In a recent odd move, Oklahoma state Rep. Mike Reynolds drafted and began floating legislation to force the Oklahoma National Guard to reinstate "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," an outdated policy that has been declared unconstitutional in federal court, declared harmful and unnecessary by our nation's senior defense leaders, and voted out by a large bipartisan majority of members of Congress.

(Editor's note: Alexander Nicholson of Servicemembers United write this commentary for CNN. It is being republished on SDGLN with his permission. Nicholson, who was honorably discharged from the U.S. Army because of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, is the founder and executive director of Servicemembers United, a national organization of gay and lesbian troops and veterans and their allies families.)

SAN DIEGO -- San Diego has always been a Navy town and as such, it has become home to many sailors and Marines who have settled here, long after their military careers end.

It also boasts a large number of LGBT military activists.

These activists have all worked hard over the years, to not only make life easier for their fellow LGBT veterans, but to help boost their morale, their pride and to fight for their right to serve openly and be recognized as any other veteran is.

OCEANSIDE -- This past Sunday, Oct. 9, the newly renamed North County LGBTQ Resource Center organization held their 4th annual "Pride @ the Beach" celebration, which broke their previous attendance records and crossed the region's military barriers for the first time.