The news is flowing into the blog arena through tweets and cell phones. The flow of information is astounding. The reaction is one of honoring our new LGBT heroes and their courageous arrests today in front of the White House.

Here is video of the arrests from Towleroad.com

Kerry Eleveld of The Advocate.com reported the following:

Police officers are blocking the gates of the White House with yellow tape and are pushing back about 100 protesters, who are chanting DADT repeal slogans and reciting the Pledge of Allegiance.

Choi was speaking at the HRC rally at Freedom Plaza when he asked the group's executive director, Joe Solmonese, if he would march to the White House. Pietrangelo was discharged from the military under DADT, while Choi's discharge is pending. Choi is the founder of Knights Out, a West Point alumni organization supporting LGBT soldiers.

"You've been told that the White House has a plan," Choi told rally protesters. "But we learned this week that the president is still not fully committed. ... Following this rally, I will be leading [the protest] to the White House to say 'enough talk.' ... I am still standing, I am still fighting, I am still speaking out, and I am still gay."

Kathy Griffin, who was in Washington at the behest of HRC to meet with members of Congress about DADT repeal, was also at the rally. When asked by Choi if she would march with him to the White House, Griffin responded, "Of course!"

Neither Griffin nor Solmonese was seen at the White House protest, however.

Gay rights activist Robin McGehee was arrested after she had apparently helped the two discharged soldiers handcuff themselves to the fence. An officer who arrested McGehee said "I can't say anything" on why she was taken into custody.

I am not sure where all the photographs have come from but clearly the following were involved: Kerry Eleveld of The Advocate, Towleroad.com, PamsHouseBlend and AmericaBlog. They are all providing expensive coverage and photographs. Forgive me for not knowing who took these photographs.