An Army of 1 in 10

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

THE INTERNET — Feb. 15 2007 – An anonymous blogger known only as “Anonymous Soldier” today launched a new website, Serving in Unsilence. Serving in Unsilence™ is a free service aimed at the LGBT Service Member community in an effort to raise awareness of the many thousands of sexual minority Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines serving honorably and in silence in defense of their country.
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At 0100 CET, Project: Unsilence will officially launch with the posting of a press release on this site.

This new site has been under development for a month, with me devoting every spare minute I have to working on it. I’m quite pleased with how it’s turned out, and I expect that it’ll become quite significant. As I’ve already stated, this will be a community website for LGBT Service Members where they can voice their opinions on an infinite number of subjects. How exactly it will accomplish this will remain undisclosed until the press release is posted.

A few lucky people have already seen the site, so I ask them not to say anything about it yet. Once the site is launched, I ask that if you maintain a blog or a website, to please link to the press release and the new website. Spread the word! If you have access to AKO, NKO, or the Air Force Portal and you’re not subject to DADT, then please post the link the new site in the forums on those services so that LGBT Service Members will know about it.

Help me make this a major site and contribute to repealing 10 USC 654.

In twelve days, Project:  Unsilence will be launched after weeks of development.  I’m quite excited about this new site and what it offers.

Some more information about the new site:  it’s going to be a user-driven community, and its target market is the LGBT Service Member.  Anyone who serves, or has served, in the U.S. Armed Forces and identifies as LGBT is eligible for membership.  The majority of the site is going to be free, but it will offer some additional features that will require a small fee to help me recoup the cost of running it.  Of course, the site will be perfectly usable and not crippled in any manner for those who are happy with the free features.

Unlike this blog, Project:  Unsilence will have a Terms of Service (to protect me), and a strong Privacy Policy (to protect the members).  I am now opening it up for beta-testing, so if you’re interested in being a beta-tester, let me know.  You must meet these qualifications for membership in order to become a beta-tester:

• be a current Service Member (either in the active or reserve components — this includes DEP); or
• be a former Service Member (ETS, chaptered out, or retired); and
• identify as LGBT

If you become a beta-tester, then I would ask you not to advertise the site until the launch date.  If you meet the qualifications and are willing to keep Project:  Unsilence under the radar until 15 February 2007, then drop me a line at my email address (anonymous [at] armyof1in10 [dot] net) and I’ll be happy to get you set up.

Several days ago, I announced that I have a new project in the works. I have been working many hours in my free time since then to get it ready.

It’s not ready yet, but I do have the back-end nearly complete and I’ve begun work on the front-end. I’ve also enlisted the assistance of a friend of mine for some custom design work. I’m still not going to say what the project is — other than it’s a new website, but it’s shaping up to have the potential to be big.

My planned launch date for it is 15 Feb 07. That’s when I will post the announcement and the link to the site. Additionally, a representative from a certain organization (will remain unnamed until the launch date) has accepted my request to help with announcing the launch … as well as offering additional help. An Army of 1 in 10 isn’t going anywhere, but it will become part of a larger force in the fight for equality in the U.S. Military.

Stay tuned for more details!