Times are hard for those who want to repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell.   "Major setback for 'don't ask' repeal," blared a headline last week on the front page of The Washington Post.  "The Senate Stands for Injustice," announced an editorial in The New York Times.  After a military policy bill stalled in the Senate last week, it seems the odds of repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell before the year is over are slim.  The Senate is revisiting the issue this weekend in a vote that may decide, in one direction or another, the future of the 17-year-old policy. The core of Don't Ask, Don't Tell–the idea that there are pieces of ourselves we must hide, that a part of one's identity might be inherently threatening and problematic–is not limited to the military.   Andre Aciman's 2007...

Continue reading