Don’t Ask Don’t Tell (DADT)

The first ‘Gaysian’ Congressman lets us know that he hasn’t forgotten trans veterans, commends Mayor Pete, and asks us to vote in other LGBT politicians of color.

After a Republican congressman from California referred to gay men with a slur, Sanders rose to the community’s defense in a sharply worded response.

While this would be the first new major conflict after the repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, Trump has spent his time in office waging war on transgender soldiers and recruits.

A provision was inserted in a military spending bill to overturn the trans military ban. But it was dropped due to Republican pressure.

An estimated 100,000 LGBTQ soldiers have been discharged from the military since World War II. Now are they getting their due.

The world’s first gay rights protest was over military service – 30 years before Don’t Ask Don’t Tell was implemented.

After 16 years of serving his country in the Army and 9 years fighting his country in court, Perry Watkins finally won.

Patrick Murphy was a key player in Congress during the fight to repeal Don’t Ask Don’t Tell and served as acting secretary of the Army in the Obama administration.

The former vice president embodies all of the Democratic party’s evolution since the 1970s – including on LGBTQ rights.

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