LGBTQ+ Veterans

For LGBTQ+ Veterans and service members, coming out isn't just a personal journey—it can be a matter of health and well-being.

LGBTQ+ Health Program and the Office of Suicide Prevention provide resources for Veterans.

Gay Veteran’s journey towards being more proactive and taking control of his own health with PrEP.

Veteran Ares Paige, once homeless, now works to create a safe space for the LGBTQ+ community and the homeless.

In this episode of the “Ending Veteran Homelessness” podcast, we discuss how VA homeless programs are working to support LGBTQ+ Veterans.

At Pride Month observance, Veteran said, “LGBTQ+ Veterans are welcome and fully supported by Bay Pines VA. My husband and I are examples.”

This Pride Month, VA honors the service and sacrifice of LGBTQ+ service members, Veterans and their families.

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.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Josie Caballero, who served as a nuclear reactor qualified electronics technician aboard the USS Ronald Reagan during Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.

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.

PRIDE in all who served provides a protective factor against suicide, stigma-related stress and other health outcomes for LGBTQ+ Veterans.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Fallon Williams, who deployed to twice to Iraq before completing her service as a behavioral health manager at Walter Reed.