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Push to correct records of people discharged under DADT

On September 20th, the tenth anniversary of the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT), a 1994 policy requiring immediate administrative separation of LGBTQ+ veterans who revealed their sexual preference or gender identity, the Veterans Affairs Office (VA) issued new guidance…

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UN ambassador calls for repeal of same-sex criminalization laws

United States Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield is among those who participated in a Wednesday event on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly that highlighted efforts to decriminalize consensual same-sex sexual relations. Thomas-Greenfield in her remarks during the…

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Texas students walk out to support LGBT-friendly teachers

Hundreds of students at MacArthur High School in Irving, Texas, walked out Wednesday to protest disciplinary actions against two teachers supportive of LGBTQ+ youth. The sponsors of the Gay-Straight Alliance at the school, located in a suburb of Dallas, had…