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"Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?" - Ernest Gaines

We would like to know who really believes in gay rights on livejournal. There is no bribe of a miracle or anything like that. If you truly believe in gay rights, then repost this and title the post as "Gay Rights". If you don't believe in gay rights, then just ignore this. Thanks.
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Ganked from pyro_rebel and perkyshai. Spread the message, yo.

And to keep this on topic and add to my recs, try these two lovely SGA Don't Ask, Don't Tell stories:

DADT, Damyata, Dayadhvam by trinityofone
SGA. McKay/Sheppard.
Summary: He was aware of the controversy surrounding the application of DADT policy to an international expedition—and an international expedition to another galaxy at that—but in the end, it didn’t matter. Everyone got the chip, or they didn’t go.

So, this basically reads like some of your truly great, classic sci-fi, whereby a natural extension of current policy, when set in another universe, makes us re-examine the current situation. In this AU, everyone in the military (and thus, by extension, the Atlantis expedition) is given a behavioural modification chip to prevent them from acting on any homosexual impulses. And while the implications (that this could happen here, now) will (and should) scare you, the lovely ways she shows McKay and Sheppard managing to fall in love around the sytem will leave you aching. It makes me feel very lucky that I can love the person I want, how I want; it makes me awed again by the determination of gay rights activists throughout history, and it makes me want to fight to do everything I can to ensure that everyone has the ability to love, and live, freely.

Scenes from a Lesser War by amireal
SGA. McKay/Sheppard.
Summary: This. This was something that needed taking care of. In a non-traditional sense.

Okay, so this is a three-parter (link goes to first part), which means that this fic is not just hot and well-written and intelligent but also long. And that's a great thing. DADT is revoked. John and Rodney have to figure out how this will affect them (and their relationship) personally while also dealing with the fallout on Atlantis. This is realistic and complex and the interspersed flashbacks of John and Rodney's relationship really add to the depth of the fic. (Well, and they also add to the hot sex portion of the fic. Which is good too.) I just really love how they spend days after finding out about the revocation merely kissing and cuddling. As Rodney puts it, "it's everything we never got to do." It's a throw-away line that never fails to make me hurt for them and for everyone in that situation.