WASHINGTON, D.C. – Army Veteran and Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) Executive Director Aubrey Sarvis today applauded the introduction of HR 6046, the Military Spouses Equal Treatment Act of 2012 (MSET) that would change the definition of “spouse” in four areas of U.S. Code related to recognition, support, and benefits for married service members and veterans….
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in a series of legal challenges to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, upholding the historic law passed in the last Congress to reform our nation’s healthcare system. As part of that reform, the Act created or paved the way for important new protections…
The Department of Defense hosted its first ever Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Pride Month Event Tuesday where keynote speaker Jeh Johnson, Department of Defense general counsel, addressed the repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ including a panel discussion titled, “The value of open service and diversity.” The address was preceded by a video…
A New York state Senate candidate may lose the support of the Republican Party after local leaders learned she was married to a woman. Mike Long, New York Conservative Party Chairman, said the group would be reviewing her endorsement for a Senate seat in the Hudson Valley in light of her now-public same-sex marriage. “I…
A same-sex couple in Portland, Tex. were shot Friday in a neighborhood park, KZTV News is reporting. Mollie Judith Olgin, 19, was found dead at the scene. Her girlfriend, Mary Christine Chapa, 18, survived a horrific shot in the head. Both of the young women’s bodies were found in a grassy area of Violet Andrews…
ATLANTA (CNN) — Gert McMullin scurries about a cluttered storage space, keeping track of the thousands of pieces of folded fabric plucked off metal shelves and packed into blue cardboard containers for their journey to the nation’s capital. The cloth panels are part of a quilt that has been her life these 25 years, since…
SEATTLE (KCPQ) — As part of a busy weekend for the city, Seattle is hosting one of the nation’s largest gay pride celebrations. But as people celebrate, many are looking ahead to November, when Washingtonians will vote on same-sex marriage. “It’s a big year with Referendum 74 on the ballot this year, so I wanted…
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Less than a year after the repeal of the law regarding homosexuals serving openly in the U.S. military, the Pentagon will host a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month event on Tuesday. The Defense Department’s top lawyer, Jeh Johnson, will be the keynote speaker. His address will be followed by a…
