Who We Are

A United Voice for the LGBTQ+ Military and Veteran Community

As the nation’s largest organization of LGBTQ+ service members, military spouses, veterans, their families, and allies we provide a united voice for the LGBTQ+ military and veteran community. Modern Military works to uphold and expand LGBTQ+ civil rights progress through education, advocacy, support networks, and discrimination tracking.

Our Mission

Modern Military educates, advocates, and champions for the rights and well-being of LGBTQ+ service members, veterans, and their families as well as people living with HIV.

Modern Military envisions an inclusive and equitable military environment where every member of the LGBTQ+ and HIV-positive community is respected, valued, and empowered to thrive.

Modern Military is the result of decades of work for the LGBTQ+ and HIV+ military and veteran community through four organizations, each focused on serving their respective community in different ways. These organizations are the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN), the American Military Partner Association (AMPA), OutServe (OS), and the Military Partners and Families Coalition (MPFC).

Some of Modern Military’s founding organizations were created in direct response to Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT) and the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), others were created to be a resource and a voice for the thousands of “hidden partners” who lacked access to the benefits traditionally bestowed upon military spouses and family members. If not for their hard work and advocacy, Modern Military would not be the organization it is today.