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The United States Veterans Health Administration (VHA) has an LGBTQ+ Program through the Office of Patient Care Services. [1] The “+” sign captures identities beyond LGBTQ, including but not limited to questioning, pansexual, asexual, agender, gender diverse, nonbinary, gender-neutral, and other identities.
The Pentagon has reached a legal settlement that will make it easier for an estimated 30,000 veterans who were separated from the military because they were LGBTQ+ to have their discharge papers ...
In 2015, Defense Secretary Ash Carter added sexual orientation to the list of nondiscrimination protections under the military's equal opportunity program. [79] However, LGBT service members and veterans continue to face discrimination in the Veterans Health Administration.
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs estimates more than 100,000 service members were discharged under the repealed "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. Thousands of discharged LGBTQ+ veterans still ...
The Pentagon is stepping up efforts to reach out to LGBTQ veterans who were discharged from service under “less than honorable conditions” before the 2011 repeal of the “don’t ask, don’t ...
SAGEVets Program The SAGEVets Program serves LGBTQ+ Veterans over age 50 across New York State, providing case management, support groups, connection to Veterans Affairs services, and facilitating upgrades for veterans that received an Other Than Honorable Discharge, based on categories that include sexual orientation and gender identity.
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 ...
A group of LGBTQ veterans who were discharged because of their sexual orientation filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Department of Defense seeking to end the discrimination they say they still ...