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VHA has a separate healthcare policy on LGBQ health care (VHA Directive 1340). In 2011, VHA established the Office of Health Equity to work at a systems level to reduce health disparities in a number of vulnerable populations, including LGBTQ+ veterans, by raising awareness and advocating for healthcare system changes. [14]
Indy Pride is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization based in Indianapolis, Indiana.It is a community-based, non-profit organization that seeks "to unite and serve its members and the LGBTQ community of Central Indiana through leadership development, educational and support programs, and community events that achieve inclusivity, equality, strong community connections, and awareness of LGBTQ issues."
The organization created Indiana's first Gender and Sexuality Alliance Network in 2005 and reached out to Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis specifically around 2006. In 2007, the IYG formally took on the Indiana Youth Group title rather than the Indianapolis Youth Group and applied for a state license plate.
Between World War II and 2011 — when Don't Ask, Don't Tell was repealed — the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs estimates more than 100,000 service members were discharged because of their ...
In 1795, Indiana as part of the Northwest Territory passed the "buggery" law, which punished male sodomy with death.In 1807, the Indiana Territory enacted a criminal code which included a sodomy provision, eliminating the gender-specifics (meaning it would be applicable to both heterosexual and homosexual conduct), reducing the penalty to one to five years' imprisonment, a fine of 100 to 500 ...
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AVER was founded by several LGBT veterans including SSgt. (Army Reserve-Rtd.) Miriam Ben-Shalom; Navy Ensign, Jim Woodward, president of the San Diego Veterans Association; Chuck Schoen; [1] bisexual US Army veteran Cliff Arnesen [2] of the New England Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual Veterans, Boston, Massachusetts; [3] in 1990 as the Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Veterans of America, the oldest ...
The Chris Gonzalez Library and Archives became a reality in March 1995, [3] in collaboration with Diversity, Inc., a now-defunct LGBT community center in Indianapolis. While Diversity's focus was on the future, serving as a public identified central clearinghouse [ 3 ] for people who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender , the ...