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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 Board for Correction of Military Records recently notified the two veterans about its decision.
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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 representing LGBT military veterans, had about 20 marchers in Tuesday afternoon’s parade …
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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 returned to Ohio with a Bronze Star for heroism and a secret. Not until his service as a military man was needed once again – this time as an…
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Gay veterans group to march in Boston parade for the first time
Boston’s annual Veterans Day parade will include a group representing LGBT military veterans for the first time. OutVets, a recently-formed nonpartisan and nonpolitical group based in Boston, expects between 10 to 30 people to march Tuesday in matching polo shirts and baseball caps. The downtown parade covers Boston Common and…
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Navy veteran in Idaho gains approval to be buried with same-sex spouse
BOISE, Idaho — A U.S. Navy veteran can be buried with the ashes of her late spouse in a southwest Idaho military cemetery after the state legalized gay marriage. “It’s done,” 74-year-old Madelynn Lee Taylor said Wednesday after successfully completing paperwork to be buried at Idaho State Veterans Cemetery in Boise.
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U.S. House panel rejects spousal benefits bill for LGBT veterans
WASHINGTON — A U.S. House panel on Wednesday rejected a measure that would have enabled veterans with same-sex spouses to receive partner benefits regardless of where they reside. The Washington Blade reports that the U.S. House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs rejected the Veteran Spouses Equal Treatment Act by a vote of 12-13.