26 Year Old Windsor Ontario Man Badly Beaten Because He Is Gay, Call For Congress To Repeal DADT And Let The Pentagon Do The Rest, New York Times Calls For Full Repeal Of DADT, Lady Gaga Envies Bravery And Courage Of Gays, Andy Murray

Chris Rabideau, a 26 year old gay rights activist and the director of one-act play in Windsor, Ontario about tolerance is in hospital, recovering from injuries he sustained when he was robbed and savagely beaten by two men early Friday morning who said the attack was justified because he is gay. Rabideau says a man approached him outside a convenience store asking for money, and a block later, another man joined the first suspect. The police say that the two tried to take Rabideau’s wallet, forcing him go to an ATM to withdraw money. Instead, Rabideau ran to the lobby of his apartment building, but the two men caught him, violently assaulting him, choking and kicking him, leaving him on the ground. “I think it was drug-related,” said Rabideau, “I think they wanted money. It became a hate crime because they started calling me faggot, homo and everything in between. They said not that you’re gay, this gives us more reason to do what we’re doing.” The attack was captured on an apartment security camera, and Windsor police are asking the public to assist and come forward if they witnessed any of the attack.

Retired American Army general John M. Shalikashvili writes in the Saturday Washington Post that Congress need only repeal the military ban on gay men and women serving openly and avoid taking any and all action on a non-discrimination statute – in other words repealing the policy of “don’t ask, don’t tell” without ordering the Pentagon what to do, to continue studying “and implement the change as the military deems fit, while fully respecting the review that is underway.”

The New York Times editorial from Friday urging Congress repeal the American military ban on gay men and women serving openly, the Times’ writing that “don’t ask, don’t tell is a culture war scar on military honour that finds the nation alone among the major Western allies in denying qualified gay men and lesbians the chance to defend their country. Military generals from Britain, Canada, Australia, the Netherlands and Israel were in Washington last week offering assurances that ending the gay ban became a nonissue one their services were justly integrated.”

An exhaustive, fascinating profile of Lady Gaga from the London Times, Gaga at one point saying that the new video for Alejandro is about the “purity of my friendships with gay friends, and how I’ve been unable to find that with a straight man in my life. It’s a celebration and an admiration of gay – it confesses my envy of the courage and bravery they require to be together.”

Andy Murray spotted Saturday during a practice session at Roland Garros ahead of the first round of the French Open, Murray apparently enjoying whatever it is he is doing.