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Benjamin Michael, 44, was seen walking by the Dapper Dog Tattoo Shop in Annapolis when he stopped and tore down a Pride flag the business had displayed by its door, according to authorities.
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."
As Donald Trump's trans military ban goes into effect, the nation's service academies are putting up bars too.
The Reverend Tommie Watkins knows discrimination. After the aspiring pilot was pressured to quit the U.S. Naval Academy in 1997 for being gay, he was refused ordination as a deacon by the African Methodist Episcopal Church in 2000. Now at age 31 the Miami Beach, Fla., resident heads the Watkins Group LLC, which helps faith- and community-based organizations reach out to men of color. And he has published Living Out Loud, a book about overcoming homophobia in and out of the black community.
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.
In a statement to Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, former president Jimmy Carter has called on Congress to revisit the Pentagon's "don't ask, don't tell" policy regarding gays and lesbians in the military.
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.
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.
