In 2005, the Government Accountability Office estimates of cost to the American people by way of budgeting on a National level, to be $95.4 million in recruiting and $95.1 million for training replacements for the 10,000 troops discharged from 1994-2003.3 In February of 2006 the California Blue Ribbon Commission's assessment of the GAO's analysis of the cost of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT) totals closer to $363 million including $14. 1 million for separation travel expenses, $17.8 million for training officers and $252.4 million for training enlistees and $79.3 ...
Businesses targeting gays and lesbians have expanded beyond clubs and bookstores to comprise virtually a full-service market that includes media, merchandise catalogs, vacation companies, and legal, medical, financial, and communication services. ... The homosexual body would thus constitute a contradiction in objector, an objective contradiction in the context of our butch-femme analysis; such a contradiction is easily seen in the images that pepper collections of photography, magazines, and books. ...