Two military members denied promotions for having HIV just won their lawsuit
The settlement will see that the two are commissioned as officers "in recognition of the status and military careers they qualified for and earned years ago."
April 9, 2024
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First Openly Gay Cadets Graduate from Air Force Academy
President Obama addressed the first Air Force Academy class to include openly gay cadets on Wednesday.
May 24, 2012
Football Player Is First Out Athlete at a U.S. Military Academy
Bradley Kim, a sophomore at the Air Force Academy, said he hopes to be an example for other young people.
July 28, 2018
Naval Academy Will Bar Trans Students Starting in 2020
As Donald Trump's trans military ban goes into effect, the nation's service academies are putting up bars too.
April 17, 2019
Twenty-one arrested at last stop on Equality Ride
Twenty-one gay rights activists--participants in the cross-country Equality Ride--were arrested Wednesday on the grounds of the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., after staging a protest against the Pentagon's "don't ask, don't ask" policy regarding gay service members.
April 26, 2006
Outed at 13 activist at 16
In the first of a series written exclusively for The Advocate, a 16-year-old gay activist from Virginia describes how a cruel shove out of the closet turned into a mobilizing kick in the pants
April 12, 2006
Op-ed: What It's Like Being Trans In Military Academies
'There are two types of hiding: the kind that requires you to lurk in the dark spaces of the day, behind shadowy places ... and there is hiding in plain sight.'
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December 16, 2013
Progressives Blast Air Force Academy's 'Ex-Gay' Counselor
The Military Religious Freedom Foundation reveals a new billboard to call out the U.S. Air Force Academy's hiring an advocate of 'ex-gay therapy' to lead its mandatory cadet counseling program.
November 25, 2013
Anti-LGBT Group Attacks USAFA After Appointing First Open Lesbian Officer as Commandant
Last week, the U.S. Air Force Academy appointed Col. Kristin Goodwin to be the Commandant of Cadets and will be the first openly queer officer to uphold this position.
April 5, 2017
West Point Grads Come Out, Form Support Group
Thirty-Eight graduates of the U.S. Military at West Point came out with the announcement that they are forming a support group with an offer to help their alma mater educate future Army leaders on the need to accept and honor the sacrifices of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender troops.
March 17, 2009
Do or Die for 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
Gay rights activist with an actor-model-author hyphenate, Reichen Lehmkuhl kicks off his Advocate.com column with a blunt look at the state of "don't ask, don't tell," promises made by President-elect Obama, and why gay Americans can't let the passing of Prop. 8 distract us from continuing to fight to overturn the ban on gays and lesbians serving openly in the military.
December 4, 2008
'Ex-Gay' Therapist Leading Air Force Academy's Cadet Counseling
Mike Rosebush has spent more than two decades advocating for the discredited therapeutic practice that aims to turn gay people straight. He's now the head of the cadet counseling program at the U.S. Air Force Academy.
November 19, 2013
Gay Cadet Slams USAFA's Defense of 'Ex-Gay' Therapist
The U.S. Air Force Academy claims that gay cadets are safe and welcomed on campus, despite the academy's hiring of a staunch advocate of 'ex-gay' therapy who developed the school's mandatory counseling program.
November 22, 2013
LGBT activists challenge 'don't ask, don't tell' policy at West Point
The U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., planned to deny entry Wednesday to a busload of gay rights activists as they completed their cross-country tour of 20 conservative Christian and military colleges with a challenge to the "don't ask, don't tell" military policy they say keeps gay cadets closeted.
April 26, 2006
