Ernesto Londoño

New York Times

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Editorial board member of the New York Times,and author of the Times' 'Transgender Today' series; former reporter the Washington Post  ; former former froreign correspondent for the Washington Post

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"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" was repealed four years ago.  This Tuesday, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter extended the full range of discrimination protections to gays and lesbians .

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