GetEQUAL 13 case over for all but Choi
Posted by LGBT Weekly Thursday, May 19th, 2011
by Autumn Sandeen
http://lgbtweekly.com/2011/05/19/getequal-13-case-over-for-all-but-choi/On Tuesday, May 10, 2011, the GetEQUAL 13 went to court for the Nov. 15, 2010 White House fence protest to repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT) for what we hoped was the last time. No media were in the courtroom, so what happened there was for the most part not reported on.
We went on the fence with boisterous yelling, and for 12 out of 13 of us, the courtroom story ended with stoic admissions that we were guilty. The plea deal was made for the benefit of those who had jobs or desire jobs where a federal misdemeanor conviction may mean they're fired or not hired. In four months, if we protestors of the GetEQUAL 13 who pleaded guilty don't have any arrests for probable cause, then we will have our convictions erased from our records.
