Military

September 6, 2020November 18, 2020

Powerful Veterans: Asking And Telling

Lesbian vets reflect on their service in the closet and in a post-Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell world… Read more »

September 6, 2020April 25, 2021

Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, Repealed!

After 18 years of struggle, gays and lesbians celebrate the end of the discriminatory policy… Read more »

Documentary: Surviving The Silence

The untold story of two women in love who helped change military policy… Read more »

How PwC Is Championing LGBTQ+ Employees Through Their Inclusive Culture And Benefits

As a Black, LGBTQ+ veteran, Chanitra Bell has experienced overt bias throughout most of her life… Read more »

Planning Your Legacy -VA Benefits For LGBTQ Servicemembers And Veterans

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) stands strong in supporting our Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transgender, and Queer, (LGBTQ) servicemembers and Veterans… Read more »

October 16, 2019March 26, 2021

Anti-Trump Billboard In Times Square Features U.S. Marine Corps Veteran

Activ(ist)Wear Company DHVANI Partners with Planned Parenthood* to Protect Title X Funding for Women’s Healthcare… Read more »

Witch-Hunts And Surveillance: The Hidden Lives Of Queer People In The Military

Officially, gay men and lesbian women were banned from serving in the army, airforce and navy until 1992, when Prime Minister Paul Keating had the political courage to overturn the ban… Read more »

I Didn’t Know That World Existed’: How Lesbian Women Found A Life In The Armed Forces

Military service presented an opportunity for women to escape societal expectations around the behaviour and expectations, career choice and marriage, that were so dominant between the 1960s and 1980s… Read more »

July 3, 2019April 28, 2021

Laying Wreaths For Australians Who Once Served In Silence

In 1992 the cabinet overturned the ban on lesbians and gays serving in the Australian Defence Force and has gradually embracing LGBTI military service… Read more »