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New enlistments for transgender people are stopped, care for existing service members paused and promotions held up, according to the defense secretary’s latest memo.
For trans people, the question isn’t “Are trans advocates being too loud and strident,” but “How am I going to survive the next four years under Trump?” Riki Wilchins says.
’We’re not going back to the discrimination,” Kamala Harris’s running mate said in a keynote address over the weekend.
Mixner's advocacy spanned from the 1960s movements for civil rights and peace to the 21st-century fight for marriage equality and included notable involvement with Bill Clinton on the issue of gays in the military.
The actress, activist, and founder took to social media to point out the ongoing damage the military policy still inflicts.
Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Defense deflected most of the substantive questions he was asked.
You can investigate us all you want, Zachary.
The Minnesota governor's LGBTQ+ support started long before his time in politics.
The wrongs committed by the Department of Defense against LGBTQ+ service members have yet to be fully addressed.
Lawmakers have reintroduce a bill to create a commission to address historic anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination.
Trump’s Defense nominee Hegseth’s anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric and the House passing the anti-trans defense spending bill mean that the assault on LGBTQ+ soldiers is just beginning.
He says he prefers a time when members of the U.S. armed forces could not serve openly.
This came after a review of the discharge status for those who hadn't applied for an upgrade and may not have known they could apply.
“Today, I am righting a historic wrong by using my clemency authority to pardon many former service members who were convicted simply for being themselves,” Biden said.
For many years, members of the LGBTQ+ community who worked for the federal government faced persecution for their sexual orientation.
Lawmakers have pressed the Department of Defense in a new letter for faster action on injustices stemming from the DADT policy.
The LGBTQ+ veterans demand access to the healthcare, financial and education resources an honorable discharge would have afforded them.
