first Marine to be discharged, then reinstated, under the recently repealed Don't Ask, Don't Tell and I am filled with a mix of thoughts and emotions. "Playing By the Rules" tells the story of a young gay man's struggle for parental acceptance and understanding in his youth on the family farm in Wyoming, to taking on the United States Marines for the right to serve his country openly, honestly and with honor.

You may know Justin from his many appearances on TV news programs over the last year speaking out against DADT, or from his arrest at the White House fence with a dozen other GetEqual anti-DADT protesters, or his arrest at the Manhattan Marriage License Bureau in February 2010, where he and three other activists blocked the entranceto the building by chaining themselves to the railing in a call for Marriage Equality. You may also have seen him in May of this year hosting a GetEqual rally in DC's Lafayette Square.

But what you may not know, is that Justin has been fighting the military's ban on open service since way before DADT was signed into law in 1993. Remember, before DADT, there was an outright ban on gays in the military. DADT was supposed to be a compromise that would allow us to serve in silence.

"Playing By the Rules" provides an inside look into the day to day life in a hypocritical military system that values honor above all else, but punishes gay, lesbian and bisexual soldiers for trying to live their lives with honesty