How can the military ensure the safety and well-being of LGBTQ+ service members in all operational contexts?

Sep 20, 2012 ... Summary: On this day in 2011, “Don't Ask, Don't Tell” was finally and formally repealed, allowing gay and lesbian service members to serve ... Jan 6, 2025 ... Pentagon agrees to settle with LGBTQ+ vets over 'don't ask, don't tell' discharges. The settlement would allow an estimated 30,000 veterans ... Jun 29, 2023 ... Many LGBTQ+ veterans still encounter a daunting process to get those benefits and upgrade their discharge statuses. Sep 20, 2019 ... For seventeen years, DADT (Don't Ask, Don't Tell) forced LGBTQ soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen into the closet. In 2010, President Obama signed legislation that led to the repeal of “Don't Ask, Don't Tell” (DADT), the discriminatory law that banned gay, lesbian, and ... Dec 3, 2010 ... 29 unique groups have lobbied on the military's “Don't Ask, Don't Tell” ban on openly gay service members, according to a Center for Responsive Politics review. Nov 3, 2023 ... The most common approach in open relationships is for partners to share at least some information about the other people they are seeing, what I ... If the “Don't Ask Don't Tell” policy had not been instituted, an estimated 4,000 lesbian, gay, and bisexual military personnel would have been retained each ... Jan 9, 2013 ... Troops ousted under 'don't ask, don't tell' to get back pay ... The federal government has agreed to pay $2.4 million to dozens of gay troops who ... Jul 19, 2018 ... Though it was billed as a compromise between Clinton's base and the military leadership and their allies in Congress, “Don't Ask, Don't Tell” ( ...