Connecticut legislation would extend benefits to LGBT military veterans
Connecticut lawmakers are proposing an extension of state veterans’ benefits to LGBT members of the armed forces who were withheld honorable discharges because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.
President Biden lifts ban on transgender military service
Less than a week into his presidency, President Biden has lifted the ban on transgender people serving in the US military with an executive order today.
“America is...
Bay State naval officer files new challenge to trans military ban
Even during a pandemic, the work of Boston-based GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) continues on many fronts.
On March 17, GLAD filed the first challenge to the...
US Rep. Pappas calls on Congress to mark repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t...
US Rep. Chris Pappas, the openly gay Congressman from New Hampshire, is co-leading a resolution to recognize the 10th anniversary of the enactment of the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
Queer Ukrainian activists call for US, European solidarity with LGBTQ community under Russian attack
QUA–LGBTQ Ukrainians in America, a non-government organization of LGBTQ Ukrainians and their allies in the US, is calling "for American and European queer advocacy organizations to use their considerable voices to raise...
Nonbinary Harvard Kennedy School student praises late Ash Carter for overturning trans military ban
In a recent Boston Globe Opinion piece, Grace Park, a Belfer Young Leader Student Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, looks back at how former US Secretary of Defense Ash...
