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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 Department grew out of the 1990s-era Governor’s Office of Veterans Affairs (GOVA). This organization, working with Ohio legislators, formulated basic changes to laws which began the process of standardizing the operations of the 88 CVSOs, entities which were created in the late 19th century to care for Civil War veterans.
Stonewall Columbus was founded as Stonewall Union in 1981. [2]Stonewall Union was incorporated by local Columbus, Ohio gay activists (Craig Covey, Steve Wilson, Rick Rommele, Craig Huffman, Dennis Valot, Val Thogmartin and Keith McKnight) in 1981, in response to Jerry Falwell's attempt to establish a Columbus based Moral Majority headquarters.
When the White House was asked for comment on the changes to and the removal of web pages mentioning the LGBTQ community, a spokesperson for the Office of Personnel Management shared a memorandum ...
LGBTQ community centers are safe meeting places for all people. Prior to the gay liberation movement, there were no LGBTQ community centers in the United States. They became popular in the 1980s following activism to combat HIV/AIDS in the LGBTQ community. By 2009, there were at least 150 throughout the country. [1]
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 ...
Veterans' health care in the United States is separated geographically into 19 regions (numbered 1, 2, 4–10, 12 and 15–23) [1] known as VISNs, or Veterans Integrated Service Networks, into systems within each network headed by medical centers, and hierarchically within each system by division level of care or type.
American Military Partner Association (formerly known as Campaign for Military Partners)(defunct); American Veterans for Equal Rights (formerly known as Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual Veterans of America)