By Ambreen Ali
June 24, 2010 – 9:15 a.m.
Not long after spending the night in jail, Dan Choi realized he needed help. The gay rights activist knew he would be arrested when he chained himself to the White House fence at a protest in March, but he didn’t know how difficult it would be to fight the charges. He asked other activists for…
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