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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]
According to the Pentagon, 13,000 service members were separated under the don't ask, don't tell policy that replaced similar earlier policies for which it is difficult to get precise statistics ...
In May 2015, the first American federally-approved monument honoring LGBT veterans with the message "Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people have served honorably and admirably in America's armed forces" was dedicated at the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery near Chicago; [42] the US$18,000 monument was dedicated by the Chicago Chapter of ...
The United States military formerly excluded gay men, bisexuals, and lesbians from service. In 1993, the United States Congress passed, and President Bill Clinton signed, a law instituting the policy commonly referred to as "Don't ask, don't tell" (DADT), which allowed gay, lesbian, and bisexual people to serve as long as they did not reveal their sexual orientation.
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs estimates more than 100,000 service members were discharged under the repealed "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy.
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 ...
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 sued the Defense Department in federal court Tuesday, arguing it violated their constitutional rights when it ...