LGBT Veterans

Vandals defaced a monument for LGBT veterans & only the American Legion cares

Only the American Legion was willing to condemn the crime. All other mainstream veterans organizations have remained silent.

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Boston St. Patrick’s Day parade marshal will march with gay veterans group

Magoon said last week he wouldn't participate this year after the South Boston Allied War Veterans Council voted to exclude OutVets.

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Trans veterans could get gender confirmation surgery under new rule

The move comes after a petition by two transgender veterans seeking to have the ban on surgery lifted.

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Cleveland VA hospital opens nation’s first clinic for transgender veterans

Thee "GIVE Clinic" for Gender Identity Veteran Experience, will provide transgender veterans with primary care, hormonal therapy, mental health care and other services.

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Oregon lawmakers vote to assist gay veterans apply for change in discharge status

If Gov. Kate Brown signs off on the bills approved Monday, Oregon would be the first state to hire a coordinator to help LGBT veterans upgrade a less-than-honorable discharge received because of their sexual orientation.

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Senate OKs budget amendment granting VA, Social Security benefits to married same-sex couples

Eleven GOP senators, many of whom face competitive re-election fights in 2016, supported the amendment offered by Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii).

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Shaheen reintroduces bill to extend veterans benefits to same-sex spouses

The Charlie Morgan Military Spouses Equal Treatment Act is named after a New Hampshire National Guard officer who died in 2013 after a battle with breast cancer.

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ACLU: U.S. Army to recognize legal names of transgender veterans

TRENTON, N.J. -- The U.S. Army has agreed to "fully recognize" the new legal names of two transgender military veterans, the American Civil Liberties Union said Tuesday. The group's New Jersey chapter announced that the Army…

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Gay, transgender veterans march for the first time in Boston Veterans Day parade

BOSTON -- Massachusetts marked Veterans Day on Tuesday with commemorations around the state, including a parade in Boston in which gay and transgender veterans were allowed to march for the first time. OutVets, a recently-formed group…

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At 92, Rupert Starr still advocates for gay service members, veterans

UPPER ARLINGTON, Ohio -- Like thousands of other young men in the 1940s, Rupert Starr joined the Army, fought overseas and saw his share of hardship, including several weeks as a German prisoner of war. He…

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