The Sacramento Gay and Lesbian Center is heralding the end of the “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” (DADT) policy, which bans gay men and women from serving openly in the military. Congress voted in December to repeal the 17 year old DADT policy; DADT officially ends on September 20. “Despite last minute attempts by House Republican leaders to delay the lifting of DADT, the discriminatory policy will officially end on Tuesday. This is a great day for America, as the United States takes another important step in the fight for equal rights for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender persons,” said Sara Freid, the interim executive director of the Sacramento Gay and Lesbian Center. “The Lesbian, Gay,

Meeting this morning, the County Board of Supervisors presented the Sacramento Gay and Lesbian Center and other LGBT groups a resolution commemorating the recognition of the LGBT community as a community of interest for redistricting. “This is a historic moment for the Sacramento LGBT community. Redistricting several neighborhoods with high LGBT populations together means that we will have a stronger, concentrated voice in electing a Supervisor,” said Sacramento Gay & Lesbian Center’s interim executive director Sara Freid. Freid represented the Center by participating in the LGBT Redistricting Committee made up of the Rainbow Chamber of Commerce, Stonewall Democrats, the Center, other LGB