Soldiers Facing Discrimination from State Laws Could Request Transfers Under Draft Army Policy The policy would ostensibly sanction soldiers to declare that certain states are too racist, too homophobic or too sexist to...
How Navy Veteran Monica Helms Created the Transgender Pride Flag Monica Helms is a Navy submarine veteran, transgender rights advocate and prolific author.
'I'm Pretty Much Leading a Double Life:' Nonbinary Troops and the Pentagon's Next Frontier The Pentagon has quietly been researching how it could allow nonbinary troops to serve more openly.
Pentagon Quietly Looking into How Nonbinary Troops Could Serve Openly Someone who is nonbinary identifies as neither male nor female, oftening using "they" and "them" as their pronouns.
Transgender, Nonbinary Veterans Can Now Include Gender Identity in Health Records Knowing a veteran's gender identity can help health care providers better understand their patients' needs.
The VA Said It Would Cover Gender Affirmation Surgeries. Trans Vets Are Still Waiting. The life-and-death stakes of gender affirmation are closely tied to alarming numbers of suicides and suicidal ideation in the...
South Korean Court: Discharge of Late Transgender Soldier Unjust Byun Hui-su, who had been a staff sergeant and tank driver, was discharged in January 2020.
The Coast Guard Needs a Gender Culture Change "Leaders must set the example to learn and understand the difference between gender, sex, and sexual orientation."
Coast Guard Cadets See Progress 10 Years After Repeal of 'Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell' Gays and lesbians were banned in the military until the 1993 approval of “don’t ask, don’t tell.”
10 Years After Don't Ask, Don't Tell Was Repealed, the Military Reckons with Past Discrimination Monday marks the 10th anniversary of the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell -- a change that heralded a cultural shift within...
Marine Corps Considers Abandoning Parris Island Amid Rising Extreme Weather Threats A string of recent reports has predicted that Parris Island will face increasingly frequent and ferocious hurricanes, floods...
Search for Supreme Court Leaker Falls to Former Army Colonel People who know Curley described the former Army colonel and military lawyer as possessing the right temperament for a highly...
Fort Liberty? Bragg and 8 Other Bases Get New Proposed Names to Scrub Confederate Links The proposed names must now go to Congress and be approved by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.
'Accumulation of Errors and Omissions' Led to Connecticut Crash, Navy Concludes The report paints the picture of a ship led by officers who failed to learn from their mistakes and did not hold the crew to...
Space Force Will Allow Neck Tattoos, Longer Mustaches and More Makeup Options for Guardians The new policy eases mustache restrictions at the outer corners of the mouth and increases color options for nail and...