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News (USA)
Lesbian sues the military after she was told to wear makeup & grow long hair
Tech. Sgt. Kristin Kingrey’s bosses told her to grow long hair so often she carried military regulations with her to prove at all times that she could have short hair.
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Take a moment to remember these out LGBTQ veterans you may not know
We recognize these seven veterans from the American Revolution to the present who, while not having lost their lives in military action, sacrificed themselves in other ways.
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Politics
Ted Cruz roasted for saying military full of “pansies.” This guy wouldn’t defend his own wife.
Trump made derogatory comments about Cruz’s wife, Heidi, but the senator still cozied up to the former president and became one of his staunchest supporters.
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Politics
LGBTQ leaders call on Biden to nominate former Congressman Patrick Murphy to Veteran’s Affairs
It’s hard to find someone who’s worked harder for both the military and LGBTQ rights than Patrick Murphy.
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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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News (USA)
Trump administration is quietly discharging immigrant military members now
First Trump tried to boot transgender service members. Now he’s coming for immigrant soldiers.
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Pride in Pictures before 1970: A radical message that eventually goes mainstream
Long before Stonewall, some brave people showed their Pride.
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News (USA)
Longtime AIDS researcher may be Trump’s pick to lead the CDC
Dr. Robert Redfield has decades of HIV experience… but he’s also had controversies.
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News (USA)
The man who was too anti-LGBT to be Trump’s Army Secretary is now running for Congress
Mark Green has said that transgender people have a mental disorder and believes it’s his duty to “crush” what he calls the “evil” of LGBTQ rights.
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News (USA)
Is the Pentagon retreating from its transgender military policy?
One anonymous source claims military brass want to force trans troops to wear bathing suits when they shower in their barracks.
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News (USA)
What Chelsea Manning will do first now that she’s been released from prison
The transgender Army private walked out of Fort Leavenworth a free woman, with a camera recording her every move.
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News (USA)
Transgender cadets stuck in limbo, can graduate but not serve
Even though the Pentagon rescinded the ban on transgender soldiers, some are still prevented from serving openly.
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News (USA)
Army secretary nominee responds to ‘homosexual activists’ & ‘liberal left’
His words speak for themselves.
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News (USA)
This adorable Army prom photo is sure to make you smile
YouTuber Max Emerson’s Instagram post of him and his boyfriend at his West Point Prom has gone viral.
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News (USA)
Trump picks Tennessee’s most anti-LGBTQ lawmaker to replace gay Army secretary
State Sen. Mark Green is the main sponsor of a bill that targets LGBTQ people just like North Carolina’s HB2 did.
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News (USA)
Obama commutes Chelsea Manning’s prison sentence
She will walk out of the Army’s Fort Leavenworth Penitentiary a free woman in May.
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News (USA)
Celebrating our veterans five years after the end of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell
“At the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, we will remember them.”
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News (USA)
Pentagon to same-sex domestic partners: Get married by New Year’s Eve, or else
Civilian employees of the military who are same-sex domestic partners have just 54 days to wed or risk losing their benefits, according to a leaked document.
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News (USA)
After Emmy nomination, what’s next for ‘TransMilitary?’
The filmmakers need help to tell the bigger picture: how the military is leading the charge in society’s acceptance.
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News (USA)
Attorneys finally able to confirm Chelsea Manning attempted suicide
A week later, her attorneys were finally allowed to talk to her on the telephone.