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Biden threatens VA budget veto over abortion, gender-affirming care
The White House is opposed to a Republican-backed VA budget plan that is expected to be advanced this week.
Lawmakers aim to reverse Trump’s ban on transgender troops
Supporters call the president's ban on new transgender military recruits unfair and harmful to national security.
Transgender military personnel in limbo over Trump plan
Long term, lawyers and activists battling to ensure that transgender people can serve openly in the U.S. military are convinced they will prevail. Short term, they are braced for anguishing consequences if the Trump administration proceeds with its plan to sharply restrict such service.
HIV-positive airmen sue Pentagon, Air Force to stop their discharges
Two HIV-positive airmen who are being kicked out of the Air Force under the Pentagon’s new “deploy or get out” policy have filed a lawsuit to stop their discharges.
This group speaks for the forgotten vets that ‘nobody hears’
Minority Veterans of America, a new national nonprofit, provides a safe, inclusive environment for all former service members, with a specific focus on giving a voice to LGBTQ veterans, veterans of color, religious minorities and women veterans.
By Natalie Gross
Sailor by day, performer by night — meet the Navy’s drag queen, ‘Harpy Daniels’
Years before he became a yeoman 3rd class, Joshua Kelley was entertaining raucous crowds under his drag name.
By Jon Simkins
Report: LGB troops twice as likely to experience sexual assault as non-LGB population
These experiences increase the likelihood of enduring symptoms of PTSD or depression later in life.
By Jon Simkins
Engaging LGBTQ student vets on your campus
Panelists at the Student Veterans of America national conference Friday shared their experiences during a discussion on what it’s like to be a veteran who is lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer and how campuses can better engage student veterans in this group.
By Natalie Gross