Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran George Kerr III, who served as an operations yeoman aboard the USS Nimitz and later at the Pentagon. He left the service after “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” was implemented. During the height of the AIDS/HIV crisis he began a life of public health advocacy.
Dr. Lorenzo McFarland, deputy director of HIV, Hepatitis and Related Conditions Programs in VHA's Office of Specialty Care Services, shares his story on the anniversary of DADT repeal day.
Pride Month - Saluting our LGBTQ+ Veterans who volunteered to defend our freedom. It is our responsibility to help defend theirs.
At Pride Month observance, Veteran said, “LGBTQ+ Veterans are welcome and fully supported by Bay Pines VA. My husband and I are examples.”
This article discusses upcoming webinar June 23, 2022, that will discuss the unique health needs of LGBTQ+ Veterans.
As part of the Veterans Legacy Program, NCA is awarding grants for a maximum of $400,000 per awardee to qualifying educational institutions and non-profit organizations (501c3).
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy and Marine Corps Veteran Cassandra Williamson, a Naval Academy graduate who enlisted as a Navy cryptologic tech attached to a submarine group prior to becoming a Marine Corps officer.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Corps Veteran Toni Williams, who helped connect Marines and their families to critical resources as an administrative noncommissioned officer. She later served Veterans through the Salvation Army mobile meal program and the Washington, D.C. mayor’s office.
Preventing anti-transgender violence, sexual assault and harassment. Take the White Ribbon VA Pledge and apply bystander intervention.
VA has Women Veteran Program Managers and other key staff designated to serve women Veterans. You belong at VA.
On World Day and every day, VA is committed to providing care for survivors of human trafficking.
Akins’ belief in being a servant leader shapes his approach to VA’s LGBTQ+ community, Veterans’ concerns.
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