy, No body has the right to dictate who loves who, or if its ok to be gay or straight. Love is a part of life & just because we live in the U.S. does not mean the bible or any person should have the right to make this be illegal. Do what you want and love who you love.



      Get over it.
    • No one is trying to get you to change your religion. No one has ever asked you to.

      Obama is a hero not because of his skin color. He's a hero because he's kind and generous. He fights for what America really stands for. Freedom.

      Freedom to believe what we want. To do what we want. To go as far as we want. And to love who we want.

      Keep your speeches to yourself, and share it with people who give a damn. We don't.
    • So sorry but that guy Me. is not to blame. You see the bible is the inspired word of God. He is the one that says Homosexuals are wrong, Also is not fond of sex with animals, Children, or other "Life styles" that are going to hurt the Children he loves. He forbids it. Not Christians. They just point it out as he Demands. So get your pathic story Straigt. Thank you and May God bless you and show you the truth.
  • I forgot to mention that being gay IS ABOUT LOVE! Even Paul the Apostle said that when everything else faded away, LOVE would still be around...
  • First, let me say that the only time Leviticus is used in this country is to bash gays- shouldn't people be picketing sea food restaurants that serve shellfish (eating fried shrimp is also an abomination) As to the UCMJ; it is the same thing- there are proscriptions against multiple sexual acts (not just homosexuality) and only the ones against homosexuality are enforced.



    I have been in the Air Force, was kicked out because I was accused of being gay (I am Gay). In the meantime I had to watch overt heterosexual displays constantly. We have not even touched the bottom of the mountain of overt sexual display that hetersexists commit every day in out world.

    If you don't mind, would you tell your kids that sticking their tongues down each other's throats and grinding away at each other's pelvis in a grocery store is not positive behavior for your argument?



    If you are going to say it live it. I took showers with the other 47 men in my Basic Training Flight, and never once looked at their penises. I didn't even know I was gay until much later, but if we were that indiscriminate, don't you think we would have been in the Penicillin line with all of the officers that were there?
  • JUST TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THE DADT POLICY WAS PUT IN TO PERTECT THE GAYS AND STRAIGHTS ITS A GOOD THING WHY IN HELL DO YOU NEED TO TELL PEOPLE HOW FEEL ABOUT MEN OR WOMEN. I DONT THINK I WOULD WANT TO TAKE A SHOWER WITH ANOTHER MEMBER IN THE MILITARY IF I KNEW THAT PERSON WAS GAY. NOW IF SOMEHOW OTHER MEMBERS DO FIND OUT THAT YOUR ARE GAY WELL THEN YOU MUST HAVE BEEN HINTED SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT TO MUCH THERE. JUST FACE IT PEOPLE ITS THERE FOR A REASON DEAL WITH IT. AS FOR GAY MARRIAGE IM AGAINST IT CAUSE MY RELIGION IS MARRIAGE IN MY RELIGION IS A CONTRACT BETWEEN A MAN A WOMAN AND GOD AND IF IM CORRECT ALMOST ALL RELIGIONS ARE AGAINST IT SO ONCE AGAIN DEAL WITH MAYBE ONE DAY IT WILL HAPPEN BUT UNTIL THEN STOP f*cking WHINING.
    • You're a biggot. U f*cking stop whining; equality is coming so try embracing the fact that it is wrong to fire someone who did everything any straight person could do in the millitary because he loves another man. It's not scary, love is a pretty natural thing and gays aren't going to attack and rape u in the shower if this stupid policy is removed. They won't be fired for loving someone. That's the consequence. So stop being a stupid hater and chill out. Its a simple fact: ALL people should be equal, period.
  • Yeah, at first glance DADT is bad, hiding your true self, we know, but most straight people are very prejudiced against anyone that isn't straight, we got enough prejudice against black people, right?

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