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US Navy officially names ship after gay rights hero Harvey Milk
Milk served in the Navy for four years before he began a career in San Francisco city government and gay rights activism.
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After Emmy nomination, what’s next for ‘TransMilitary?’
The filmmakers need help to tell the bigger picture: how the military is leading the charge in society’s acceptance.
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Sailors and marines cast overboard for being LGBTQ urged to appeal
“If you were discharged under ‘Don’t ask, don’t tell,’ come in,” says the top man in the U.S. Navy.
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Navy considers elevating discharge requirements for transgender service members
The Navy may soon join the Air Force and the Army in requiring high-level approval to separate transgender service members from the military, military officials said Tuesday.
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Conn. vet leading legal effort for spousal benefits of gay veterans
HARTFORD, Conn. — An 18-year Navy veteran from Norwich is joining forces with U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal to try to persuade the federal Department of Veterans Affairs to abide by a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling concerning gay marriage and extend all federal benefits to veterans with same-sex spouses.
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Sailor proposes to his boyfriend at Navy homecoming celebration
GROTON, Conn. — A Navy sailor returning from a six-month deployment emerged from his submarine, dropped to one knee and proposed to his boyfriend during the homecoming celebration in Connecticut for USS New Mexico.
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U.S. Navy to allow uniformed service members to march in San Diego pride
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — The U.S. Navy says that active duty service members under the Region Southwest command may participate in uniform in this year’s San Diego LGBT pride parade.
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California lawmaker wants U.S. Navy to name ship after Harvey Milk
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California State Sen. Christine Kehoe (D-San Diego) has introduced a resolution to support efforts to name a Navy ship after gay rights icon Harvey Milk.
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U.S. Navy: Uniformed sailors can march in San Diego pride parade
SAN DIEGO — Sailors based in San Diego most definitely will be allowed to march in uniform with the military contingent at San Diego Pride on Saturday, a Navy spokesman told San Diego Gay & Lesbian News Wednesday afternoon.
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Anti-gay hazing, attempted rape of sailor leads to firing of top Navy officer
NORFOLK, Va. — A sailor targeted for harassment aboard the nuclear submarine USS Florida became the center of a homophobic hazing case that led to the firing of the vessel’s top enlisted officer.