LGBTQ+ Advocacy
Legal Referrals and Resources
MMAA assists LGBTQ military and veteran community members with referral services and resources to support discharge upgrades, legal name changes, gender marker updates, and a wide range of other legal issues.
- The Veterans Consortium: Get Help with a Discharge Upgrade
- Swords to Plowshares: DD214 Corrections for Veterans Discharged Under DADT and Prior Policies
- National Center for Transgender Equality Know Your Rights: Change Your Name and Gender Markers on Military Records
- Veterans Affairs: Instructions on How to Apply for a Discharge Upgrade
- Department of Defense: Requests for Upgrade of Discharge Characterization
- Military OneSource: Legal and Financial Considerations for LGBTQ Service Members
- MMAA 2018 Freedom to Serve Guide
HIV Positive Service
Thanks to modern science, there is no legitimate reason to deny service members living with HIV the ability to continue to serve their country without arbitrary restrictions on their assignments and ability to deploy. Major advances in the treatment of HIV have rendered the virus untransmittable. As the military struggles to meet recruiting goals, the last thing the Department of Defense should be doing is reinforcing harmful stereotypes and discharging highly trained service members based on outdated science.
LGBTQ+ Resources
- PFLAG At Ease: Support for Military Families with LGBTQ+ Children and Teens
- U.S. Department of Defense: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Resources
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs: VHA LGBTQ+ Health Program
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs: Center for Minority Vets
- Military Health System and Defense Health Agency: Transgender and Gender Diverse Healthcare Services
- American Veterans for Equal Rights (AVER) Resources
- CALVET: LGBTQ+ Veterans Resources
- DC LGBTQ+ Community Center: Center Military Google Group
- Disabled American Veterans (DAV): Services for Veterans
- Forward Operating Base (FOB) HOPE Veterans’ Resources in Washington State
- Portland Pride LGBTQ+ Veteran Village
- ServingTogether: D.C. region first care coordination services
- SPARTA: A Transgender Military Advocacy Organization<