# @pinknews on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DSkfEHAE4xQ
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/38146288-pinknews-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-12-22T15:04:51.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** PinkNews (@pinknews) — https://gondola.cc/pinknews

## Caption

On this day in 2010: December 22: Barack Obama signed the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell.

The U.S military policy barred gay and lesbian people from serving openly.

Introduced in 1993, the policy allowed LGBTQ+ people to serve only if they stayed silent about who they were.

Being openly gay, or even suspected of being so, could lead to dismissal, the loss of a career, and the erasure of service.

#BarackObama #LGBTQNews #DontAskDontTell

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barackobama, dontaskdonttell, lgbtqnews

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