West Point military academy eliminates cadet clubs amid Trump’s diversity crackdown
Clubs for women in engineering, Native American heritage, and LGBTQ+ support have been disbanded.
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
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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
Military Ban on People Living With HIV Faces Legal Challenge
Advocates call the current policy discriminatory and "a serious equity issue."
NOVEMBER 10, 2022
Olympic Rugby Player Nicole Heavirland Comes Out as Gay
"Just over the past year, I've come to terms with who I am," she wrote on Instagram. "I no longer fear what people will think of me when I say I like women."
MARCH 22, 2022
Officer and a Gentleman
He may be a casualty of "don't ask, don't tell," but as a magnetic LGBT activist, Dan Choi's future has never looked brighter.
JULY 6, 2009
The Trans Woman Who Is Taking on the Military
Decorated Army veteran Allyson Robinson has some major plans for the country's only organization dedicated to serving LGBT people in uniform.
JANUARY 25, 2013
Kamala Harris Emphasizes Diversity, Confronting Global Challenges at Historic West Point Graduation
The vice president was the first woman to give the school’s commencement address.
MAY 28, 2023
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
Queer youth to America: Get on the equality bus!
We join the Equality Ride in progress... Inspired by the '60s' Freedom Riders, 33 young LGBT activists on a bus are invading the nation's antigay colleges. Here riders tell their stories of inspiration, hope, and getting arrested in their quest to change America
APRIL 24, 2006
With Trump Presidency, Out Gay Army Secretary Will Lose His Job
Eric Fanning, the first openly gay man to head the Army, will be replaced by a wealthy businessman.
DECEMBER 19, 2016
Trump's DOE Pick Has History of Transphobic, Racist, and Misogynist Tweets
Also, William C. Bradford is Islamaphobic and does not believe in climate change.
JUNE 24, 2017
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
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
Gay Couple Is First to Marry at West Point
The 20-somethings are both alums of the esteemed military academy, though they met long after grad.
NOVEMBER 3, 2013
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
Gay and Lesbian Soldiers Bring Same-Sex Partners to Inaugural Ball
For the first time, gay and lesbian soldiers were able to attend the Commander-in-Chief's Inaugural Ball with their same-sex partners.
JANUARY 23, 2013
First Same Sex Couple Weds at West Point Chapel
A 53-year-old lesbian grad of West Point marries at her alma matter.
DECEMBER 1, 2012