Resources and Community Support
Modern Military assists LGBTQ+ and HIV-positive 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.
- Modern Military 2023 Freedom to Serve Guide
- The Veterans Consortium: Get Help with a Discharge Upgrade or legal name change
- 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
- National Veterans Legal Services Program: Get Help to Upgrade or Change your Discharge Status
- 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
- SPARTA Trans Future Warriors: A group comprised of aspiring future military personnel. Membership includes all branches of the military for members identifying as transgender, transsexual, genderqueer, trans*, gender-non-conforming, etc.
- Presidential Pardon to individuals with court-martial convictions under former Article 125: Find out if you are eligible for a certificate of pardon under the President’s June 26, 2024 proclamation. If you are eligible, contact us to be connected with a pro bono attorney versed in legal work related to presidential pardons.
Thanks to modern science, there is no legitimate reason to deny people living with HIV from enlisting in the military or 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. Modern Military is working to ensure that the DoD’s HIV policy is consistently implemented and without significant barriers.
- AETC HIV Medication Assistance Programs
- HIV.gov resources
- Department of Defense HIV/AIDS Prevention Program
- Tricare HIV/AIDS Prevention and Treatment
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health: HIV/AIDS and PrEP Resources
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs HIV Resources
- U.S. Military Health HIV Research Program
- Navy Medical HIV Prevention Resources
- NIH: HIV and AIDS 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
- Transgender American Veterans Association (TAVA) Resources
- Transgender and Diverse Veterans of America (TDVA) Resources
- U.S. Coast Guard: Spectrum chapters
- Veteran Crisis Line: Dial 988 then press 3 for LGBTQ+ specific care or text 838255
