Thank you for this Waymon. Dan is doing great work in ensuring perpetual forward movement. If it weren't for attitudes and actions such as his, I feel that it is very easy for politicians and society to set aside our lives, concerns, and harms faced by us since it doesn't affect them.

Keep up the good work, Waymon.

It's my understanding that Choi will be employed by GetEQUAL. I think the deal was struck with Jonathan Lewis back in May to pay Choi $90,000 a year after he was discharged.

Choi will now make three times as much as he was paid by the Army. good for him. It will be interesting to see if he can attract a following, GetEQUAL hasn't.

Although his discharge will now officially count him among the casualties of DADT, he did plenty to accelerate the process, and indeed left the government with little choice but to execute it. His acts of civil disobedience and making political statements in uniform (not to mention conduct that could be easily construed as unbecoming of an officer) would have led to the inevitable end of his military career. He was not, as thousands were before him, forced out by the unjust and unfair discrimination this policy brought to the American military. Although I appreciate his passion and dedication to the cause, and I share his hope that DADT will be repealed, there should be no mistake that he chose to end his own career.

According to Lt. Choi on twitter, this report is false.

"No, I have not seen any discharge papers. When/if they come, I'll show and tell. #DADT"

Good grief. He might have better things to do than sitting on the internet waiting to react to rumors. Maybe he was preoccupied with last night's Vegas ENDA protest.

You seem to have a whole narrative all plotted out for him and he keeps flubbing his lines. Did you remember to give him the script?

In June, 2008 Choi transferred to the New York National Guard. He was never officially "discharged" from the Army. During that time he has been part-time with the NY National Guard. When he came out on Rachel Maddow's Show in May, 2009 that lead to his violation of DADT. He hasn't been officially discharged and he left the Army on his own a year before coming out as a Gay member of the NY National Guard - not the Army.

Kudos to Mathew Phelps for the balanced comments.

There is a difference between civil disobedience and what Dan Choi (can't let him have the title "Lt" anymore) does while in uniform. His actions and words make me wonder if he was only using the uniform and service to propel his visibility.

Dan Choi's energy, if properly focused, can serve the movement well. For example, his civil disobedience can draw attention to the lack of gay rights or lack of movement on ENDA.

Dan Choi's actions in uniform don't serve us well. I regret that the NY National Guard discharged Dan Choi for being inherently gay instead of his inappropriate actions in uniform. Our country should let gays serve in the military...not members who break rules and disregard military tradition.

His acts in uniform are repulsive to the many that serve and 'don't tell' while they work to have DADT repealed through legal means. There are 230+ years of this military tradition or UCMJ law that restrict actions while in uniform. He has blatantly disregarded it when he has chained himself to the White House fence and when he took off his shoulder boards to make a point about 'giving up future rank and pay' to get DADT repealed. In this last instance, he basically called those who remain in service without coming out as cowards. Last time I checked, the men and women I know in the service, gay or straight, in or out, and serving domestically or internationally are not cowards.

Here is to the repeal of DADT and to those gay members who want to continue to serve in or get back in the military.

With Dan Choi's actions and words, I am not sure he is one of them.