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Veterans dismissed under Don’t Ask Don’t Tell can get free help changing their discharge status
There is free legal help with discharge upgrades for veterans from all eras not only at the VA but also at the Department of Defense, making them eligible for benefits.
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Why isn’t there a remedy for LGBTQ veterans that lost their pride – and benefits?
There has yet to be retribution for veterans discharged “dishonorably” under or prior to “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” for being LGBTQ. A grassroot organization wants that to change.
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Proposal introduced to create study of the discrimination that LGBTQ vets faced for years
Co-introduced in the House by out Rep. Mark Takano, the bill would address the lingering effects of the military’s decades-long attack on LGBTQ personnel.
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Pentagon bans rainbow & Confederate flags from military bases
The military is severely limiting the flags that can fly on bases to work around Donald Trump’s support for the Confederate symbols.
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America’s first gender bending soldier fought in the Revolutionary War
Deborah Sampson dressed as a man to join the Army. While she married and had children after the war, her gender identity wasn’t important on the battlefield.
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Are straight cisgender soldiers so scared of trans people they can’t fight?
This right wing pundit thinks the American military is full of cowards.
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With trans troop ban, Trump cements his place in history as Bigot-In-Chief
We will not forget and, for many of us, we will find it difficult to forgive.
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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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Defense Department adds sexual orientation to non-discrimination policy
Defense Secretary Ashton Carter’s announcement made no reference to transgender service members, who are still banned from serving openly.
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Air Force policy change will make it more difficult to discharge transgender troops
The U.S. Air Force has announced policy changes that will make it more difficult to discharge transgender troops, a move that mirrors one made in March by the Army and puts the Pentagon a step closer to allowing transgender people to serve openly.