LGBT Veterans Archives

20 09, 2021

LGTBQ Veterans Discharged Over Sexual Orientation Get Full VA Benefits

By JRL Charts|2024-04-10T18:34:19-07:00September 20th, 2021|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: Kayla Williams, lgbt politics, LGBT Veterans, VA LGBTQ Veterans benefits|

WASHINGTON, D.C. — (09-20-21) — The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) shocked the LGBTQ Community on Monday with the announcement that LGBTQ veterans who were discharged from the military over their sexual orientation, gender identity or HIV status are now eligible for full VA benefits. Service members who were given other than honorable discharges for [...]

23 06, 2021

Gay Congressman Mark Takano Slams U.S. Military Over LGBTQ Treatment

By JRL Charts|2024-04-10T18:35:10-07:00June 23rd, 2021|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: Gay Congressman Mark Takano, LGBT News, lgbt politics, LGBT Veterans, Military LGBT politics 2021|

WASHINGTON D.C. — (06-23-21) — Gay Congressman Mark Takano Slammed U.S. Military on Tuesday over the treatment of LGBTQ Service Members and Veterans. According to Congressman Mark Takano, for decades LGBTQ servicemembers have faced intense discrimination in the military. He introduced the Commission on LGBTQ Servicemembers and Veterans Act to study this inequity and make [...]

17 02, 2021

British Veterans Discharged for being Gay, Allowed to Get Medals Back

By JRL Charts|2024-04-10T18:35:47-07:00February 17th, 2021|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: British Veterans, discharged for being Gay, Gay British Vets Get Medals Back, lgbt politics, LGBT Veterans|

UNITED KINGDOM — (02-17-21) — Gay and bisexual British veterans who were stripped of their medals because of their sexual orientation will now be able to reclaim them, the UK government announced on Tuesday, admitting the pre-2000 policy was an "historical wrong." Only heterosexual people were allowed to serve in the British Armed Forces until [...]

23 03, 2018

White House Announces Policy To Ban Transgenders from Military

By JRL Charts|2024-04-10T18:36:38-07:00March 23rd, 2018|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: LGBT Veterans, New policy, Pentagon, press secretary Sarah Sanders, Secretary Mattis, Transgender ban, Trump, US Army Maj. Dave Eastburn, US Military, White House|

By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer The White House this evening announced a policy to ban most transgender Americans from serving in the US armed services. They made the announcement late in the evening hoping to bury it from the news cycle but fortunately it didn't work! Following Secretary of Defense Mattis' Pentagon policy review ordered [...]

12 03, 2018

Gay GOP Candidate Peter Boykin, Supports Transgender Ban In Military

By JRL Charts|2024-04-10T18:36:49-07:00March 12th, 2018|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: Amos Quick, gays for trump, LGBT News, lgbt politics, LGBT Veterans, North Carolina state house representative, Peter Boykin, republican primary, trans|

By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer Heads are rolling over a gay Republican and former porn model Peter Boykin, who is currently running for the North Carolina state legislature for his comments about transgender people stating that they don’t belong in the military due to the fact that they are “mentally challenged” and might “snap” and [...]