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Coming Out: A Transgender Airman’s Story

South Korean army deciding whether to kick out its first transgender soldier

"We will likely discharge the soldier as there are different qualifications for men and women to meet in joining the...

Civil rights leader Harvey Milk was kicked out of the Navy for being gay. Now the Navy’s naming a ship after him

The late Harvey Milk was once a Navy dive officer based in San Diego

The Air Force is investigating an airman over a homophobic YouTube rant

A man in an Air Force uniform, identified only by the YouTube username "Baptist Dave 1611" ranted in a recent...

LGBTQ Vets, Uncomfortable With VA, Look To Each Other For Mental Health Care

After he returned from a tour in Iraq in the fall of 2006, Ramond Curtis wanted to get as far...

‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Is Gone, But Its Effects Still Haunt LGBT Veterans

Lindsay Church comes from a military family, and as a teenager, she planned to join the Navy right after high...

Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Military Transgender Ban

A federal judge has blocked parts of President Donald Trump's presidential memo banning transgender Americans from military service, setting up...

Dunford: No Changes To DoD Transgender Policy Yet Despite Trump Tweets

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford on July 27 threw the brakes on President Donald Trump’s...

Here Are All The Nations In The World That Let Transgender Troops Serve

As the Department of Defense scrambles to develop a policy that fits President Donald Trump’s surprise tweeted ban on transgender...

Trump’s Transgender Tweets Leave Military Baffled And GOP Senators Fuming

As Defense Secretary James Mattis vacationed and President Trump took to his personal Twitter account this morning to announce a...

Trump Bans Transgender People From The Military In 3 Tweets

At the beginning of July, a spokesman for James Mattis said the secretary of defense had given his military chiefs...

Transgender Air Force Academy Graduate Denied Commission While DoD Reviews Guidelines

A transgender Air Force Academy graduate is being withheld lieutenant's bars because of what the academy calls a gap in...

Time Running Out For Mattis To Make A Call On Transgender Recruits

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has a little over a month to determine a ruling on the military’s transgender policy, with...

LGBT Advocates Liked What They Heard From Mattis

Retired Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis faced his confirmation hearing for the post of Defense secretary on Jan. 12, where...

What The Military Is Like 5 Years After ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’

For 17 years, the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy prohibited lesbian, gay, and bisexual persons from disclosing their sexual...

How One Army Vet Designed The Iconic Symbol Of The Gay Rights Movement

Every year in June, cities around the world honor the gay community with events celebrating Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender...