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The Army found out this colonel was a lesbian. The woman that oversaw her discharge was, too.
This is the tale of how Col. Patsy Thompson “survived in silence” in the military, especially when she had to discharge a woman for being gay – while hiding her own relationship.
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California National Guard will defy Trump’s transgender military ban order
“As long as you fight, we don’t care what gender you identify as.”
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Now 3 federal courts have slapped down Trump’s transgender military ban
A third federal judge has now ruled the Pentagon must accept trans enlistees starting January 1, but will it be forced to comply?
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Trump considers mobilizing National Guard to round up undocumented immigrants
The proposal includes states nowhere near the Mexico border, like Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana.
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Anti-LGBT activist wants National Guard deployed to stop same-sex marriages
Anti-LGBT activist Randy Thomasson has a message for governors across America: deploy the National Guard to stop same-sex marriages.
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Loyalty unrewarded?
A year ago, Col. Cynthia Millonzi was looking forward to retiring from the Army National Guard. She planned to do so when she passed the 30-year mark in her military career and the 25-year mark in her civil service career. Now, one year short of retirement she faces uncertain future after charges could jeopardize her benefits…
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SF Pride to honor Chelsea Manning, ban National Guard over transgender policy
SAN FRANCISCO — Organizers of San Francisco have banned the National Guard from participating in this year’s festival in response to the military’s ban on openly transgender service members, and instead will celebrate a controversial transgender Army private who leaked military secrets as their honorary grand marshal.
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Hagel: All states complying with new rules regarding same-sex spouse IDs
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon says that all states are now complying with new rules allowing the same-sex spouses of military members to get ID cards in order to claim benefits.
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Federal workers to process same-sex benefit forms at La. National Guard sites
BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana National Guard personnel seeking benefits for same-sex spouses will have an easier time filing the requests, despite a state refusal to let its workers process the paperwork because of Louisiana’s ban on gay marriage.
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Texas National Guard to allow same-sex couples to register for benefits
SAN ANTONIO — The Texas National Guard will immediately begin letting same-sex couples register for benefits.