New Military Ban on Confederate Flags Also Bans LGBTQ Pride Flags Chris Johnson, Washington Blade courtesy of the National LGBTQ Media Association National July 18, 2020 0New guidance from Defense Secretary Mark Esper on flag displays at military installations is being hailed for prohibiting the display...
House Democrats Demand Transgender Military Ban Be Lifted in Light of SCOTUS Ruling Katie Burkholder National July 9, 2020 0House Democrats have written a letter to the military demanding the transgender service member ban be lifted in light of...
Navy Grants First-ever Waiver under Trump’s Transgender Military Ban Chris Johnson, Washington Blade courtesy of the National LGBTQ Media Association National May 17, 2020 0The U.S. Navy has granted the first-ever waiver under President Trump’s transgender military ban to an individual who had sued...
Religious Freedom Commissioner Tony Perkins Blames Gay Troops for Rise in Sexual Assault in Military Katie Burkholder National May 6, 2019 0The head of the Family Research Council and member of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom, Tony Perkins, has...
Trump’s Transgender Military Ban Goes to Appeals Court Katie Burkholder National October 14, 2018 0The U.S. Department of Justice urged the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to allow President Trump’s administration to uphold...
Lambda Legal files suit to defend military members with HIV Jason Rhode National July 24, 2018 0Lambda Legal, the LGBTQ advocacy group, has filed a motion to force the Trump Administration’s Department of Defense from discharging...
Federal judge slaps down Trump transgender ban Jason Rhode Atlanta Pride June 18, 2018 0A federally appointed judge just a kibosh on the President’s military transgender ban. A United States District Judge, Seattle’s Marsha...
Pentagon declines to honor Pride Month Jason Rhode Atlanta Pride June 15, 2018 0The Defense Department has declined to send out an official memo recognizing Pride month. This absence of acknowledgment is an...
Macon woman assaults two female soldiers as son reportedly uses racist, homophobic slurs Jason Rhode Georgia April 17, 2018 0A 71-year-old woman was arrested for assaulting a pregnant soldier, while her son reportedly yelled racist and homophobic slurs. Judy...
Rob Smith: Coming of age as a gay man in the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell army Rob Smith Culture May 26, 2016 0The first two minutes of my military experience were a blur. No sooner had I gotten off the bus at...
LGBT Military: ‘AMPA’ becomes saving grace for ATL couple Darian Aaron Culture May 26, 2016 0RayShawn Chandler doesn’t recall exactly how she came across the American Military Partner Association’s (AMPA) website, but there is one...