#6: DADT Discharges - by the Numbers

742: the number of military personnel discharged under the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" ban on openly lesbian, gay, and bisexual service members in 2005.

2: the number of service members discharged per day under the gay ban.

49: the number of service members discharged in 2005 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, where PFC Barry Winchell was murdered in 1999. Up from 19 dismissals at Fort Campbell in 2004.

219: the number of women, from all branches of service, discharged under "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" in 2005, representing 30% of the total number of those dismissed under the gay ban.

15%: the percentage of women in all branches of service.

11,000+: the number of service members discharged under the gay ban since 1993.

40%: the percentage gay discharges have dropped since the terrorist attacks of September 11th.

757: the number of "mission-critical" specialists kicked out under the gay ban since 1993.

55: the number of Arabic linguists dismissed under the ban.

6: this story's place on our countdown list of top DADT stories in 2006.

65,000 + 1 million: number of currently serving lesbian, gay, bisexual military personnel and the number of LGBT veterans in the United States; also, reasons to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."

- Rebecca Sawyer