True Colors Conference & Related Stuff

So, last week was the True Colors Conference at UConn. I didn't manage to go with GaSM on Friday, due to a lovely stomach bug, so I dragged my butt up for Saturday, as I was determined not to just totally miss out. Friday definitely has more workshop offerings, but I still found at least one for each time slot to interest me. Someday, I'd like to go both days so I could mix it up a bit more between serious and fun workshops. This time around, I went to two on the professional track and one on the general track.

( Discussing Sexual Taboos )

( Separating Personal Values from Professional Ethics )

( Queering It Up )

On a somewhat related note, I had a conversation with someone related to my job search earlier in the week in which she suggested I apply at the local Navy base. I hadn't realized they hired civilians and said so, only to be told they most certainly do. I thought about it for a moment and had a bit of mental whiplash in which the thoughts, "Well, I'm too out now to deal with DADT" "But, wait, DADT is gone" "Well, it's on its way out, but is it actually gone yet?" ran through my head. There are other reasons that I'm ambivalent about the idea of working for the Navy, in particular, but it occurs to me that I should actually know the answers to these questions. However, for all the queer news sources I follow, the actual status of DADT repeal seems to have fallen off the radar, and it's hard to tell whether it's because other stuff like DOMA has taken over, because TPTB are still wringing their hands over how to implement repeal of not only DADT but relevant areas of the Uniform Code of Military Justice and thus all is at a standstill (which was where things stood the last I knew), or because it really is all over and I just missed the memo.