Defense Department

Joe Biden has repeatedly made time to uplift the LGBTQ community despite the challenges of the previous administration and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Shawn Skelly is the second trans person ever confirmed by the Senate to a position, and Gina Ortiz Jones is the first woman of color to become the second-in-command of the Air Force.

Instead of defending discrimination directly, the Pentagon is debating semantics and blaming the victims.

The Air Force just joined the Marines, Army, and Navy in supporting transgender people in the military.

Sources say Defense Secretary James Mattis’ original report gave a thumbs up to trans people serving in the military, but Pence “overruled” him.

The Defense Secretary’s recommendation about transgender servicemembers just arrived… but what does it say?

With news that the White House has taken the first step in implementing their transgender military plan, two organizations announced their intent to sue.

Even though the Pentagon lifted the ban on transgender service members last year, some transgender cadets are being told to leave the military.

Under orders from Trump officials, the 2020 Census will exclude questions about sexual orientation and gender, basically erasing LGBTQ Americans.

“If someone brings me a problem,” James Mattis told Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, “I will look at it but I am not coming in looking for problems,”

The amendment would have enabled religious organizations to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.

A fight looms over a provision that would let federal contractors fire employees in same-sex marriages.

The filmmakers need help to tell the bigger picture: how the military is leading the charge in society’s acceptance.

Before he became a gay rights advocate and icon, he was Lt. Harvey Milk, USN.

On Thursday, the Senate Armed Services Committee voted to approve the nomination of Eric Fanning as Army secretary.

Defense Secretary Ashton Carter’s announcement made no reference to transgender service members, who are still banned from serving openly.

A spokeswoman emphasized the directive was not a change in policy toward transgender service members, who are still barred from serving in the military.

U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has selected former acting Air Force Secretary Eric Fanning as his Chief of Staff, and the first openly gay man to hold the post.

Defense Department officials said Thursday that hormone treatment for gender reassignment has been approved for Chelsea Manning, the former intelligence analyst convicted of espionage for sending classified documents to the WikiLeaks website.

The third anniversary of the repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell (DADT) found the U.S. military intact and stronger than ever. Despite the utter failure of their previous doomsday predictions to materialize, the same voices of opposition to DADT are now making similar prophecies about potential moves to lift the military’s discriminatory ban on transgender …