Thursday, July 02, 2009

Tila Tequila: Fighting for Gay Military Rights

Standing up for what she believes in, MTV’s Tila Tequila has told President Barack Obama that he needs to repeal the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy on gays.

In a blog that Tequila wrote, she tells the story of Dan Choi, “a hero to many of us in the human rights movement,” who was kicked out of the Army after publically announcing that he was homosexual.

“Being an openly bisexual woman myself and having a lot of close gay friends, I have always HATED that policy,” Tila tells.

The legislation was instituted by former president, Bill Clinton, in a compromise over his position on gays in the military - which satisfied few on either side of the issue.

Tequila has made the scene looking sexy for photo shoots for Stuff and Maxim and was Playboy’s first Asian Cyber Girl of the Month. She also managed to set the record on MySpace for having the most friends. The bisexual entertainer was on MTV’s “A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila” and gave men and women the chance to win her heart over.

“We are here, we are queer, and it’s about time that the military gets used to it!!! Discrimination is so 2000,” she wrote.

“And if the President doesn’t listen, he’ll feel the wrath of 3,833,688 of Tequila’s closest MySpace friends!”

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