As the Senate vote to repeal Don’t Ask Don’t Tell approaches (2:15pm Tuesday, September 21 Eastern), Lady Gaga, a staunch supporter of LGBT rights and the DADT repeal, sent out a tweet to let her millions of fans know that she is heading for Maine today, Monday for a Reepal DADTrally at 4pm.

Maine’s GOP Senators Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe potentially hold the key to heading off the anticipated John McCain-led filibuster. The pop superstar will be joined by veterans and members of the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network at Deering Park, near University of Southern Maine campus on in Portland, Maine .

Lady Gaga also let John McCain know that her “little monsters” are on call and filled her fans on on what a filibuster is.

To @SenJohnMcCain and everyone on Twitter I received an overwhelming amount of videos responding to DADT, please watch: http://bit.ly/cWAITv

All hands on deck Lil Monsters: Key senate vote this Tues. on #DADT repeal. We need 60 senators. Call your senator now: http://bit.ly/aBZMSJ

A Filibuster is a way to obstruct the Senate Floor from discussing or voting on a given LAW, + is essentially a tactic to hijack our debate.

SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN is attempting to stop the DON’T ASK DON’T TELL repeal vote this tuesday, with a filibuster.

You can use Twitter hashtag #4the14k (“For the 14,000–a reference to the serivcemembers who have left the military under DADT) to follow along. And while you’re at it, give your senator a call at (202) 224-3121.

photo: Amalia Adina , creative commons