[Editor's note: DADT was repealed by Congress in 2010; it was implemented in September 2011. Dunning was a major force in fighting for repeal with SLDN and other groups and political leaders.
SLDN merged with other groups and is now part of Modern Military Association of America. President Donald Trump called for a ban on transgender military personnel in July 2017; it was implemented by the administration in 2019.]The above is an excerpt from "San Francisco Values: Common Ground for Getting America Back on Track" by Geri Spieler and Rick Kaplowitz, to be published August 11 by Palmetto Publishing Group.
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